Chapter Summaries

Stewart reunited with Rayleigh, Gordon, and Mandel on his island, where Rayleigh told him that Ace was Roger’s son and introduced him to Barn Bashut. Stewart agreed to join the rescue, even after Rayleigh warned him about the Marines, the Shichibukai, and the possible involvement of the Five Elders.

• Stewart welcomed Rayleigh, Gordon, and Mandel to his cabin and served them water, insisting that alcohol weakened a fighter.
• Stewart revealed that his pet lion was named Roger, prompting Rayleigh, Gordon, and Mandel to react in shock.
• Rayleigh told Stewart that Ace was Roger’s son and showed him Barn Bashut’s bounty poster, explaining that Barn had promised to bring Ace back alive.
• Stewart eagerly agreed to go to the rescue, but Rayleigh warned him that the Marines had deployed three Admirals and summoned four Shichibukai.
• Rayleigh said the Five Elders might also get involved, and Stewart grew even more excited about joining the battle.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku convened the gathered Marines and Shichibukai to plan for the coming war against Whitebeard. He revealed that Barn had appeared aboard Whitebeard’s ship, and declared that the Marines were prepared to defeat them both.

• Vice Admirals Comil and Onigumo bickered at dinner until Tsuru told everyone to quiet down for the arriving guests.
• Teach, Hancock, Doflamingo, Kuma, and Hawk-Eye entered the dining hall and took their seats among the Marines.
• Sengoku arrived, noted that Moria had no replacement and Jinbe remained in Impel Down, then began the strategy meeting against Whitebeard.
• Doflamingo and Teach commented on the danger of facing Whitebeard, while the others listened tensely.
• Sengoku announced that Barn had appeared aboard Whitebeard’s ship, prompting excitement from Teach and Hawk-Eye and concern from Hancock.
• Sengoku assured the gathering that the Marines were prepared to defeat both Whitebeard and Barn at the summit.

Sengoku prepared the Marines for a war against Whitebeard and Barn, while Dragon tracked the gathering forces and prepared the Revolutionary Army’s own campaign. At Fish-Man Island, Barn and Whitebeard confirmed to Neptune that they would join the war, each for his own reason.

• Sengoku told the assembled leaders that Fujitora and twelve leading Vice Admirals would join the Marines, and said the Five Elders had received intelligence on Barn.
• Dragon reviewed the Revolutionary Army’s target countries and learned that Luffy had reached Impel Down, where Ivankov and Inazuma were imprisoned.
• Dragon heard that Barn had joined Whitebeard and that World had left the Calm Belt, then declared that the Revolutionary Army’s revolution was about to begin.
• Marco checked on the Whitebeard Pirates’ ship coating at Fish-Man Island, and Den told him that Barn and Whitebeard were at Ryugu Palace.
• Neptune asked Barn and Whitebeard whether they had to join the war, and Whitebeard said he would rescue Ace while Barn said he was fighting for freedom and an old friend’s wish.

Barn apologized to Neptune for Fisher Tiger’s death before departing with Whitebeard, who was preparing to leave for the war over Ace’s execution. At Impel Down, Jinbe endured torture beside Ace and declared he would give his life to stop the war, while Shiryu announced Ace’s transfer and Sengoku ordered the Marines to prepare.

• Barn told Neptune that Fisher Tiger had witnessed Otohime’s shooting and explained how he had tried to hide Fisher Tiger from the Marines before apologizing for his death.
• Whitebeard reminded Barn that only six hours remained until Ace’s execution, and the two departed after Neptune wished them success.
• At Impel Down, a bull-headed jailer beat Jinbe while Ace watched from the neighboring side of their cell.
• Jinbe told Ace that he rejected the Shichibukai title and would sacrifice his life if he could stop the war.
• Shiryu arrived at Ace’s cell and said the warship sent to collect him had arrived.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to prepare for Ace’s transfer, while Blackbeard left the dining hall to use the bathroom.

As the execution of Portgas D. Ace approached, forces across the world watched and prepared for the coming battle. Sengoku stepped onto the execution platform to reveal the truth, while Luffy, Mandel, and Shanks’s forces moved toward Marine Headquarters.

• People across the seas reacted anxiously to Whitebeard’s expected arrival as the execution drew within three hours.
• Marine Headquarters assembled one hundred thousand Marines, the Shichibukai, the Admirals, Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and the Five Elders to prevent Ace’s rescue.
• Luffy and the escaped prisoners sailed toward the Gate of Justice with Jinbe at the helm, while Buggy rallied behind his followers’ praise.
• Mandel’s ship neared the Gate of Justice, and Rayleigh watched its approach as Stewart and Gordon anticipated the battle.
• Shanks remained aboard his ship, troubled by Whitebeard’s coming battle, as Benn Beckman urged him to rest.
• Sengoku told Garp he would reveal everything, then climbed the execution platform and ordered a Den Den Mushi brought to him.

Sengoku revealed that Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger and explained why the Marines considered his execution essential. As the revelation shook Marineford and the Sabaody Archipelago, a Marine reported that the Gate of Justice had opened without orders.

• Sengoku asked Ace to name his father, and Ace insisted that Whitebeard was his only father.
• Sengoku revealed that Ace's mother, Portgas D. Rouge, had carried him for twenty months to hide him from the World Government, and identified Gol D. Roger as his father.
• Garp remembered Roger asking him to protect his unborn child, and the flashback showed Garp helping Rouge give birth to Ace as Marines hunted Roger's bloodline.
• Sengoku said the Marines had discovered Ace's identity when he sailed with the Spade Pirates and that Whitebeard had taken him in, while Ace insisted he had joined to make Whitebeard Pirate King.
• A Marine reported that the Gate of Justice had opened without authorization and that the power room could not be contacted, leaving Sengoku furious.

Whitebeard and Barn arrived at Marineford as the Marines prepared for battle, while Luffy revealed Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son and Rayleigh watched the unfolding war from shore. The chapter left the forces poised for battle and Rayleigh focused on Barn.

• Whitebeard’s allied pirate fleet entered the bay, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to watch for Whitebeard’s arrival.
• The Moby Dick surfaced inside the bay carrying Whitebeard, Barn, and the Fourteen Commanders; Whitebeard and Barn called out to Ace.
• The Five Elders watched Whitebeard and Barn arrive, and one elder urged the others to wait before acting.
• Luffy told Ivankov, Jinbe, and Buggy that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son, startling them before Luffy realized he had revealed a secret.
• Rayleigh, Stewart, Gordon, and Mandel reached the coast near Mary Geoise, where Rayleigh confirmed the battle had begun and recognized Barn beside Whitebeard.

Whitebeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power on Marineford, sending tsunamis toward the Marines as the rescue force began its assault. Barn struck Hawk-Eye with a devastating slash, then called for others to reveal themselves as two figures appeared in the sky.

• Whitebeard shattered the air with his fists, triggering seaquakes and enormous tsunamis around the Moby Dick.
• Ace blamed himself for his capture, but Whitebeard, Marco, and Barn promised to rescue him and bring him home.
• Sengoku recognized that Whitebeard’s attack could doom Marineford as the Whitebeard Pirates charged and the war began.
• Barn unleashed Asura Evil Light Slash, overwhelming Hawk-Eye’s counterattack and driving him hundreds of meters backward.
• Barn called for others to show themselves, and two black specks appeared overhead as four enormous lion heads formed around the ruined square.

The Marines countered Whitebeard’s assault as Aokiji froze the tsunamis and bay, while Fujitora crushed Golden Lion’s summoned lions. Jig arrived to help rescue Ace, and as the pirates charged the Marine vice admirals, Fujitora and Akainu combined their powers to send a magma-covered meteor toward Whitebeard.

• Fujitora destroyed Golden Lion’s four summoned lions with Gravity Suppression, and Aokiji froze Whitebeard’s tsunamis and the bay.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to fire on the Moby Dick, but Whitebeard’s commanders and the other rescue pirates charged across the ice.
• Jig arrived, froze the incoming cannonballs with a woman’s icy phantom, and revealed to Ace that he had come to rescue him.
• Whitebeard ordered his pirates to charge the Marine vice admirals, while Fujitora rose into the air and evaded Golden Lion’s pursuit.
• Fujitora summoned a blazing meteor toward Whitebeard, and Akainu enveloped it in magma with Heavenly Fire Lava.

Barn and the Whitebeard Pirates repelled several Marine attacks as the battle at Marineford intensified, while Akainu and Fujitora turned the battlefield into a dangerous storm of magma and gravity. Whitebeard answered Akainu’s attack himself, and Barn wondered whether he would have to join the fighting directly.

• Barn sliced Akainu’s lava meteor in two, but Fujitora increased its gravity, raining magma onto the ice and melting the battlefield into scattered floes.
• World used his More-More Fruit to enlarge an ice floe and restore a broad surface across the inner bay.
• Jozu blocked Hawk-Eye’s slash, and Marco stopped Fujitora’s rock attack while Golden Lion continued fighting the Admiral.
• Jozu hurled a huge ice floe at the Giant Vice Admirals, but Akainu destroyed it with Great Eruption and sent magma toward Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard struck Akainu’s magma fist into the sea and mocked him, prompting Barn to remark that they could no longer stay out of the battle.

Little Oars charged into the bay to rescue Ace, breaking through the Marines’ defenses despite Whitebeard’s warnings. Kuma’s attack and Doflamingo’s counter left Oars badly hurt, but Barn stepped in to protect him.

• Oars hurled a frozen warship and charged into the bay, breaking through the Giant vice admirals’ line as the Whitebeard Pirates followed.
• Whitebeard ordered his men to cover Oars, and Barn left the Moby Dick to help protect him.
• Kuma struck Oars with Ursus Shock, shattering his sword and forcing him to his knees.
• Oars attacked Doflamingo, who evaded and retaliated with a deadly thread.
• Barn severed Doflamingo’s thread and challenged him over attacking Oars.

Barn stopped Doflamingo from attacking Little Oars, while World confronted Akainu and the Whitebeard Pirates pushed into the bay as Sengoku set his plan in motion. The chapter ended with Luffy arriving at Marineford and Barn sensing imminent danger.

• Barn blocked Doflamingo's attack on Little Oars, and Doflamingo withdrew before Akainu attacked him; World intervened and began fighting Akainu.
• Whitebeard defeated Vice Admiral Ronse after Ronse tried to ambush him, then urged his crew to advance along the path Oars had opened.
• Whitey Bay led the pirates ashore through the bay, prompting Sengoku to tell Tsuru to activate their battle plan.
• Garp sat beside Ace on the Execution Platform and admitted his anguish over his grandson, while Sengoku warned him not to interfere.
• Luffy fell from a warship into the battlefield, and Barn's Mind's Eye warned him of danger.

Luffy and the escaped prisoners from Impel Down arrived at Marineford, where he reunited with Ace and joined the battle. As Whitebeard considered news that Ace’s execution had been moved up, World landed a powerful Haki-coated blow on Akainu.

• Luffy and the escaped prisoners landed in the sea between the ice floes, and Jinbe rescued the Devil Fruit users.
• Luffy climbed onto the ice and called out to Ace, while Sengoku and the Marines recognized the newcomers.
• Jinbe declared that he was no longer a Shichibukai, and Crocodile tried to attack Whitebeard before Luffy kicked him away.
• Luffy told Whitebeard that he would save Ace and warned him that the Marines had moved up the execution; Whitebeard cautioned that the information might be a trap.
• World smashed Akainu with a Haki-coated fist after using his More-More Fruit to increase his speed.

World fought Akainu in a devastating battle, sacrificing an arm and unleashing a final ten-thousandfold-speed attack. Akainu engulfed World in magma, and the World Destroyer died with Barn watching from afar.

• World hurled enlarged boulders at Akainu and broke through his Great Eruption to land another powerful blow.
• Akainu spread magma over World's arm, so World tore the arm off and escaped, badly burned and near exhaustion.
• World and Akainu prepared for a final clash as World declared his next attack would be his last.
• World used More-More Ten-Thousandfold Speed to strike Akainu from behind, severely damaging him.
• Akainu seized World and used Magma Embrace to engulf him, and World died while looking toward Barn.

After Akainu killed World, Barn attacked him but Baldhead of the Five Elders intervened, and the other Elders surrounded Barn. Rayleigh and Roger’s former crew members arrived to stop the remaining Elders and help Barn, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Barn saw Akainu kill World and rushed after him to avenge his death.
• Baldhead blocked Barn’s sword strike and revealed himself as one of the Five Elders.
• The other four Elders closed in on Barn, while Akainu escaped after Baldhead threw him aside.
• Rayleigh, Mandel, Gordon, and Stewart prepared to join the fight and confront the Elders.
• Rayleigh, Mandel, Gordon, and Stewart intercepted the four Elders, and Rayleigh greeted the surprised Barn.

Golden Lion resumed his duel with Fujitora after World died, while Luffy, Ivankov, and Jinbe pushed back the Navy at the inner bay. Whitebeard persuaded Buggy and the escaped prisoners to join forces against the Navy, then contacted Squard.

• Golden Lion grieved World’s death and briefly lost focus, allowing Fujitora to wound him before urging him to fight seriously.
• Golden Lion regained his fighting spirit, spoke with Fujitora about Roger, and charged into battle against him.
• Luffy, Ivankov, and Jinbe drove Navy soldiers back from the inner bay as Buggy and his escaped prisoners watched.
• Whitebeard recognized Buggy from Roger’s ship and persuaded him to ally with the Whitebeard Pirates against the Navy.
• Whitebeard called Squard on a Den Den Mushi.

Whitebeard ordered the Decalvan Brothers to direct his pirate crews, prompting Sengoku to recognize their attack on the Marine warships as a trap. In the Square, Doflamingo revealed that Kuma had become the government’s emotionless human weapon, and Ivankov fought him while Luffy and the cross-dressers headed for the Execution Platform.

• Whitebeard ordered the Decalvan Brothers to take command of his pirate crews, which split left and right and attacked the Marine warships.
• Sengoku and Garp realized Whitebeard had seen through their trap and discussed how to respond to the pirates’ movements.
• Ivankov confronted Kuma, and Doflamingo told him that Kuma had been modified into a human weapon called Pacifista PX-0.
• Kuma attacked Ivankov and Luffy with a laser and Pressure Cannon, while Ivankov protected the cross-dressers and struck Kuma with a powerful kick.
• Ivankov told the cross-dressers to cover Luffy as they continued toward the Execution Platform, while he stayed to fight Kuma.

Golden Lion warned Whitebeard and Sengoku that something huge was coming, prompting both sides to withdraw from the bay. He then revealed his research by sending an island falling from the sky toward Mary Geoise.

• Golden Lion stopped Fujitora's meteor, swallowed Fujitora with a rubble lion, and hurled the meteor into the sea.
• Aokiji froze the resulting tsunami, while Golden Lion warned Whitebeard and Sengoku to clear the bay.
• Whitebeard ordered his pirates to attack into the bay and withdraw, trusting Golden Lion's warning.
• Sengoku ordered the marines to retreat and hold the square.
• Golden Lion pressed down with his hands, and an island descended from the sky over Mary Geoise.

Golden Lion dropped an entire island onto Mary Geoise, filling the bay and unleashing a devastating surge that swept away fighters and destroyed pirate ships. As bizarre beasts stirred in the island’s forest, Oniwood emerged and charged toward Hawk-Eye, while Fujitora survived Golden Lion’s attack and resumed fighting him.

• Golden Lion dropped an island onto the ice, shattering it and sending powerful waves through Mary Geoise that swept away fighters and wrecked the Ice Witch’s ship.
• Barn, Rayleigh, Stewart, Mandel, Gordon, Garp, Sengoku, and Akainu reacted to the island’s arrival as the Marines braced for danger from its forest.
• Oniwood emerged from the forest, and Tashigi identified him as the escaped Impel Down prisoner who carried the Supreme Grade Sword Bizen Osafune Nagamitsu.
• Oniwood greeted Golden Lion, chose Hawk-Eye as his opponent, and used Long Light to cut a path through the forest before charging into the square.
• Fujitora burst free from Golden Lion’s rubble lion and attacked him, while dozens of crimson eyes appeared in the forest’s shadows.

The Marines deployed Pacifistas to attack both sides of the battlefield as Whitebeard’s pirates pushed toward the plaza and Sengoku prepared to execute Ace. The chapter ended with Squard stabbing Whitebeard in the chest.

• Sentomaru ordered the Pacifistas to destroy the warships and pursue the pirates after Sengoku approved the attack.
• Whitebeard directed his crews to ignore the enemies behind them and charge toward the plaza, while Sengoku ordered the Marines to hold it.
• Sengoku prepared to activate the encirclement and execute Ace once the broadcasts were cut, but Buggy and the Impel Down escapees kept one broadcast running.
• Aokiji stopped Luffy from advancing, but Luffy rallied with Jinbe and the pirate captains to face him.
• Hawk-Eye and Oniwood paused their fight as the Marines struggled to shut down the last broadcast.
• Squard approached Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick and stabbed him in the chest as Marco looked on.