Chapter Summaries

River and Akainu fought fiercely on the battlefield, with Akainu exploiting River’s exhaustion to inflict severe burns before River regenerated and counterattacked. River punched through Akainu’s abdomen and taunted him about who would die, while Akainu continued fighting and vowed to kill River.

• Akainu attacked River with Great Eruption, but River survived the magma and struck Akainu’s head into the ice.
• Akainu unleashed a barrage of magma fists that badly burned River, then claimed their fight was undecided.
• River regenerated completely and punched Akainu in the face before pursuing him with a slash that cut deeply into his waist.
• Akainu kept attacking River with magma, but River grabbed his head and punched through his abdomen.
• River asked Akainu who would die, and Akainu roared that River was the one who should die.

River and Akainu continued their brutal battle at Marineford, each refusing to yield despite severe injuries and dwindling stamina. They ended the chapter exchanging savage blows in midair, with neither yet defeated.

• Akainu launched a Great Eruption at River, who ripped up a vast slab of ice and hurled it against the magma fist.
• Akainu declared that they would see who was harder to kill and unleashed a massive barrage of magma fists at River.
• River dodged through the barrage, shattered the magma projectiles, and dove toward Akainu with Haki-coated fists.
• Akainu erupted upward in a towering column of magma, and he and River collided and traded hundreds of blows.
• Akainu struck River's forehead and shattered the bone, while River crushed Akainu's nose with a counterblow.

River fought Akainu in a brutal battle while Golden Lion Shiki faced Sengoku and Garp, and Kizaru clashed with Enel. Crocodile found Portgas D. Ace and his brother to help them escape, and Ace saw River's fight nearing its end.

• River and Akainu traded devastating blows, but River's wounds kept healing as Akainu fell behind.
• Golden Lion Shiki raised massive earth lions to attack Sengoku and Garp.
• Kizaru and Enel fought at blinding speed, clashing light against lightning.
• Crocodile told Portgas D. Ace that River had sent him to get Ace and his brother out of the battle.
• Ace stared at River and Akainu's fight, and Crocodile said it looked nearly over.

River defeated Akainu in a brutal battle, then healed from his catastrophic injuries before declaring that Marineford would be destroyed. He stood amid the battlefield, reflecting that the destruction would make way for a new order.

• River held the badly wounded Akainu by the neck and taunted him as the battle reached its end.
• River struck Akainu with a powerful punch and sent him plunging into a vast Ice Abyss, avenging Newgate.
• River's missing face and other injuries healed, leaving the watching marines horrified by his ability to recover.
• River landed among the marines and declared that Marineford would cease to exist.
• River said that war destroyed lives and hopes but could bring new vitality, and that corrupt rulers belonged buried underground.

River pushed through the Marines toward Golden Lion, while his former comrades struggled with the thought of fighting him. Mihawk intercepted him before Vista intervened, and River continued toward the fighting as Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates wondered whether Pops was alive; Kuma then blocked River's path.

• Doberman led the Marines in a charge against River, but River knocked him unconscious and put down the advancing troops with his overwhelming aura.
• River raced toward Golden Lion but was intercepted by Dracule Mihawk, who challenged him with the Black Blade Yoru.
• Vista the Flower Sword held Mihawk back, telling River to continue, and explained that Whitebeard might still be alive.
• Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates heard River ask whether Pops was still alive and hurried toward Ace and Luffy.
• Kuma appeared in River's path, and River said Kuma seemed to have completely lost consciousness.

River confronted Kuma and destroyed the Pacifistas surrounding him while the battle at Marineford intensified. He left Kuma driven into the ground as the war continued around them.

• Kuma fired a Laser Beam at River, who deflected it and turned his attention toward helping Golden Lion Shiki against Garp and Sengoku.
• More pirates and beasts joined the battle as Marines and pirates fought across Marineford, and the war’s live broadcast drew worldwide attention to River.
• River spotted Sentomaru and learned that the Navy had deployed Pacifistas modeled after Kuma.
• The Pacifistas fired Laser Beams at River, but he endured the blasts and destroyed them one by one.
• River reached the real Kuma and slammed him into the ground.

River left the destroyed Pacifistas and arrived to help Golden Lion Shiki, striking Sengoku during his fight with Garp. He told his former Marine comrades that he had found darkness beneath their justice and was saying goodbye to the friends he once fought alongside.

• River departed after leaving a field of smoking Pacifistas, and Sentomaru admitted he could not stop him.
• Golden Lion Shiki fought Garp and Sengoku, using his swords and powers to resist their combined attacks.
• Garp and Sengoku pressured Shiki, who prepared to take Sengoku’s shock wave head-on.
• River arrived and punched Sengoku, interrupting the attack and knocking him to the ground.
• River told Garp and Sengoku that he had once wanted to be a righteous Marine but was now saying goodbye to his old friends.

River and Golden Lion Shiki battled Garp and Sengoku at Marineford as River defended his choice to save Ace by fighting the Marines. The clashes devastated the battlefield, and a group of figures appeared unnoticed to watch the war.

• River told Garp that he valued his family more than his responsibility to the Marines and insisted that fighting was the only way to save Ace.
• River and Shiki faced Garp and Sengoku in a two-on-two battle, and the four fighters charged at each other.
• Shiki attacked Sengoku with his swords and powers, sending the Fleet Admiral crashing through ruined buildings.
• Garp and River fought with matching Taijutsu techniques, while Garp questioned whether River meant to destroy Marineford.
• A group of figures appeared unnoticed at the battlefield's edge and quietly watched the war.

Blackbeard and several powerful figures watched the chaos at Marineford, where River’s battle with Garp drew the attention of old and new enemies. Redfield, Byrnndi World, and Douglas Bullet departed with River in mind, while River remained locked in a punishing fight with Garp.

• Marshall D. Teach celebrated the turmoil and led his crew to search for Whitebeard’s body, while Sanjuan Wolf, Avalo Pizarro, and Catarina Devon praised River and considered following him.
• Shiryu noticed the escaped prisoners moving ahead and remarked that even Impel Down’s Deputy Chief had fled.
• Redfield watched the battle, said he would regain his strength before meeting River again, and vanished.
• Byrnndi World left Marineford without repaying his favor to River, while Douglas Bullet declared River his next target and promised to fight him in the New World.
• River struck Garp and sent him tumbling, and both men traded blows that left them bruised and in pain.

As Ace and his allies fought to escape the Marines’ encirclement, River challenged Garp and revealed a mysterious power that could freeze time. Garp survived River’s follow-up punch, but he and Sengoku were left wondering what secret River was hiding.

• Crocodile urged Ace and Luffy to escape the Marines’ encirclement, while Ace pressed forward through the battle.
• River and Garp exchanged blows as Garp questioned whether River could surpass the old generation and overturn the world.
• River hinted that his strength had changed over the twenty years since he had fought Roger and Whitebeard.
• River pointed at Garp and said “Freeze,” immobilizing him long enough to land a powerful punch that sent him crashing into the Headquarters Building.
• Garp emerged from the rubble and asked River what he had done, while Sengoku wondered how River could wield another Devil Fruit power.

River defeated Garp’s challenge and ended his fight with the Marines after Ace reunited with the Whitebeard Pirates. Blackbeard stole Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and Doflamingo joined him in proposing to kill River.

• Garp rose from the rubble and questioned whether River had fought Whitebeard with his full strength, while River explained that he had kept his other abilities out of their honorable duel.
• Ace, Luffy, and their companions reunited safely with the Whitebeard Pirates, completing Ace’s rescue.
• Blackbeard attacked Moria, then covered himself and Whitebeard’s corpse with a cloth as his crew began their plan.
• River stopped fighting Garp and Sengoku and ran toward Blackbeard after realizing he was trying to steal Whitebeard’s power.
• Blackbeard emerged with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power and declared that the world would belong to him.
• Doflamingo joined Blackbeard and suggested that they start by killing River.

Marshall D. Teach revealed that he had gained Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit power in addition to the Dark-Dark Fruit and began devastating Marineford. River confronted Teach, who declared that he had come to the battlefield to kill him.

• Teach laughed with Doflamingo and showed confidence in wielding the powers of two Devil Fruits.
• Teach shook and fractured the air around Marineford, causing a massive earthquake and raising tsunamis.
• Teach spread darkness across the battlefield, swallowing pirates and Marines as Sengoku and Garp recognized the threat.
• Sengoku vowed to stop Teach, while Marco restrained Ace and Jozu and Vista pointed out that River was heading toward him.
• River landed in front of Teach, who recognized his longtime enemy and declared his intent to kill him.

At Marineford, River confronted Marshall D. Teach and revealed that the escaped prisoners from Impel Down had made their agreement with him, not Teach. Doflamingo, Shiryu, and the prisoners turned against Teach, and River and Teach began a fierce clash.

• River confronted Marshall D. Teach while Moria lay wounded nearby, and Doflamingo and the Impel Down escapees stood with Teach.
• River ordered the escapees to kill Teach, and Sanjuan Wolf attacked him while Avalo Pizarro and Catarina Devon explained that River had made their agreement and promise.
• Doflamingo betrayed Teach and moved to River's side, while Shiryu declared his trust in River over Teach.
• Teach attacked the escapees and threatened to sink Marineford, then challenged River with the powers of darkness and tremors.
• River charged Teach, and their fists collided as River dismissed Teach's tremor power.

River fought Marshall D. Teach, who wielded both the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit, and overcame Teach’s attacks despite his exhaustion. River revealed another mysterious ability and charged at Teach again, determined to kill him.

• Marshall D. Teach used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit against River while Donquixote Doflamingo’s attack failed to harm him.
• Teach suppressed River’s Recovery Fruit and severely injured him, but River healed himself and continued fighting.
• River struck Teach with a rapid punch and kick, sending him flying and leaving him screaming in pain.
• Teach realized River had more than one ability after River briefly restrained him with an unexplained power.
• River dismissed Teach’s two powers and lunged at him again, intent on killing him.

River fought Marshall D. Teach at Marineford, enduring Teach’s devastating darkness attack before striking the enormous mass of ice Teach had dropped on him. As River shattered the ice with his fist, a ship bearing a red dragon figurehead arrived outside the Gate of Justice.

• Teach unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power, but River repeatedly crossed the battlefield and struck him while stopping time around him.
• Teach declared that he and River both wielded multiple Devil Fruit powers, then used Black Hole to swallow the ice and matter beneath Marineford.
• Teach used Liberation to summon the swallowed material as a mountain-sized mass of ice above River, alarming Sengoku and the other fighters.
• River gathered power in his fist and shattered space, sending cracks spreading across the descending ice.
• A ship with a red dragon figurehead approached outside the Gate of Justice, and its occupants said they had arrived just in time.

River shattered Marshall D. Teach’s enormous ice attack and fought him with a power resembling the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, before Teach used the Dark-Dark Fruit to suppress River’s abilities and injure him. As Teach struck River, the system announced that River had mastered and evolved the Dark-Dark Fruit ability, including Darkness Incarnation.

• River punched apart the colossal ice mountain Marshall D. Teach had sent crashing toward him, revealing a tremor-like power that stunned Marineford.
• River told Marshall D. Teach their powers were different, then clashed fists with him and helped reduce Marineford to ruins.
• Sengoku charged toward River and Marshall D. Teach, ordering them to stop.
• Marshall D. Teach used darkness to block River’s freezing beam, seize him, and suppress his abilities.
• Marshall D. Teach kneed River in the abdomen, drawing blood, as the system announced River had mastered the Dark-Dark Fruit and Darkness Incarnation.

River fought Marshall D. Teach at Marineford and revealed that he could use the Dark-Dark Fruit, before Sengoku’s attack wounded them both. As the exhausted fighters faced the question of whether the battle should continue, Red-Haired Shanks arrived with his crew and challenged River.

• River used darkness to suppress Teach’s power and struck him with a devastating knee.
• Sengoku attacked River and Teach with a Buddha shockwave, sending both flying and leaving them badly injured.
• Sengoku surveyed the destruction at Marineford and hesitated to let River and Teach leave, despite the devastation and Whitebeard’s death.
• Red-Haired Shanks arrived aboard the Red Force with his full crew, and his Conqueror’s Haki froze the battlefield.
• Shanks drew his sword, fixed his gaze on River, and declared that he would be River’s opponent and avenge his vice-captain.

Red-Haired Shanks arrived at Marineford with the Red Hair Pirates and called for the war to end, while Marshall D. Teach withdrew with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power. River agreed that he had achieved his goals and declared that the battle with the Navy was over.

• Red-Haired Shanks arrived with the Red Hair Pirates, confronted River, and said the war should end.
• Marshall D. Teach gathered the Blackbeard Pirates and began retreating after warning that the pressure would fall on River.
• Sengoku demanded to know whether Shanks had come to wage war against the Navy.
• Shanks said he had come to end the war because enough people had died and the Whitebeard Pirates had rescued Ace.
• River acknowledged that Shanks was right and declared the battle with the Navy over.

River ended the Marineford war and ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to get Ace to safety, but Shanks challenged him to avenge Rayleigh. As River and Shanks prepared to fight, their allies gathered behind them, setting up a clash between the two crews.

• River and Sengoku declared the war over, and River ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to protect Ace and escape.
• Marco led the Whitebeard Pirates as they evacuated Ace and Luffy, while River urged Ace to leave and grow stronger.
• Shanks confronted River and declared that he would avenge Vice Captain Rayleigh.
• River drew his blade and met Shanks's Conqueror's Haki, accepting the challenge.
• Donquixote Doflamingo, Shiryu of the Rain, and Sanjuan Wolf stepped up to support River as Shanks's allies faced them.

After Marineford’s war ended, River’s forces and Shanks’s crew prepared to clash, but agreed to take their battle elsewhere. River departed aboard the Ark Maxim for the New World, while the exhausted Marines let them go.

• Golden Lion Shiki, Enel, Crocodile, Rob Lucci, and Moria joined River as his forces gathered opposite Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates.
• Shanks and River agreed to fight somewhere away from Marineford, and Dracule Mihawk joined Shanks’s crew.
• Mihawk offered to explain his previous battle with River and share what he had learned, and Shanks accepted.
• River and his companions boarded the Ark Maxim and sailed away from Marineford toward the New World.
• The Marines watched them leave, too exhausted by the war to intervene.