Chapter Summaries

Gern confronted Shanks on the waters off Wano Country after Shanks accused him of trying to suppress the rising New Era by interfering in the battle there. Gern called Shanks a hypocrite for attacking Kid in the future while claiming to protect new generations, and their Conqueror’s Haki collided as the chapter ended.

• Gern and Shanks faced each other at sea, and Gern complained that Kizaru had failed to stop Shanks.
• Shanks said he had suspected Gern would go to Wano Country, and Gern admitted he wanted to profit from the coming conflict.
• Shanks unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and accused Gern of fearing the New Era and trying to control its future.
• Gern called Shanks a hypocrite for defeating Kid despite claiming to defend the New Era and its possibilities.
• Gern and Shanks released their Conqueror’s Haki against each other, splitting the sky and churning the sea between them.

Gern’s Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed Shanks and forced the Red Hair Pirates to brace against its pressure. Shanks recognized that Gern’s conviction had been sharpened by confronting Imu, while his own resolve remained shadowed by fear and a belief that someone else was destined to face Imu.

• Shanks felt Gern’s dark-purple Conqueror’s Haki press against and begin to overpower his own.
• Benn Beckman remained standing as Yasopp, Lucky Roux, Dege, Limejuice, Monster, Bonk Punch, and Howling Gab struggled to resist Gern’s Haki.
• Shanks understood that Conqueror’s Haki grew through changes in conviction, and considered the distinct underlying beliefs of Luffy, Whitebeard, Rocks, Roger, Gern, and himself.
• Shanks reflected that Gern had faced Imu and gained certainty in his ability to oppose him, while Shanks had fled the Holy Land and entrusted the final confrontation to another.
• Shanks recognized that his own fear of facing Imu lay beneath his resolve, revealing the difference between his Haki and Gern’s.

Shanks and Dragon joined forces to stop Gern from reaching Wano Country, but Gern refused to retreat and threatened to kill one of them. Shanks warned Dragon that fighting Gern at sea was too dangerous, and Dragon prepared to blow Gern away with his power over the wind.

• Shanks strengthened his Conqueror’s Haki with Dragon’s arrival, halting Gern’s advance across the sea.
• Gern drew Eight Desolations and recognized that Shanks and Dragon had joined forces against him.
• Dragon accused Gern of using Sakazuki to destroy Revolutionary Army bases after he rejected Gern’s offer of cooperation.
• Gern declared that at least one of Shanks or Dragon would have to stay and raised Eight Desolations.
• Shanks warned Dragon that Gern’s power made him nearly unbeatable on the open sea, and Dragon answered that they should blow him away.

Dragon used his Hurricane Devil Fruit to drive Gern back and pin him down, while Shanks prepared to strike when an opening appeared. Shanks joined the fight just as Gern’s counterattack threatened Dragon, leaving the three men locked in battle.

• Dragon unleashed Wind Hole: Dragon Pierce, blasting Gern backward and pursuing him with a wind tunnel.
• Shanks ordered his crew not to attack and explained that Gern’s wide-ranging attacks made a group assault dangerous.
• Shanks told Benn Beckman to guard the Red Force while he waited for an opening to wound Gern.
• Dragon struck at Gern, who used Air Grip to disrupt the punch and countered with a slash.
• Shanks intercepted Gern’s slash with Griffon and declared that Gern’s opponent was him.

Gern fought Shanks and Dragon at sea, breaking through their attacks with powerful vibrations and sword strikes. He froze the surrounding sea to keep the battle in place, leaving the three of them poised to continue fighting on the ice.

• Shanks pressed Gern with a sword strike and a kick, but Gern dodged, fired Vibration Particle beams, and blasted himself out of Dragon’s hurricane corridor.
• Dragon summoned a massive tornado, and Gern charged into it and split it apart with Heaven-Splitting.
• Shanks and Dragon launched a coordinated pincer attack, but Gern dodged Shanks’s Divine Departure, kicked him away, and severed Dragon’s wind cords before striking his shield.
• Gern plunged Eight Desolations into the seabed and froze the sea for a hundred miles, then told Shanks and Dragon they could fight there.

Gern used Tremor Flash to overwhelm Shanks and Dragon, leaving Dragon grievously wounded despite Shanks’s intervention. Gern then blocked Shanks from reaching Dragon and challenged him to save Dragon again.

• Gern used Tremor Flash to seize Shanks by the face and hurl him toward Dragon, who caught and steadied him with wind cushions.
• Gern struck Dragon with a rapid series of kicks, then launched him into the air with Ascending Thunder.
• Gern attacked the airborne Dragon with Black Quake: Landbreaker, but Shanks cut through the oppressive space to give Dragon a chance to defend himself.
• Dragon blocked with compressed wind but was blasted into the ice with broken arms and severe chest injuries.
• Gern used tremors to stop Shanks from advancing and asked whether he could save Dragon a second time.

Shanks and Dragon coordinated their attacks against Gern on the frozen plain, exploiting openings to land a devastating sword strike. They stood over the crater afterward, gathering their strength as the dust began to settle.

• Shanks used Observation Haki Killer to disrupt Gern’s future sight and attacked him, but Gern countered with Eight Desolations.
• As Gern prepared a powerful punch, Dragon struck him from the side with a blast of wind pressure, sending him tumbling across the ice.
• Gern evaded Shanks’s follow-up slash, then reappeared behind him and slammed his head into the ground.
• Dragon sent two hurricanes at Gern, forcing him to abandon his attack on Shanks and deflect them with Heavenquake Ring Cut.
• Shanks seized the opening and struck Gern from behind with Divine Departure, driving him into the ice and carving a deep crater.
• Shanks and Dragon gathered their remaining strength beside the crater as the dust and icy mist began to settle.

Gern unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s full power and attacked Shanks and Dragon after rejecting Shanks’s warning to stop fighting. He sent both men flying, then drove Shanks backward with Black Blade: Eight Desolations.

• Shanks warned Gern that continuing the battle would cost him dearly and urged him to return to Marineford.
• Gern mocked Shanks’s standing, then unleashed All Things Quake, distorting the space around Shanks and Dragon and disrupting their Observation Haki.
• Gern seized Shanks and Dragon by the head, slammed them together, and hurled them toward the ice.
• Gern fired eight vibration particle spheres at the airborne pair, and Shanks struck them down with a crimson Slash.
• Gern kicked Black Blade: Eight Desolations toward Shanks, who blocked it with Griffon but was driven backward across the ice.

Gern defeated Dragon with a barrage of vibration attacks and stood over his unconscious body, leaving Shanks to face him alone. Gern said Luffy would have to make another difficult choice on Onigashima, and Shanks renewed his challenge.

• Dragon used Wind Domain: Sky Lock to bind Gern, but Gern broke through and struck him with Heavenquake: Aurora Sword.
• Gern transformed his vibration-energy sword into Heavenquake: Firmament Bow and unleashed Star Collapse, showering Dragon with arrows from every direction.
• Shanks heard a huge explosion and saw Gern emerge from the crater holding the unconscious Dragon and Eight Desolations.
• Gern told Shanks that Luffy would have to make another difficult choice on Onigashima, and Shanks coated Griffon in Haki and challenged him again.
• Gern declared that one on one, an emperor could not beat a king.

Gern defeated Shanks after capturing Dragon, then dragged both unconscious fighters toward Wano. In Onigashima, Law and Kid used their awakened Devil Fruit powers to push Big Mom into a desperate fight.

• Shanks collapsed on the ice after his battle with Gern, losing consciousness but remaining alive.
• Gern recovered enough to rise, declared himself the victor, and dragged Shanks and Dragon toward Wano.
• Momonosuke's death deepened the Akazaya samurai's resolve as the war continued to devastate Onigashima.
• Law used his awakened power to injure Big Mom from within while Kid struck her with Punk Clash.
• Law and Kid continued attacking Big Mom with their awakened abilities, driving the Four Emperor into a desperate corner.

Luo and Kid defeated Big Mom, while Luffy awakened Gear Fifth and defeated Kaido amid the battle on Onigashima. With Shanks and Dragon already defeated by Gern, three Emperors fell in a single day, and the chapter ended as the old order collapsed.

• Luo interrupted Big Mom's attempt to gather souls, letting Kid crush her with metal and strike her with an electromagnetic cannon that sent her falling toward Onigashima's magma.
• Zoro defeated King, Sanji defeated Queen, and Inuarashi and Cat Viper defeated Jack.
• Yamato and the Straw Hat Pirates fought alongside Luffy against Kaido as Luffy's heart awakened the power of Gear Fifth.
• Luffy used Gear Fifth to overwhelm Kaido and struck him with a giant fist, sending him into the magma below Onigashima.
• Big Mom and Kaido fell into the depths of Onigashima, while Shanks and Dragon had already fallen to Gern, marking the fall of three Emperors in one day.

After Wano Country’s liberation, Kozuki Hiyori took the shogun’s position and appointed loyal retainers as regional daimyo. As Law and Kid reckoned with the Straw Hat crew’s growing strength, Luffy invited Yamato to sail with him, and she eagerly accepted.

• Kozuki Hiyori celebrated Wano Country’s liberation with the survivors and announced that she would lead the country as shogun.
• Hiyori appointed Inuarashi, Denjiro, Raizo, Kikunojo, and Kawamatsu as daimyo of Wano Country’s regions.
• Hiyori watched Roronoa Zoro while Luffy, Law, Kid, and Yamato competed over the banquet feast.
• Law and Kid considered how Yamato joining the Straw Hats could make Luffy’s crew a formidable Emperor-level force.
• Luffy invited Yamato to sail with him, and Yamato agreed to go on an adventure and fulfill Oden’s dream.

Gern captured Shanks and Dragon on an ice floe beneath Wano and learned that the battle there had ended, while Shanks insisted Luffy would usher in a new era. After Marco flew away from Wano, Gern decided to join the victory feast.

• Gern stood beneath Wano’s waterfall with the injured Shanks and Dragon, then revealed he had lost time because they had obstructed him.
• Shanks declared that Luffy was like the young Gern and would sweep away the old order.
• Gern exposed Dragon’s act of playing dead and asked whether he believed Luffy was destined to change the world.
• Dragon warned Gern that Luffy was not truly a pirate and privately feared his son would soon face Gern.
• Marco emerged from Wano in his Phoenix form, noticed Gern, Shanks, and Dragon, then flew away toward Whitebeard’s hometown.
• Gern concluded that Wano’s victory feast had begun and said he and the others should go join it.

In the ruined Udon prisoner quarry, King and Queen struggled to accept Kaido’s apparent death until Fleet Admiral Gern Reginald Sigma arrived dragging Shanks and Monkey D. Dragon. King agreed to lead Gern to the Flower Capital, believing Wano Country would soon belong to the Marines.

• Queen questioned whether Kaido had survived, and King insisted that Kaido would never die.
• King refused to flee Wano, but he and Queen sensed a powerful presence approaching the quarry.
• Gern entered the quarry dragging Shanks and Monkey D. Dragon, then asked King and Queen for directions to the Flower Capital.
• Gern said he was going to celebrate with Straw Hat Boy and had brought special greeting gifts.
• King offered to lead Gern to the Flower Capital, and Queen followed after King said Wano Country would belong to the Marines.

King arrived at the Shogun's Mansion and revealed that he had killed the daimyo of Kibi and Kuri, prompting Zoro to attack him. Gern appeared and blocked Zoro's strike, then overwhelmed him while criticizing his trade for Enma.

• Zoro rested beneath the Ancient Cherry Tree while Hiyori watched him from the corridor.
• The wounded King entered the courtyard and told Zoro he had killed the daimyo of Kibi and Kuri.
• Zoro unleashed a deadly iai strike at King, but Gern appeared and blocked Enma with the Eight Desolations.
• Gern mocked Zoro for trading Shusui for Enma and said the deal should have included Ame no Habakiri.
• Gern struck Enma with a surge of strength, forcing Zoro back against the tree and down to one knee.

Zoro prepared to attack Gern, but Gern's reminder of their past encounter made him hesitate before he questioned King about Kaido's fate. Yamato ambushed Gern and learned he was the Marine who had defeated Oden, leaving Gern to remark on Kaido's interesting son.

• Zoro drew Enma and Sandai Kitetsu and readied a Two-Sword Style attack against Gern.
• Gern warned Zoro that another kick could send him into the sea and kill him, stopping Zoro's attack as he recalled their past encounter.
• Gern asked King whether Kaido was dead, and King said he could no longer sense Kaido's haki.
• Yamato leaped from the Tenshu and struck Gern with Thunder Bagua, but he blocked her club with his arm.
• Zoro identified Gern as the Fleet Admiral, and Yamato recognized him as the Marine who had defeated Oden.
• Gern called Yamato Kaido's interesting son.

Gern declined Yamato’s challenge and recounted his duel with Kozuki Oden, describing how he defeated him before Whitebeard arrived to save him. He left Yamato questioning the heroic image she had formed from Oden’s journal, then told her Oden had often acted foolishly when Wano Country’s fate was at stake.

• Yamato eagerly challenged Gern and asked how he had defeated Oden, but Gern declined to fight and sat down to talk.
• Gern explained the old balance of power among the Flying Pirates, Whitebeard, Roger, and the Navy, then recalled meeting Oden after transferring to the G-3 branch.
• Gern described how Oden fought him with Ame no Habakiri and Enma, briefly gaining the upper hand before Gern’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit powers turned the duel around.
• Gern said he used Vibration Ashes: Crimson Lotus Prison to leave Oden unable to fight, and Whitebeard arrived in time to save him.
• Yamato was stunned that Oden had lost so badly, and Gern told her the real Oden was not as great as the legends and had acted foolishly at crucial moments for Wano Country.

Gern challenged Yamato’s belief in Kozuki Oden by arguing that Oden’s trust in Kaido and Orochi cost Wano its chance to resist. He then revealed that Red-Haired Shanks stopped Kaido from reaching Marineford during the war in which Ace died, leaving Yamato and Zoro stunned.

• Gern argued that Oden could have rallied Wano’s forces or sought help from Whitebeard and Roger’s former crew instead of dancing for five years.
• Yamato struggled to defend Oden as Gern described how his choices allowed Orochi and Kaido to destroy his supporters and seize control.
• Gern explained that Oden’s fortunate life had made him overconfident in his instincts and unable to recognize Orochi’s pure evil.
• Gern described Kaido as a pirate who respected strength and suggested that his conflicted feelings about Oden may have fueled his later search for a true opponent.
• Gern told Yamato that Kaido had headed toward Marineford during the war in which Ace died but had been stopped before reaching the battlefield.
• Gern hauled the wounded Shanks into the courtyard and revealed that he had stopped Kaido, leaving Yamato dumbfounded and Zoro spraying out his wine.

Gern brought the defeated Shanks to Wano and confronted Luffy, whose crew warned that attacking the Fleet Admiral would mean all-out war. Gern then revealed that the second man he had brought was Luffy’s father, Monkey D. Dragon.

• Gern claimed Shanks had ambushed him with an ally and tossed the wounded Emperor onto the courtyard stones.
• Luffy rushed out and demanded that Gern release Shanks, while the Straw Hats formed a defensive line behind him.
• Jinbe and Robin warned Luffy that attacking the Fleet Admiral would mean declaring war on the Marines and the order they upheld.
• Gern called Queen out from the doorway and had him push another wounded, unconscious man into view.
• Gern revealed that the man was Monkey D. Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army and Luffy’s father.

After seeing Gern holding an unconscious Dragon, Luffy attacked him in fury but was overwhelmed by Gern’s Conqueror’s Haki. Gern showed Luffy the injuries he had suffered fighting Dragon and Shanks, then brutally humiliated both men before declaring them dogs of a fallen house.

• Luffy saw Queen supporting the battered, unconscious Dragon and charged at Gern with a Haki-coated punch.
• Gern caught Luffy’s fist and overpowered his Conqueror’s Haki with his own.
• Gern tore off his jacket to reveal wounds from his battle with Dragon and Shanks, then told Luffy they had tried to kill him.
• Gern flung Luffy toward Jinbe and Sanji, kicked Shanks across the courtyard, and smashed Dragon’s head against a wall.
• Gern pinned Dragon and Shanks beneath him and called them dogs of a fallen house.