Chapter Summaries

Akainu and Aokiji overwhelmed the Whitebeard Pirates while Gawain kept Whitebeard at bay, and Sengoku ordered Ace’s execution as Garp struggled to accept it. Elsewhere, Kid resolved to join forces with other crews to target Gawain, while Hawkins’s divinations left him weighing his next move.

• Akainu and Aokiji attacked the Whitebeard Pirates together, inflicting heavy casualties as Jozu and Vista tried to protect their crew.
• Sengoku ordered Ace’s execution, and Garp was shaken when he recognized the executioners who had carried out Roger’s execution.
• Garp struck Marco away when Marco rushed toward the execution platform, and viewers feared the Navy’s advantage would end the Whitebeard Pirates’ chances.
• Kid and Killer watched the broadcast, and Kid decided to join forces with Baccarat’s and Urouge’s crews to target Knight Gawain.
• Hawkins used his cards to divine the odds for Whole Cake Island and Wano Country, then asked about Britannia.

Hawkins learned that Britannia offered no chance of victory or escape as Whitebeard was suppressed by Gawain at Marineford. Straw Hat and the Roger Pirates' survivors rescued Ace, who joined forces with Luffy to fight their way out as Garp pursued them without catching up.

• Hawkins divined that Britannia had zero chances of victory and escape, then learned Gawain was suppressing Whitebeard at Marineford.
• Sengoku ordered Ace's execution, but Straw Hat and his allies arrived from Impel Down and their Conqueror's Haki felled the executioners.
• Rayleigh and Jabba struck the execution platform, while Garp's clash with Straw Hat ended with Garp driven into the ground and Redfield freeing Ace.
• Redfield urged Ace to answer his allies' resolve, and Ace found renewed conviction as he saw Luffy, the Whitebeard Pirates, and Whitebeard fighting for him.
• Ace and Luffy unleashed their attacks together to clear a path through the Marines, while Garp chased them and Sengoku remained held back by Rayleigh and Gaban.

Ace escaped execution as the battle at Marineford spiraled further out of Sengoku’s control. Gawain faced Crocodile and his Impel Down allies, while Whitebeard intervened to protect Ace and the Straw Hat brothers as the Marines’ three Admirals joined forces against him.

• Gaban attacked Sengoku with his twin axes, forcing Sengoku to abandon his pursuit of Straw Hat and fight alongside the other Marine opponent.
• Gawain stopped fighting Whitebeard, and Whitebeard charged through the Marines to open an escape route for his crew.
• Crocodile confronted Gawain with Conqueror’s Haki and a group of Level Six prisoners, but Gawain survived Crocodile’s sand attack and drove the group into retreat.
• Akainu and Aokiji attacked the fleeing Straw Hat brothers, while Marco and Redfield were kept from helping them by the Admirals.
• Whitebeard struck Akainu and stood between the Straw Hat brothers and the Marines, then faced Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru as they led the Marine forces into battle.

Ace chose to carry Whitebeard’s will and led the Whitebeard Pirates toward escape as Whitebeard held off the Navy’s strongest forces. Sengoku ordered the Admirals to kill Whitebeard and recast the execution as a plan to end his era, while Hawkins suspected a greater crisis was unfolding; the chapter ended with Akainu punching Whitebeard in the chest.

• Marco pinned Ace down and told him Whitebeard wanted him to inherit the Whitebeard Pirates and carry on his will.
• Ace accepted Marco’s words and led the gathered pirates through the opening Whitebeard had made, toward the waiting ships.
• Sengoku ordered Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Borsalino to stop holding back and kill Whitebeard, then presented the battle as a plan to bring down the world’s strongest pirate.
• Hawkins reasoned that the Marines had targeted both Whitebeard and Ace, and grew alarmed after a pirate wondered whether someone had destroyed Mary Geoise.
• Redfield praised Ace’s emerging kingly presence and resolved to seek a mysterious fruit and investigate Locke’s descendant after the battle.
• Akainu drove a punch into Whitebeard’s chest as the wounded pirate continued fighting the Admirals and Marines.

Whitebeard fought the Navy’s strongest forces to the end and declared that One Piece was real before dying on his feet. His final words ignited a worldwide rush to sea, while Sengoku realized the Marines had failed to contain the coming chaos.

• Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru attacked Whitebeard as his injuries and illness worsened, while Kid and Killer discussed his sacrifice and the truth of One Piece.
• Sengoku watched Ace and Fei escape with their allies, then Rayleigh and Gaban withdrew from their fight with him.
• Whitebeard drove back the Navy with his final Tremor-Tremor Punch and declared that One Piece was real before the projection was cut off.
• Kid and Killer affirmed their belief in One Piece as people around the world rioted, seized ships, and set out to find it.
• Kaido and Big Mom agreed to join forces and reclaim Whole Cake Island, while King the Conflagration feared the strength of Gawain.
• Whitebeard died standing at Marineford, and Sengoku admitted that his declaration had plunged the world into unprecedented chaos.

After Whitebeard died and his crew escaped, Marines and pirates reckoned with the battle’s consequences while Gawain remained at Marineford. Blackbeard returned to steal Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Gawain intercepted him and left him wounded and at his mercy.

• Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji realized Whitebeard had anticipated the Marines’ moves and feared his death would embolden pirates around the world.
• Rayleigh and Gaban watched Whitebeard’s retreating figure and discussed Gawain’s overwhelming strength and whether he could be the person Roger had awaited.
• Gawain let Crocodile and his group escape, while Doflamingo mocked the Marines’ supposed victory and Katakuri attacked him for insulting his mother.
• Blackbeard spread darkness across Marineford to seize Whitebeard’s body and obtain his Tremor-Tremor Fruit, prompting the Marines to retreat and the Admirals to attack.
• Gawain stepped into Blackbeard’s darkness and cut him when he tried to stop the blade, then confronted him as Kansei Masamune rested against his shoulder.

Gawain nearly killed Blackbeard, but Kizaru, the Admirals, Garp, and Sengoku intervened as the Navy faced him alongside Hawk Eyes. Gawain withdrew without fighting, while Bullet resolved to challenge him, Blackbeard hinted at a fourth faction in the Impel Down invasion, and Sengoku learned that Zephyr's Neo Navy had devastated Mary Geoise.

• Kizaru, Aokiji, Akainu, Garp, and Sengoku stopped Gawain from killing the incapacitated Blackbeard, and Gawain's Haki overwhelmed most of the Marines nearby.
• Hancock, Kuma, Katakuri, Doflamingo, and the Marines watched as Hawk Eyes joined Gawain, but Gawain sheathed his sword and left with him.
• Bullet watched Gawain depart, judged him stronger than Roger and other past legends, and vowed to defeat him before sailing away with an Eternal Pose to Raftel.
• Blackbeard tried to reveal a fourth faction involved in the Impel Down invasion, but Sengoku knocked him unconscious before he could name it.
• Sengoku learned that Zephyr and the Neo Navy had attacked the Red Line, destroyed more than half of Mary Geoise, and caused countless Celestial Dragon casualties.

Kizaru surveyed the devastation at Mary Geoise as the World Government tried to suppress news of the attack, but the deaths of Celestial Dragons and Whitebeard’s final words helped ignite uprisings and a new wave of voyages. A month later, the surviving Neo Navy reached the East Blue, where dying Zephyr wanted to visit Raven Port and Fujitora and Smoker considered what to do next.

• Kizaru found Binz’s charred body and realized Mary Geoise’s destruction would further destabilize the world.
• The Five Elders reported to Imu that Zephyr and several Neo Navy officers had escaped, and Imu ordered them to suppress news and quell the unrest.
• Despite the World Government’s efforts, reports of the attack spread, inspiring slaves to rebel, pirates to pursue One Piece, and people across the world to rise against their rulers.
• A month later, Smoker, Fujitora, Zephyr, Ain, and a handful of Neo Navy survivors reached the East Blue after escaping the Divine Knights.
• Zephyr, gravely wounded and near death, told Fujitora and Smoker he wanted to see Raven Port, and Fujitora and Smoker agreed to go there before choosing their next steps.

Zephyr returned to Raven Port to see the peaceful community and wheat field he had helped build, then died after affirming his faith in Gawain’s vision. After Zephyr’s funeral, Fujitora and Smoker chose to join Gawain, determined to help create the future Zephyr had hoped to witness.

• Zephyr arrived in Raven Port with Smoker, Ain, Fujitora, and the other Marines, and saw how peaceful and prosperous the port had become.
• Dobby welcomed Zephyr and took him to the wheat field he had tended for him, where Zephyr ate bread made from its wheat.
• Zephyr told Smoker that Gawain could change the world, asked him to witness the future Gawain would create, and died in the wheat field.
• Gawain arrived and allowed Smoker to bury Zephyr in the wheat field, where he would overlook Raven Port.
• Fujitora joined Gawain’s ranks, and Smoker knelt before Gawain and asked to come aboard.

Smoker arrived in Britannia and was inspired by its fairness and recovery from the Ancient Weapon’s attack, resolving to protect it under Gawain. When he reported to the Royal Guard camp, he discovered its soldiers were training fanatics who eagerly surrounded him.

• Ain stayed at Raven Port, took over Zephyr’s bar, and joined the surviving Neo Navy Marines as they settled into peaceful work.
• Gawain made Fujitora a Knight of the Round Table and assigned Smoker as Bevel’s deputy in Britannia’s guard force.
• Smoker saw Britannia’s people rebuilding with hope and recognized the fairness and order Gawain had established.
• Smoker discarded his Marine Justice cape, donned knight’s armor, and headed to the Royal Guard camp determined to protect Britannia and grow stronger.
• Smoker opened the camp gates and found the guards intensely pumping iron; when he returned, they grabbed him and dragged him inside.
• Smoker drew his Jitte to challenge the guards, who greeted his aggression with excitement.

Smoker tested the strength of Britannia’s guards, learned how Gawain had judged his character, and lost to Bevel before asking for training to become stronger. Meanwhile, Fujitora reflected on the peaceful lives he had heard about while exploring Britannia.

• Britannia’s guards attacked Smoker with techniques from the Six Powers, which they said Lord Gawain had made part of recruit training.
• Smoker defeated the guards with his smoke and Haki, then faced Bevel, who explained Gawain’s understanding of Smoker’s character and assessed his strength as upper Silver Rank.
• Bevel revealed that Issho, Kuro, and Akin had reached the Legendary realm, prompting Smoker to challenge him.
• Bevel used his Door-Door Fruit to evade Smoker’s attack and place a Knight Sword against his shoulder, then Smoker asked for special training to become a stronger support for Gawain.
• Fujitora listened to townspeople describe hopeful new beginnings and considered how peaceful Britannia was as he traveled through it.

Fujitora witnessed Smoker become consumed by Gawain’s crew’s intense training, while Gawain learned from Sentomaru that Pluton’s greatest obstacle was its energy source. Gawain asked Sentomaru to arrange a meeting with Vegapunk and set him free, leaving Sentomaru inclined to bring Vegapunk to Britannia.

• Fujitora saw Smoker training enthusiastically with Gawain’s crew and hurried away, worried their obsession with training would spread to him.
• Sentomaru told Gawain and Kuro that Vegapunk had inferred their plan to build Pluton and warned that it required an immense energy source.
• Gawain demonstrated his control of ley-line energy but explained that he could not use it to power attacks beyond Britannia or safely supply Pluton.
• Gawain asked Sentomaru to contact Vegapunk and arrange a meeting, then had Franky unlock Sentomaru’s shackles.
• Sentomaru accepted his freedom and agreed to pass Gawain’s message to Vegapunk.

Gawain decided to use the third Martial Arts Tournament to find an opponent who could help him reach Mythical strength and challenge Uranus, with an Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale as bait. Meanwhile, Buena Festa recruited Douglas Bullet to take control of the tournament, but Bullet insisted that the Float-Float Fruit was not a grand enough prize.

• Gawain told Kuro they would continue building Pluton and decided that he needed a powerful rival to help him break beyond humanity and face an Ancient Weapon.
• Gawain proposed using an Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale to draw powerful fighters to the third Martial Arts Tournament and revealed that Bullet had it.
• Buena Festa recognized Bullet as a powerful fugitive from Impel Down and persuaded him to join forces by arguing they both wanted to surpass the Pirate King.
• Buena Festa proposed taking control of the Martial Arts Tournament and named the Float-Float Fruit as its prize, but Bullet said it would not attract the strongest villains and that he had a better prize.

Buena Festa learned that Bullet had an Eternal Pose pointing to Raftel, while Sabo and Dragon discussed the Revolutionary Army’s campaign, Impel Down’s fall, and the danger surrounding Vegapunk and Knight Gawain. Sabo sailed to Britannia to rescue Ivankov, while Dragon learned Gawain might possess the Pluton Blueprint and Ivankov turned out to be partying at an okama bar in Britannia.

• Bullet showed Buena Festa an Eternal Pose that pointed to Raftel.
• Dragon’s Revolutionary Army destroyed the corrupt Pythagoras royal family’s rule and helped civilians rebuild, while Sabo read the latest newspaper and saw Luffy’s and Ace’s bounties.
• Dragon and Sabo learned that Ivankov’s Vivre Card pointed to Britannia, and Vegapunk suggested Luffy might have released the prisoners rather than Gawain.
• Sabo gathered information from Koala and sailed to Britannia to secretly rescue Ivankov.
• Vegapunk told Dragon that Gawain may have the Pluton Blueprint and explained his conflict with the World Government, prompting Dragon to consider using the Ancient Weapon against it.
• Sentomaru found Ivankov at a popular okama bar in Britannia, where Ivankov urged him to dance.

Ivankov chose to remain in Britannia and explore its society with Sentomaru, convinced that Gawain’s rule had made it a promising future. Half a month later, Sabo entered the country on a mission and met the blind Fujitora at a casino, where Fujitora invited him for a drink.

• Ivankov explained to Sentomaru how Britannia’s equality, stability, and prosperity had changed its people, then decided to stay and witness its future.
• Ivankov invited Sentomaru to travel with him and examine the country, and Sentomaru agreed to serve as his bodyguard in exchange for rice balls.
• Ivankov, Inazuma, and Sentomaru set out to tour Britannia, while Gawain left them alone and Smoker continued serving as a kingdom guard.
• Half a month later, Sabo secretly entered Britannia, and Smoker alerted Bevel, who noted that Issho was in Pearl Harbor.
• Sabo found Fujitora gambling at a casino, warned him about his losing hand, and gave him money before trying to leave.
• Fujitora caught Sabo’s hand and invited him to have a drink.

Sabo met Fujitora in Britannia, learned that Gawain had shaped the Neo Navy’s resolve, and followed Fujitora toward Ivankov’s bar. Meanwhile, Gawain received news of Sabo’s arrival and learned that the World Government was developing a Seraphim using his genes as its template.

• Sabo recognized the blind man as Fujitora, and Fujitora showed him a photograph of Ivankov safe at his bar in Britannia.
• Fujitora told Sabo that Gawain’s influence had helped forge the Neo Navy’s will and that Zephyr had praised Dragon’s convictions before his death.
• Fujitora urged Sabo to visit Raven Port and then led him through the night toward Ivankov’s bar, prompting Sabo to follow and consider Britannia for himself.
• Gawain learned from a report that Fujitora and Sabo had left Pearl Harbor together, while Kuro updated him on pirate crews near Britannia and Lucci’s promotion to CP0.
• Kuro revealed that the World Government had restarted the Seraphim project and listed S-Dragon among the biological weapons; Gawain realized it had been made using his genes.

Gawain discussed the World Government’s potential Seraphim and Britannia’s future power with Kuro, while Sabo toured Britannia with Fujitora and considered whether its prosperity could endure. Their peaceful stay ended when Bullet attacked Seagull Port and seized Smoker, demanding to meet Gawain.

• Gawain told Kuro that the World Government had little time to interfere and that he intended to gain enough strength to stand against an Ancient Weapon.
• Fujitora showed Sabo Britannia’s relief efforts and work for the poor, leading Sabo to recognize the kingdom’s prosperity while warning that it depended on Gawain’s strength.
• Sabo learned Ivankov and Inazuma had left to travel around Britannia, then stayed near the port with Fujitora.
• An alarm sounded at Seagull Port, and Smoker reported a strange vessel before discovering it was a submarine.
• Bullet emerged, overpowered Smoker, and demanded that Gawain come to negotiate or face a fight through Britannia.

Douglas Bullet invaded Britannia and formed a colossal giant from the harbor, but Fujitora used his Press-Press Fruit to make it float and stop its devastating punch. Bullet coated the giant in Armament Haki and sent it crashing down, leaving Sabo and Fujitora in danger until Gawain arrived.

• Smoker struck Bullet with his Jitte, but Bullet hurled him into the harbor and dismissed him as no threat.
• Bullet sent Buena Festa away in a submarine, then used his Merge-Merge Fruit to combine the harbor into a giant thousands of meters tall.
• Sabo prepared to stop Bullet's attack from killing civilians, but Fujitora intervened and used his gravity powers to make the giant float.
• Bullet covered the giant in Armament Haki, overcame Fujitora's ability, and sent it plummeting toward Sabo and Fujitora.
• Gawain stepped through a portal and looked up at the falling giant, calling it a fine target.

Gawain defeated Bullet with a single sword strike and spared his life after Buena Festa offered to repay the damage to the harbor. As Sabo tried to leave Britannia, Gawain called him out and Fujitora appeared beside him.

• Gawain drew Kansei Masamune, and his Conqueror's Haki stunned Sabo and Fujitora as they watched him prepare to strike.
• Gawain cut through Bullet's giant armor and wounded him so severely that he lost consciousness after crashing to the ground.
• Smoker reported that the harbor had been evacuated but suffered extensive damage, and Buena Festa stood between Gawain and Bullet to bargain for Bullet's life.
• Gawain agreed to spare Bullet and ordered Buena Festa to work in Britannia until he repaid the harbor's losses.
• Sabo tried to slip away, but Gawain warned him to obey Britannia's laws, while Fujitora appeared beside Gawain through a teleportation portal.

Sabo realized that Fujitora had chosen Gawain’s crew, while Bullet and Buena Festa accepted a deal that brought them into Gawain’s service. Gawain planned how to use the Float-Float Fruit and welcomed Tesoro’s pledge, and Bullet declared he would repay his debt once he surpassed Gawain.

• Sabo concluded that Fujitora had already committed himself to Gawain’s ship and abandoned his attempt to recruit him for the Revolutionary Army.
• Buena Festa explained to the recovering Bullet that he had given Gawain the Float-Float Fruit and Eternal Pose, and that Gawain’s tournament could help Bullet pursue his ambition.
• Bullet accepted working for Gawain, and he and Buena Festa began to reconcile after Bullet admitted he would have left Festa behind in the same situation.
• Gawain decided the Float-Float Fruit should go to a reliable companion and recognized the preserved head Tesoro sent as the Celestial Dragon who had enslaved Tesoro’s beloved.
• Gawain offered Tesoro a place among the Knights of the Round Table and the vacant Minister of Finance post in Britannia.
• Bullet met Gawain and agreed to the deal, declaring that his debt would end when he surpassed Gawain.