Chapter Summaries

The chapter recounted the Marines’ new dual-core command structure and several major New World developments before following Jinbe and Arlong as they mourned Fisher Tiger. Gern and Toritoma arrived at the Sea Forest, where Toritoma stopped Arlong’s attack and Gern explained why he respected Tiger.

• In 1510, the Marines granted G-10 broad autonomy and appointed Gern as supreme strategic commander in the New World.
• In 1511 and 1512, the Red Hair Pirates, Sun Pirates, Jinbe, and Boa Hancock were involved in events that reshaped the New World’s balance of power.
• Jinbe and former Sun Pirates gathered at Fisher Tiger’s monument, where he urged Arlong to honor Tiger’s wish for coexistence rather than hatred.
• Gern and Toritoma arrived, and Arlong angrily challenged Gern for coming to pay respects to Tiger.
• Toritoma warned Arlong with a sword slash that split the seabed, stopping his charge before he could reach Gern.
• Jinbe intervened, and Gern said he respected Tiger as a warrior for liberation who had made his own choice.

Gern confronted Arlong over his accusations about Fisher Tiger and explained why Tiger had refused his protection. After Jinbe stopped Arlong and Gern reflected on Tiger’s legacy, Gern left with Toritoma, leaving Jinbe and Arlong at the monument.

• Arlong accused Gern of abandoning Fisher Tiger, and Gern pinned him down with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Gern explained that he had offered Fisher Tiger protection, but Tiger had left Fish-Man Island to keep it from being endangered by his presence.
• Gern warned that he could bring Fish-Man Island under his direct control, prompting Jinbe to strike Arlong and apologize for him.
• Gern praised Fisher Tiger’s courage and liberation of slaves, then told Jinbe and Arlong that each had inherited a different, divided part of Tiger’s spirit.
• Gern departed with Toritoma, leaving Jinbe and the injured Arlong by Fisher Tiger’s monument.

Jinbe subdued Arlong after Arlong dismissed Gern’s threat and insulted Jinbe for siding with humans. Unable to kill his brother after Arlong pleaded in the name of Fisher Tiger, Jinbe released him and ordered him to leave Fish-Man Island and the New World for good.

• Arlong recovered from Gern’s attack and insisted that Gern’s crackdown was a bluff because he was a Devil Fruit user underwater.
• Jinbe tried to reason with Arlong, but Arlong called him a traitor for bowing to humans.
• Jinbe used Fish-Man Karate: Flow Seal to immobilize Arlong and prepared to kill him for threatening Fish-Man Island.
• Arlong panicked and begged Jinbe to spare him, promising to leave Fish-Man Island and never return.
• Jinbe released Arlong and warned him to leave the New World and never commit an irreversible act under any banner.

Gern reassured Toritoma that Jinbe would probably banish Arlong rather than kill him, then discussed G-10 Base and arranged to travel alone to the Four Blues. As he headed for Ryugu Palace, he realized the events around Shirahoshi and the stranded Celestial Dragon had likely already unfolded.

• Gern told Toritoma that Jinbe’s killing intent was meant to intimidate Arlong and that Jinbe would most likely banish him.
• Toritoma reported that G-10 Base was secure under Lipo, Kuma, Tesoro, Enel, and Bullet.
• Gern said he planned to vacation in the Four Blues, and Toritoma reluctantly agreed to return to G-10 Base and Lipo.
• After Toritoma left, Gern headed toward Ryugu Palace and recalled a damaged, luxurious merchant ship at a secluded harbor.
• Gern realized the ship likely carried a stranded Celestial Dragon and that Shirahoshi had probably awakened Poseidon and summoned Sea Kings.

King Neptune panicked when he learned Admiral Gern was approaching Ryugu Palace, while Queen Otohime saw the rescued Celestial Dragon as an opportunity to promote understanding between humans and fish-men. Gern arrived amid a misunderstanding about the couple’s argument and asked Neptune about the damaged merchant ship and its special guest.

• A royal guard told Neptune that Admiral Gern was heading to Ryugu Palace, and Neptune feared Gern would blame Fish-Man Island for saving a Celestial Dragon.
• Otohime argued that the rescue offered a chance to communicate with humans and declared that fish-men wanted to go ashore, while Neptune warned that peace based on Gern’s protection was safer.
• Gern entered the throne room and mistook Neptune holding Otohime back for an intimate encounter, then tried to leave.
• Neptune set Otohime down and explained that she had been arguing about taking Fish-Man Island ashore, while Otohime insisted that communication was necessary.
• Gern stopped the couple’s argument and asked Neptune about the damaged human merchant ship and its special guest.

Gern told Neptune and Otohime he would support Otohime’s visit to Mary Geoise, provided she did not bargain away Fish-Man Island’s interests or its place in G-10’s sphere. Otohime prepared to pursue her dream again, while Gern left reflecting on Fisher Tiger and the island’s remaining idealists.

• Gern explained that Fish-Man Island’s tolls were a vital source of income for G-10 and that he did not care about its sheltering the Donquixote Celestial Dragon.
• Gern urged Neptune to let Otohime visit Mary Geoise and said the Celestial Dragon could help her gain an audience with someone in authority.
• Gern warned Otohime not to use Fish-Man Island’s interests, G-10 status, or annual passage fees as bargaining chips.
• Gern asked Neptune to arrange a vacation for Kuma’s family after Otohime returned, then left Ryugu Palace.
• Neptune accepted that Otohime would go, and Otohime eagerly renewed her plans to seek peaceful coexistence between Fish-Men and humans.
• Outside the palace, Gern reflected that Fish-Man Island had already lost one idealist in Fisher Tiger and should not lose another.

Shanks visited Rayleigh and Shakky at the Rip-off Bar, where he concealed that a sea monster had bitten off his arm by claiming he had sacrificed it for the New Era. He then discussed Roger’s sword Ace and the Godfall Ruins before Gern arrived and confronted him, leaving Shanks unable to retaliate with his strength diminished.

• Shanks met Rayleigh and Shakky at the Rip-off Bar, and they asked how he had lost his left arm.
• Shanks claimed he had bet his arm on the New Era after meeting a boy in the East Blue who repeated Roger’s words.
• Shanks told Rayleigh and Shakky that he had failed to retrieve Roger’s sword Ace from the Godfall Ruins, and Rayleigh urged him to leave it there.
• Gern entered the bar, mocked Shanks’s missing arm, and revealed that Shanks’s subordinates outside were not dead.
• Shanks nearly released his Conqueror’s Haki, but Gern warned him against fighting while he was still adjusting to combat with one arm.

Gern teased Shanks by claiming Garp had torn off his arm, and Rayleigh and Shakky believed him. A week later, Sengoku mistook the rumor for truth and sent Garp to visit Luffy while urging him to take off Kaido’s left leg.

• Shakky calmed the standoff at her bar, and Gern pressed Shanks to explain how he had lost his arm.
• Gern joked that Garp had torn off Shanks’s arm after catching him trying to recruit Luffy, and Rayleigh and Shakky accepted the story as plausible.
• Shanks gave up trying to correct them and let them believe Garp had taken his arm.
• Sengoku visited Garp’s office with Senbei and praised him for supposedly tearing off Shanks’s arm in the name of justice.
• Garp denied the rumor, but Sengoku believed the newspaper report, approved his leave to see Luffy, and told him to take off Kaido’s left leg.
• Kuzan read the newspaper and concluded that Garp had secretly rekindled his passion for justice.

Luffy, Ace, and Sabo celebrated their brotherhood and declared their dreams before Gern suddenly appeared and claimed to be a friend of their grandpa, Garp. The boys remained wary as Gern hinted that his friendship with Garp was special.

• Luffy, Ace, and Sabo sat by the sea and shared their dreams of becoming free and sailing the world.
• Luffy and Ace both declared they would become Pirate King, then argued and fought over who would win the title.
• Gern appeared behind Sabo, startling him into drawing his metal pipe and alerting Ace and Luffy.
• Gern introduced himself as a friend of the boys' grandpa, Garp, and said their friendship was a special kind.

Gern showed Ace, Sabo, and Luffy that attacks passed through his body, leaving the boys unable to touch him. Recognizing Ace as Gol D. Roger's son and recalling how he had helped conceal Ace's identity, Gern warned him that brute strength and stubbornness would not take him far.

• Ace distrusted Gern, while Luffy believed him and Sabo warned Luffy not to trust strangers.
• Ace struck at Gern with his pipe, but the attack passed through his body and hit the ground.
• Ace, Sabo, and Luffy attacked Gern together, but every blow passed through him as he lounged on the grass.
• Gern recognized Ace's resemblance to Gol D. Roger and recalled that he had helped Garp protect Ace by pretending to search for Roger's child.
• Gern told Ace that brute strength and refusing to lose would not get him very far.

Gern took Ace, Luffy, and Sabo to Makino's bar in Foosha Village, where he joked with them and challenged their dreams. After the boys declared they would become the Pirate King, Gern warned them to grow strong enough to defeat him or the sea would swallow them.

• Gern used his speed to appear behind Ace, Luffy, and Sabo, then carried Ace and Luffy toward Foosha Village while Sabo chased after them.
• At Makino's bar, Ace, Luffy, and Sabo ordered an expensive feast, while Gern teased Makino by asking whether she found him or Shanks more charming.
• Gern and Luffy argued over whether Shanks was strong, and Ace declared that he would defeat them all and become the Pirate King.
• Gern wound Luffy around a pillar, then asked the three brothers whether they truly wanted to become the Pirate King.
• Luffy and Ace claimed the Pirate King's throne, while Sabo said they would set sail together and fulfill their dreams.
• Gern challenged the boys to become strong enough to beat him and warned that the sea would show them no mercy otherwise.

Gern left Foosha Village after buying the boys a meal, and Ace, Luffy, and Sabo proudly introduced themselves to him. Sabo recognized Gern as the Marine Admiral who had arrested Gol D. Roger, leaving Ace and Luffy stunned by the revelation.

• Makino reminded Ace to respond kindly to Gern because he had treated the boys to a meal, so Ace freed Luffy and led the brothers outside.
• Ace, Luffy, and Sabo shouted their names and declared that they would become famous across the sea, prompting Gern to recall his own youthful challenge to Whitebeard.
• Gern told the boys to call him Gern and walked away, while Ace and Luffy remarked that he seemed nice.
• Sabo recognized Gern as Gern Reginald Sigma, the Marine Headquarters Admiral known as White Kirin and Heavenquake.
• Sabo told Ace and Luffy that Gern had personally arrested and imprisoned the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger.

After learning that Gern had arrested the Pirate King, Ace, Luffy, and Sabo discovered how powerful he was through an old newspaper report. Ace resolved to defeat Gern, leaving the brothers stunned by the challenge ahead.

• Sabo told Ace and Luffy that Gern had personally arrested the Pirate King, making Ace realize Gern was a major obstacle to his dream.
• Ace asked Sabo how strong Gern was, but Sabo could not answer.
• Woop Slap told the boys that Gern had been Garp's student and had once driven back the Golden Lion with a single slash.
• Woop Slap showed them a newspaper featuring Gern gravely wounding Golden Lion Shiki with a slash that split the sky.
• Ace declared that he would defeat Gern.

Gern arrived at Cocoyasi Village and realized Arlong might already be terrorizing Orange Town, where Bellemere and her adopted children lived. Fearing he was too late, he used Tremor Flash to rush toward the town.

• Gern sailed from Foosha Village to Cocoyasi Village and ignored Sengoku's angry call about abandoning his post at G-10.
• Gern noticed Cocoyasi Village's harbor was unnaturally quiet and saw fear on a villager's face.
• Gern suspected Arlong had reached the East Blue and begun attacking Orange Town, putting Bellemere and her children in danger.
• Gern used Tremor Flash to speed toward Orange Town, hoping to arrive in time.
• Gern reflected that he had delayed confronting Arlong because Fisher Tiger remained revered among fish-men and stability on Fish-Man Island mattered to his rule.

Gern arrived in Cocoyasi Village and found the Arlong Pirates’ violence had left the villagers trapped in despair. When he put on his Marine cloak marked “Justice,” they saw him as a sign of hope, and he headed toward the Fish-Men to confront them.

• Gern entered Cocoyasi Village and found bodies scattered through deserted streets after the Arlong Pirates demanded protection money.
• Villagers warned Gern to flee, explaining that the Fish-Men killed anyone unable to pay their per-head fee.
• Gern unfurled and donned his white “Justice” cloak, and the villagers wept at the sight of a Marine arriving to help.
• Gern recognized that the villagers’ earlier pleas for aid had likely failed because Arlong’s crew had overwhelmed or killed the local Marines.
• Gern walked toward the center of town, where the Fish-Men’s laughter and the villagers’ cries signaled the source of the violence.

Arlong crushed Bellemere’s hand and threatened to kill her for claiming Nami and Nojiko as her daughters, but Rear Admiral Gern arrived just in time. Gern stopped Arlong’s attack and knocked him away with a single Haki-coated punch.

• Arlong broke Bellemere’s hand and demanded she deny having a family to spare her life.
• Bellemere declared that Nami and Nojiko were her children and refused to abandon them, so Arlong aimed his gun at her.
• Gern appeared and challenged Arlong for bullying women and children and disgracing Fisher Tiger.
• Arlong turned to attack Gern, but Gern seized his sawtoothed nose and punched him across the grove.
• The villagers watched in stunned silence as Arlong screamed on the ground after Gern’s blow.

Gern confronted Arlong over his abuse of East Blue villagers and rejected Arlong’s claim that he was carrying on Fisher Tiger’s will. After Arlong accused him of staging a show of justice, Gern killed him with a devastating vibration-powered punch.

• Arlong lay defeated while the Arlong Pirates stood frozen before Gern.
• Gern condemned Arlong for disgracing Fisher Tiger by terrorizing and exploiting innocent villagers.
• Arlong defended his actions as the path fish-men should take and accused Gern of staging a fair execution for the pirates’ benefit.
• Gern dismissed Arlong’s insight and struck him with a vibration-charged fist, disintegrating his body.

After Gern defeated Arlong’s crew, he reunited with Bellemere in Cocoyasi Village and met Nami and Nojiko. Elsewhere, Corazon’s attempt to save Law ended in betrayal and death, and Sengoku learned that Rosinante had been killed.

• Gern ordered Hachi, Kuroobi, Chew, and the other fish-men to return to Fish-Man Island, and they fled after surrendering their weapons.
• Gern helped the injured Bellemere and reunited with her at her home, where they talked about their past while Nami, Nojiko, and Genzo watched from outside.
• Corazon gave Law the Op-Op Fruit and entrusted him with intelligence about the Donquixote Family, but Law mistakenly delivered it to Vergo.
• Vergo discovered that Corazon was a Marine spy and severely beat him, forcing Corazon to flee with Law and hide the boy in a treasure chest.
• Corazon faced Doflamingo and confessed his plan to protect Law, and Doflamingo shot his younger brother as Law remained hidden.
• Sengoku received confirmation that Rosinante had died and wept in his Marineford office.

In 1519, Lipo fought Ace on Slarock Island and decisively defeated him, telling him he was not yet qualified to meet Gern. The chapter ended with Ace buried beneath rubble after her devastating kick.

• Doflamingo seized control of Dressrosa, while Gern later led a ruthless purge after Enel saved Zephyr’s training ship.
• Iceburg founded Galley-La Company, Brook lost his shadow to Gecko Moria, and Nico Robin set sail for the Grand Line.
• Shanks defeated Douglas Bullet and became the youngest Emperor of the Sea as the Four Emperors order took shape.
• Ace gained the Flame-Flame Fruit, founded the Spade Pirates, defeated Hua Zha, and rejected an offer to become a Shichibukai.
• On Slarock Island, Lipo cleaved through Ace’s fire attack and struck him into the ruins with her Rabbit Kick: Moonfall.
• Lipo told the buried Ace that he was not qualified to meet Gern yet.

Ace failed for the twenty-first time to defeat Lipo, Gern’s doctor, who told him he could meet Gern only after lasting fifty rounds against her. At G-10, Garp praised Gern for teaching Ace a lesson, then explained that he had not personally trained Ace because he still carried the weight of justice.

• Ace challenged Lipo again, but she defeated him while carefully avoiding his vital points.
• Deuce stopped Ace from launching another attack and reminded him that Lipo had beaten him twenty times before and could have killed him.
• Lipo said Gern had asked her to give Ace special care because Ace was the son of an old acquaintance, and she told him to recover and get stronger.
• Lipo said Ace might meet Gern after he could last fifty rounds against her, then left Ace furious and calling him a little flame.
• At G-10, Garp thanked Gern for helping teach Ace a lesson, and Gern joked that Ace was only a little flame in the New World.
• Gern asked why Garp had not trained Ace himself, and Garp said he still bore the weight of justice.