Chapter Summaries

Golden Lion led the Impel Down escapees toward the Abyss while Bondrewd stayed behind to fight the Great Angel, and the Marine forces assembled at Marineford for Ace’s execution. Sengoku revealed to the gathered Marines and the world that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son.

• Golden Lion lifted part of the dock toward the Abyss as the Red Tears and Abyss exchanged cannon fire, while Bondrewd identified the approaching Great Angel as his opponent.
• Bondrewd used Kizaru’s Yasakani no Magatama to counter the Great Angel’s attack, then stayed behind as Golden Lion led the others away.
• Bondrewd and the Great Angel clashed with swords in the sky as the escapees continued toward the Abyss.
• Flashlight joined the other Shichibukai at Marine Headquarters, played a game with Kuma, and then took his place on the defensive line with the Empress and Hawk-Eye.
• The Marines brought Ace to the Execution Platform, where Sengoku announced that Ace’s real father was Gol D. Roger.

At Marineford, Whitebeard’s forces arrived to rescue Ace, and the battle began with the Marines meeting the pirates’ tsunami and assault. The fighting remained fierce as Little Oars broke through the defenses but fell to Kuma and Hawk-Eye, while Whitebeard defeated Ronse.

• Sengoku revealed that Ace was the son of the Pirate King, and Flashlight warned the Navy that Whitebeard’s forces were approaching underwater.
• Whitebeard’s fleet surfaced inside and outside Crescent Bay, and Whitebeard greeted Sengoku and took responsibility for Ace’s capture.
• Whitebeard raised enormous tsunamis, but Kuzan froze them and trapped the ships in ice; the pirates and Marines began fighting across the frozen bay.
• Hawk-Eye and Kizaru attacked Whitebeard, Marco intervened, and Flashlight destroyed Jozu’s thrown iceberg before joining the Marine forces.
• Little Oars broke through the Marine defenses and reached the Shichibukai, but Kuma struck him with Ursus Shock and Hawk-Eye cut his arm as he fell.
• Ronse attacked Whitebeard while he was distracted, but Whitebeard shattered Ronse’s axe and knocked him unconscious.

Flashlight fought through the Marineford battlefield, rescuing Marines and defeating Whitebeard commanders Atmos, Rakuyo, and Speedo while Fossa recovered the fallen men. As Luffy and a group of allies descended toward the battlefield aboard a falling warship, Luffy shouted for Ace and Garp reacted from the execution platform.

• Flashlight raced across the battlefield, striking down pirates and rescuing wounded Marines, which rallied the Marine forces around him.
• Atmos attacked Flashlight, but Flashlight defeated him with lightning before Rakuyo, Speedo, and Fossa intervened.
• Flashlight’s Dark Thunder blast sent Rakuyo into the sea, and he overwhelmed Speedo with a rapid close-range assault.
• Flashlight took to the air as Fossa recovered Rakuyo, then noticed a warship falling from above the frozen wave.
• Luffy and his cobbled-together allies descended with the warship, and Luffy roared for Ace as Garp watched from the execution platform.

Flashlight and Marco fought above the battlefield while Luffy and the escaped prisoners joined the battle at Marineford. Luffy charged toward Ace but was repeatedly delayed, and Sengoku revealed that he was Dragon’s biological son.

• Marco intercepted Flashlight while Fossa, Rakuyo, and Speedo retreated, then fought him in the air as Flashlight’s lightning attacks struck Marco.
• Jinbe rescued Luffy and Buggy from the fallen warship, and the escapees reached the ice; Luffy stopped Crocodile from attacking Whitebeard.
• Luffy declared he would become Pirate King and ran toward the Execution Platform, prompting Kizaru to attack him before Ivankov’s Death Wink knocked him clear.
• Ivankov advanced to help Luffy but was intercepted by Kuma, while Jinbe and the Straw Hat Pirates caught up with Luffy.
• Luffy escaped Hina’s Birdcage and continued forward as Marines and pirates clashed around him; a Giant Vice Admiral blocked his path and fought him.
• Sengoku told the battlefield that Luffy was Ace’s sworn brother and the biological son of the Revolutionary, Dragon.

Flashlight fought Jinbe to keep him occupied while Luffy pushed toward Ace, then witnessed the Navy's planned counterattack against Whitebeard's scattered subordinate crews. The chapter ended as Sentomaru and the PX-1 units unleashed a barrage on the pirates from behind.

• Luffy knocked out a Giant Vice Admiral, but Smoker blocked his way until Zoro and Sanji intervened, allowing Luffy and Jinbe to continue toward the Execution Platform.
• Flashlight intercepted Luffy and Jinbe, then fought Jinbe with lightning and plasma attacks while Luffy ran ahead.
• Flashlight dropped a copper cable and a lightning bomb into the sea, triggering a huge underwater explosion that blasted Jinbe away.
• Hawk-Eye pursued Luffy with a Flying Slash, but Vista engaged him and gave Luffy and Buggy a chance to escape.
• Sentomaru and the PX-1 units appeared behind Whitebeard's subordinate crews and opened fire with lasers, electrical attacks, and electromagnetic cannons.

Flashlight fought Marco while the PX-1 units devastated the Whitebeard Pirates’ rear crews and Luffy’s advance was checked by Kizaru. As Whitebeard prepared to enter the battle, Squard betrayed him and stabbed him through the abdomen.

• The PX-1 units attacked the subordinate pirate crews, while Flashlight used plasma, seastone-laced fragments, and charged air to keep Marco at bay.
• Kizaru kicked Luffy into Jinbe’s arms, and Izo and five other division commanders arrived to help them advance.
• Squard reached Whitebeard’s flagship and reported heavy losses among the subordinate crews.
• Whitebeard explained that he had held back his strength to counter Sengoku’s tactics and save enough power to protect his children’s retreat.
• Squard spoke of the crews’ loyalty to Whitebeard, then drove his sword through Whitebeard’s abdomen.

Squard stabbed Whitebeard after Akainu tricked him into believing Whitebeard had betrayed his allies, but Whitebeard forgave him and broke the ice walls to free the trapped pirates. Meanwhile, the Golden Lion headed for Marine Headquarters with his allies to recruit Whitebeard and prepare a ritual, as Luffy arrived to save Ace from Kizaru.

• Squard stabbed Whitebeard and accused him of trading the subordinate crews’ lives for Ace’s, throwing the pirates into confusion and distrust.
• Whitebeard embraced and forgave Squard, then shattered the ice walls to open an escape route and rallied the subordinate pirates.
• The Golden Lion offered the Red Count a choice of mythical Zoan fruits, and the Red Count chose Cerberus while Shiryu declined the remaining fruits.
• The Golden Lion told his allies that they were going to Marine Headquarters to recruit Whitebeard by offering to restore his youth and to prepare a ritual requested by the Alliance Leader.
• At Marine Headquarters, the Marines trapped the pirates behind Barrier Walls and Kizaru prepared to shoot Little Oars, but Luffy arrived from the sky and demanded that the Admirals return Ace.

Luffy’s attempt to reach Ace was repeatedly thwarted as Whitebeard’s forces entered the plaza and clashed with the Marines. Golden Lion arrived and invited Whitebeard to join forces, but before Whitebeard could answer, Golden Lion’s allies descended on Marine Headquarters and Flashlight confronted them.

• Luffy fought his way toward the execution platform, but Kizaru and Kuzan stopped him while Crocodile and Marco disrupted the execution attempt.
• Whitebeard’s hidden warship entered the plaza, and his forces engaged the Admirals as Luffy continued trying to reach Ace.
• As Akainu moved to strike the wounded Whitebeard, Golden Lion blocked him and asked Whitebeard to join Road Island and regain his youth; Whitebeard refused because he distrusted Bondrewd and would not risk his children.
• Red Count, Bullet, Shiryu, Crescent Moon Hunter, Corrupt King, and Great Sake Barrel descended on Marine Headquarters, where a lightning strike buried Shiryu and his companions in rubble.
• Flashlight appeared before Red Count and Bullet, then asked Shiryu whether the Bad Teacher had been occupied elsewhere.

Flashlight captured Heavenly Yaksha and then fought the escaped Impel Down prisoners, defeating the Corrupt King and Great Sake Barrel while holding off the others. As Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Red Count faced the Marines, Bullet began transforming after Flashlight taunted him.

• Flashlight used seastone-lined steel bars to capture Heavenly Yaksha and delivered him to Tsuru.
• Red Count and Bullet appeared with escaped prisoners, and Flashlight rushed to confront them while Golden Lion and Whitebeard prepared to fight the Marines.
• Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Red Count joined forces against the Marines as the Three Admirals faced them.
• Kuma knocked Great Battleship down, while Flashlight dodged attacks from Great Sake Barrel and Bullet.
• Flashlight electrocuted the Corrupt King and blasted Shiryu away, while the Crescent Moon Hunter retreated.
• Flashlight taunted Bullet about the escaped prisoners, and Bullet began transforming as Shiryu and the Crescent Moon Hunter backed away.

Shining battled Bullet across the sky while Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki disrupted the execution at Marineford. With Whitebeard’s forces clearing a path, Luffy and Ivankov advanced toward Ace as Jinbe faced Sentomaru and the Pacifistas.

• Bullet pursued Shining through the air, but Shining depleted his Haki with lightning attacks and struck him with a plasma beam.
• The Crescent Moon Hunter and Shiryu watched Shining fight Bullet before an unfamiliar wave of Conqueror’s Haki swept over them.
• Whitebeard and the Golden Lion tried to stop Ace’s execution, while Luffy’s uncontrolled Conqueror’s Haki knocked down the executioners and many fighters nearby.
• Whitebeard ordered his commanders to clear a path for Luffy, and the Red Count joined him after breaking free from Kuzan’s ice.
• Jinbe destroyed one Pacifista, then took his stance against Sentomaru and the remaining Pacifistas to protect Luffy’s advance.

Luffy reached Ace on the Execution Platform, where Naruto revealed himself as Sabo and helped the brothers escape. Sengoku then learned that Bondrewd’s Justice Tri-Point plan involved rituals at Enies Lobby, Impel Down, and Marineford, though the consequences remained unknown.

• Inazuma cut a stone bridge to the Execution Platform, and Luffy knocked Garp aside with a single punch when Garp tried to stop him.
• Luffy reached Ace, but Sengoku shattered the key to Ace’s seastone handcuffs and attacked them as the platform began to collapse.
• The disguised executioner revealed himself as Naruto, gave Luffy a spare key, and helped Luffy and Ace escape the falling platform.
• Luffy recognized Naruto as Sabo, and the three brothers landed in the plaza amid the pirates’ cheers.
• Tsuru told Sengoku that Bondrewd’s Justice Tri-Point plan was still underway, and Lilith explained that its rituals targeted the mind, soul, and body at three sites.
• Lilith warned Sengoku to stop the rituals and asked whether Marine Headquarters had suffered heavy casualties, since the Great Angel was at Impel Down.

Whitebeard ordered his crew to escape while he stayed behind, and Golden Lion's ritual spread a red halo over Marine Headquarters. As Akainu attacked Luffy and Naruto, Naruto saved Ace and Luffy but was struck down, driving Ace to unleash a powerful slash at Akainu.

• Squard brought his warship onto the battlefield, and Whitebeard stopped it before ordering his pirates to retreat without him.
• Golden Lion's Flying Admiral began a ritual that spread a vast shadow and a dark red halo over Marine Headquarters, while Golden Lion fought Kizaru to protect the ship.
• Sengoku confronted the Red Count, and Akainu pursued Naruto as he carried Ace and Luffy toward safety.
• Ace turned back after Akainu insulted Whitebeard, and Akainu knocked him aside before charging at Luffy and Naruto.
• Naruto launched Ace and Luffy out of danger, but Akainu's magma struck and fatally damaged Naruto.
• Ace awakened a powerful Conqueror's Haki slash and attacked Akainu with Whitebeard's ultimate technique.

Sengoku fought the Red Count while Akainu battled Ace, leaving Naruto critically damaged in the fighting. When Akainu moved to finish the survivors, Bondrewd emerged through Naruto’s body after trapping Shining, and Ace demanded that he return Naruto.

• Sengoku used rapid Buddha-form attacks to pressure the Red Count, who relied on mind reading, Hellfire, and Underworld Freezing Gas to evade and counter.
• Ace overwhelmed Akainu’s magma with a Conqueror’s Coating strike, then rushed with Luffy to Naruto, whose body had been nearly destroyed.
• Shining told Ace that Naruto was his Mechanical Replica and that Naruto could not be repaired because his main module was damaged.
• Akainu approached and prepared another magma attack as Naruto briefly caught Shining’s wrist and spoke with Bondrewd’s voice.
• Naruto transformed into a mechanical cube, drawing Shining inside it, and Bondrewd emerged as Ace demanded Naruto back.

Bondrewd appeared at Marineford and fought Akainu while Ace and Luffy tried to withdraw. The Empress discovered that Bondrewd was another of Sephiroth’s identities, and she and Sephiroth kept the truth hidden while staging a fight.

• Bondrewd replaced Shining on the battlefield, tying up Sengoku’s forces while Ace mourned Naruto and prepared to leave with Luffy.
• Akainu attacked Bondrewd with magma, but Bondrewd evaded and countered the assaults by redirecting them and freezing a lava flow.
• The Empress attacked Bondrewd, and Sephiroth secretly revealed through their mental link that Bondrewd was one of his identities and that he needed the identity to challenge the World Government and Celestial Dragons.
• The Empress and Bondrewd staged a convincing battle while Sephiroth warned her to stay away from the Red Count, who could read minds.
• Bondrewd copied the Empress’s Love-Love Fruit power and tested it on her; she remained unaffected, then stormed away after Bondrewd took no damage from her arrows.

Bondrewd confronted Whitebeard and the Marines while arranging a Soul Ritual around the Justice Tri-Point. After Whitebeard rejected Bondrewd’s offer of rejuvenation and immortality, Kuzan and Akainu realized the ritual’s purpose and rushed to stop it as the Obelisks began activating.

• Kizaru and Golden Lion continued their aerial battle while Kizaru watched Bondrewd approach Whitebeard below.
• Bondrewd asked Whitebeard why he had refused Golden Lion’s offer, and Whitebeard thanked him for saving Ace before explaining that he would rather face death with dignity.
• Akainu and Kuzan joined forces against Whitebeard and Bondrewd, while Akainu ordered Onigumo to lead most of the Marines away.
• Whitebeard refused the offer of rejuvenation and immortality, declaring that the Marines would have to take his head themselves.
• Bondrewd blocked Kuzan’s attack with his Dragon Wings as Golden Lion dropped Obelisks across the plaza and Bondrewd moved among them.
• Doberman relayed Staff Officer Tsuru’s warning that Bondrewd planned a Soul Ritual using the Justice Tri-Point, and Akainu abandoned his fight with Whitebeard to attack Bondrewd.

Whitebeard confronted Bondrewd over his plan to use the souls of the dead, then joined Akainu and Kuzan in attacking him. Garp entered the fight as Ace and Luffy escaped, and the chapter left Bondrewd battling all four men while others watched in awe.

• Whitebeard demanded to know Bondrewd's purpose, and Bondrewd said he wanted to use the dead to give humanity a chance at a better future.
• Whitebeard rejected Bondrewd's plan and attacked him, while Akainu and Kuzan formed a temporary alliance with Whitebeard.
• Bondrewd avoided Whitebeard's shock wave and explained that he wanted to resurrect the dead, prompting Whitebeard to resolve to kill him.
• Whitebeard, Akainu, and Kuzan launched a coordinated but uneasy assault on Bondrewd, and Garp joined the fight over his anger toward Bondrewd and Enies Lobby.
• Garp and Kuzan pursued Bondrewd together, Akainu joined the battle instead of chasing Ace, and Whitebeard followed.
• Hawk-Eye, Shiryu, Kuma, Bullet, and other fighters watched Bondrewd contend with Garp, Whitebeard, Akainu, and Kuzan.

Kuzan, Garp, Akainu, and Whitebeard continued their battle against Bondrewd while Tsuru learned that Shining had been trapped in Imaginary Space and the Black Sun was linked to a ritual. The chapter ended with Mozambia warning Garp that Shining was trapped inside the Black Sun.

• Kuzan attacked Bondrewd with Ice Gauntlet, but Bondrewd evaded Garp's and the others' attacks and kept moving to avoid close combat.
• Tsuru ordered the Marines to prioritize reducing casualties as Whitebeard's remaining forces began breaking through their encirclement.
• Zephyr told Tsuru that the Great Angel had suppressed the infection at Impel Down and discovered that Shining's disappearance was part of Bondrewd's ritual.
• Kizaru attacked the Black Sun, but it briefly flashed and returned to normal while Golden Lion pressed him to stay focused.
• Garp, Kuzan, Akainu, and Whitebeard surrounded Bondrewd as Mozambia arrived and reported that Shining had been trapped in Imaginary Space.

Garp, Whitebeard, Kuzan, and Akainu fought Bondrewd and tried to destroy the Obelisks sustaining the black sun and its ritual. Whitebeard combined his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power with Conqueror’s Haki to shatter the array, leaving the island and Marine Headquarters collapsing as he thought of his sons.

• Mozambia told Garp that the black sun was a projection from imaginary space and that Shining’s capture was tied to the ritual.
• Garp and Whitebeard pursued Bondrewd while Kuzan and Akainu attacked the self-repairing Obelisks.
• Bondrewd ambushed Kuzan, then revealed that the black sun was projected into the world and that destroying the Obelisks could sever its connection.
• The ritual’s eerie wails spread across the battlefield, and Whitebeard ordered his sons to obey his final command to retreat.
• Whitebeard asked Kuzan and Akainu to join forces against the Obelisks, and they damaged the array with magma and ice.
• Whitebeard unleashed a combined Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Conqueror’s Haki attack that destroyed the Obelisk array and caused Marine Headquarters and the island to collapse.

Bondrewd’s ritual began to falter as Whitebeard destroyed an Obelisk and Shining tore his way out of the Black Sun. Bondrewd blocked Sengoku and Garp while his allies gathered to withdraw, leaving them escaping Marine Headquarters aboard an aircraft built by Bullet.

• Stainless told Sengoku that Shining had been trapped in imaginary space and that the Obelisks were ritual nodes, while Sengoku continued fighting Red Count.
• A pulse of simulated brain-wave voices reached Sengoku and Red Count, and Red Count said he believed in the future Bondrewd had described.
• Whitebeard unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and destroyed an Obelisk, destabilizing the Black Sun and the red ring above Marine Headquarters.
• Shining tore open the Black Sun from within and emerged, weakening the strange phenomena as Bondrewd vanished from Garp’s sight.
• Bondrewd appeared before Sengoku, blocked his attack with a Coulomb force field, and ordered Red Count and the other allies to withdraw.
• Red Count gathered Shiryu, Bullet, Corrupt King, Great Sake Barrel, Crescent Moon Hunter, and Great Battleship, and Bullet assembled wreckage into an aircraft for their escape.

Akainu and Kuzan tried to stop Bullet and his allies from escaping while Sengoku and Garp fought Bondrewd. Shining broke free of the black sun, and the pirates escaped aboard Bullet’s Aircraft as the Marines’ pursuit failed.

• Akainu and Kuzan charged toward Red Count and Bullet, but the group took off in Bullet’s Aircraft and fought off their attacks.
• Bondrewd evaded Sengoku’s shock wave and blasted him with explosions, then avoided Garp’s Conqueror’s Coating as he moved toward the black sun.
• Bondrewd used his Conqueror’s Haki to distract Kizaru while Shining unleashed Super Ultimate Spark and escaped the black sun.
• Kizaru joined Shining in attacking Bondrewd, while Golden Lion abandoned his fight and flew to support Bullet’s Aircraft.
• Golden Lion and Red Count covered the Aircraft’s retreat, cooling Akainu’s magma attacks and leaving Akainu and Kuzan unable to catch the escaping group.