Chapter Summaries

Doflamingo used his strings to force Hancock to attack Barn, then choked Barn when he tried to stop him. Rayleigh rescued Barn and attacked Doflamingo, but one of the Five Elders intervened and declared Doflamingo the last Celestial Dragon.

• Doflamingo controlled Hancock with his strings and made her attack Barn, while Barn struggled to resist her.
• Barn ordered Doflamingo to stop, then charged him with the First-Generation Onikiri, but Doflamingo dodged and seized him by the throat.
• Hancock watched helplessly as Doflamingo choked Barn, while Aokiji blocked Whitebeard from reaching them and Marines shot Whitebeard.
• Rayleigh appeared and severed the arm choking Barn, then prepared to strike Doflamingo.
• One of the Five Elders blocked Rayleigh's sword with Armament Haki and ordered him to stand down, declaring Doflamingo the last Celestial Dragon.

Barn and Rayleigh faced Kong, who had joined the Five Elders, as the government’s representatives took Doflamingo and warned that the war was not over. Barn then asked Hancock to marry him, and Whitebeard officiated their wedding amid the battle.

• A member of the Five Elders told Barn that his plan had killed the Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise and introduced Kong as the newest Elder.
• Doflamingo demanded that Kong kill Barn and Rayleigh, but the aristocratic Elder knocked him unconscious and carried him away with Kong.
• Rayleigh demanded that they leave Doflamingo behind, but Barn told him to let them go; the Elders warned that they knew of the Revolutionary Army’s actions and that the war was not over.
• Barn asked Hancock to marry him, and she agreed; he called to Whitebeard to officiate their wedding.
• Whitebeard led Barn and Hancock through their vows, and Hancock kissed Barn so enthusiastically that she knocked him to the ground as the pirates cheered.

As Whitebeard held off the Marines so the pirates could escape, Barn and Hancock reunited and married. The Blackbeard Pirates then appeared at Marineford, confronting the wounded Whitebeard and Barn.

• Adam and Lia watched Barn and Hancock together, and Lia agreed when Adam suggested they have a child.
• Whitebeard joked about Barn and Hancock’s reunion, then urged the pirates to save their grieving for the New World and prepare to sail.
• Barn told the pirates not to waste Whitebeard’s sacrifice, and Rayleigh recognized that Whitebeard meant to settle the battle once and for all.
• Blackbeard arrived with his crew and taunted the wounded Whitebeard and Barn, while the Marines recognized the escaped Level 6 prisoners.
• The Marines identified San Juan Wolf, Avalo Pizarro, Vasco Shot, Catarina Devon, and Shiryu of the Rain among the Blackbeard Pirates.

Shiryu and the Blackbeard Pirates revealed how they had escaped Impel Down and used the Shichibukai title to free prisoners. Whitebeard confronted Teach over Thatch’s murder, but after sparing him once, Whitebeard was surrounded and attacked by Blackbeard’s crew.

• Shiryu admitted he had joined Blackbeard, while Lafitte explained that he had hypnotized the Marines guarding the Gate of Justice.
• Teach confessed that freeing the prisoners had been his goal, and Whitebeard attacked him with a shock wave that collapsed the platform beneath him.
• Whitebeard stopped Marco from intervening and declared that he would kill Teach himself for murdering Thatch.
• Teach used the Dark-Dark Fruit to suppress Whitebeard’s powers, but Whitebeard struck him with his blade and regained his abilities when the darkness withdrew.
• Whitebeard spared Teach at the last moment, but Teach summoned his crew, who attacked the wounded, powerless Whitebeard as his sons watched in anguish.

Whitebeard declared that the One Piece was real before dying at the Paramount War, sending his final message across the world. His death left the Whitebeard Pirates mourning and announced the end of an era as the world braced for greater turmoil.

• In a flashback beneath cherry trees, Roger offered to tell Whitebeard how to reach Laugh Tale and began explaining the meaning of D.
• Teach exhausted his bullets against Whitebeard, who opened his eyes and told him he was not the man Roger had been waiting for.
• Whitebeard told Sengoku that inherited wills would bring a world-engulfing war and that finding the treasure would turn the world upside down.
• Whitebeard roared, "The One Piece is real!" through an Image Den Den Mushi, broadcasting his final words around the world.
• Whitebeard died standing, and his sons, Rayleigh, Barn, and others mourned him as news spread that the Whitebeard Pirates had rescued Ace but lost their captain.

As the Marines pursued the retreating pirates, Teach used Whitebeard’s covered corpse to obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power alongside his Dark-Dark Fruit. He declared that the world’s future belonged to him and that his era had begun.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack the fleeing pirates, while Rayleigh carried the wounded Shiki away and Barn and Hancock prepared to retreat.
• Teach and the Blackbeard Pirates covered Whitebeard’s body with a black cloth, and Teach went underneath it as his crew held off the approaching Marines.
• Aokiji froze the sea, trapping Whitebeard’s fleet, but Jig and Ace melted the ice and charged at him.
• Teach emerged from beneath the cloth and used the Dark-Dark Fruit to pull Marines into darkness, then unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power to split the square.
• Teach announced that he had both powers, called himself the strongest, and proclaimed that his era had begun.

Blackbeard used Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit power to threaten Mary Geoise, prompting Sengoku and Garp to confront him as the battle escalated. As his uncontrolled power triggered an earthquake and tsunami warning, Marines and pirates continued fighting, and Smoker observed that victory only made the Marines more ruthless.

• Blackbeard demonstrated Whitebeard’s power and declared that he would sink Mary Geoise.
• Sengoku attacked Blackbeard in his Buddha Form and vowed to protect Mary Geoise, then ordered the Marines to pursue both pirate crews.
• Garp joined Sengoku, and Blackbeard tilted Mary Geoise and the surrounding sea while challenging the two men.
• Blackbeard’s earthquake caused a tsunami warning in the Sabaody Archipelago, where civilians were told to evacuate to high ground.
• Marines and Pacifistas crossed the fissure to attack the pirates, while Doberman ordered his troops to abandon a wounded Marine and continue fighting.
• Smoker watched the Marines’ relentless pursuit and remarked that after victory, they only grew hungrier.

Koby’s plea to stop the war drew the attention of both sides, while Trafalgar Law rescued Luffy with help from Jinbe and Barn. Red-Haired Shanks arrived at Marineford, with Benn Beckman stopping Aokiji and an unknown swordsman protecting Koby from Blackbeard.

• Koby stopped during the Marines’ charge as the voices in his head faded, while Aokiji continued fighting Ace and Jig.
• Trafalgar Law surfaced in his submarine and asked Jinbe to hand over Luffy so he could save him.
• Barn urged Jinbe to trust Law, then cut apart Aokiji’s ice spear to protect Law’s retreating submarine.
• Koby stood between Sengoku and Blackbeard and pleaded for the Marines to stop the war and spare lives.
• A swordsman appeared behind Koby and blocked Blackbeard’s attack, praising Koby for changing the fate of the world.
• Benn Beckman aimed at Aokiji as Red-Haired Shanks arrived, bringing the battle to a halt.

Shanks arrived at Mary Geoise and declared the war over, enabling Luffy and the other survivors to escape. Blackbeard withdrew, and Sengoku agreed to leave Whitebeard’s funeral arrangements to Shanks.

• Shanks picked up Luffy’s straw hat and sent Buggy to deliver it, promising him a treasure map.
• Luo caught the hat aboard his submarine and ordered Bepo to dive with Luffy aboard, while Aokiji froze the sea to stop them.
• Barn summoned the Ghost John, whose flames halted Aokiji’s ice wave and let the submarine escape.
• Shanks urged Marco and the Marines to stop fighting, and Hawk-Eye left rather than face him.
• Blackbeard withdrew after Shanks challenged him, and Sengoku accepted Shanks’s request to handle Whitebeard’s funeral.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to treat the wounded and declared the war over.

After Whitebeard’s death, the Supernovas and pirates reacted to the upheaval as the world entered a new era. Two weeks after the war, Luffy awoke aboard Law’s ship near Amazon Lily, where Jig and Ace appeared to him.

• The Supernovas watched the aftermath of the war and discussed Whitebeard’s death, Blackbeard’s rise, and the approaching New Era.
• Hawkins repeatedly calculated that Straw Hat Luffy’s chances of survival were never zero, while Kid declared that an unprecedented New Era was beginning.
• Pirates across the seas were inspired by Whitebeard’s final words, while the Five Elders suppressed news of Barn’s attack and Ace’s rescue.
• About two weeks later, Dragon entered a royal palace in the South Blue as the Revolutionary Army launched an operation.
• Luffy awoke aboard the warship near Amazon Lily and shouted for Ace until Jinbe warned that his wounds would reopen.
• Jig and Ace appeared, and Luffy stopped screaming when he heard their voices.

Two years after the Paramount War, Barn reflected on changes to the Navy, World Government, and pirate world before visiting Whitebeard’s grave with Ace. After Ace showed him news of Luffy causing trouble on Punk Hazard, Barn asked how Marco was doing.

• The Navy rebuilt Mary Geoise, appointed Aokiji Fleet Admiral, and named Ryokugyu, Gray Steed, and Fujitora its Three Admirals.
• The Revolutionary Army grew stronger, Blackbeard took Whitebeard’s place among the Four Emperors, and Buggy and Luo became Shichibukai.
• The Navy ended slave markets in Sabaody, and Fish-Man Island joined the World Government as Fish-Men began living on land.
• Barn poured wine at Whitebeard’s grave, where Ace joined him and said he had come to visit.
• Ace showed Barn newspapers reporting that Luffy had caused trouble on Punk Hazard, and Barn asked how Marco was doing.

Barn tells Ace he wants to leave the seas behind and live peacefully with Hancock and their coming child, but welcomes Ace to visit for drinks. Later, Barn shares liquor and memories at Whitebeard’s grave before Ace and Edward take him home to join their family and friends for dinner.

• Barn tells Ace he is tired of drifting and asks him not to return, but agrees to drink with him if he brings good booze.
• Barn pours liquor over Whitebeard’s grave and reflects on the years since Newgate’s death and the changes in the world.
• Barn says his and Newgate’s wishes have come true and finds peace watching the sunset at Sabaody.
• Ace arrives with Edward and tells Barn that Jig, Luffy, Sabo, Adam, and Lia are waiting for dinner.
• Barn takes Edward onto his shoulders and heads home with Ace.