Chapter Summaries

Gern prepared to take Lipo and Tesoro to Fish-Man Island, but discovered their ship needed coating and learned that the Marines were divided over the World Government’s Shichibukai system. Zephyr challenged Gern for leaving Marineford during the controversy, and Gern defended his decision by questioning whether the Marines’ opinions mattered to the World Government.

• Lipo woke Gern early and insisted they leave for Fish-Man Island, bringing a travel guide and a handmade souvenir badge.
• At the harbor, Gern found that Lipo and Tesoro had gathered underwater filming equipment, then explained that their ship needed coating before it could reach Fish-Man Island.
• Gern asked Zephyr whether the Marines had coating craftsmen, and Zephyr realized Gern planned to travel while the Shichibukai system caused turmoil within the Marines.
• Zephyr described Sakazuki’s opposition, Kuzan’s apparent opposition, and Borsalino’s likely support, then accused Gern of being the only one of the four choosing to run away.

Gern told Zephyr he was heading to Fish-Man Island to protect its people, but Zephyr teased him about seeking mermaids and approved his trip. Gern and his companions set sail for the Sabaody Archipelago to find a coating craftsman before continuing to Fish-Man Island.

• Gern told Zephyr that Fish-Man Island needed Marine protection, and Zephyr laughed when he guessed Gern was interested in mermaids.
• Zephyr teased Gern about his supposed romantic interests, approved his paperwork, and told him to find a coating craftsman at the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Zephyr revealed that Lipo had asked whether mermaids liked carrots, and he urged her to keep an eye on Gern.
• Gern told Lipo and Tesoro that they had to stop at the Sabaody Archipelago, where Lipo and Tesoro looked forward to amusement-park fun and shopping.
• Gern, Lipo, and Tesoro boarded the warship and sailed from Marineford toward the Sabaody Archipelago.

Gern, Lipo, and Tesoro traveled from the Sabaody Archipelago toward Fish-Man Island aboard a Marine warship. After the ship completed its coating and descended through the deep-sea current, they reached the island’s coral forest.

• Gern arranged for his warship to be coated while Lipo and Tesoro explored Sabaody Archipelago.
• Lipo and Tesoro defeated Bayal the "Bone Crusher" and his pirates, then Gern ordered them handed over to the local Marines.
• After the coating was completed, Gern declined the G-33 Marines’ offer of an escort and set off with Lipo and Tesoro.
• Gern guided the coated warship into a whirlpool and down through the sea, where Lipo and Tesoro watched the deep-sea creatures.
• Gern steered the warship into the glowing current leading to Fish-Man Island, and the three arrived at its coral forest.

Gern, Lipo, and Tesoro reached Fish-Man Island after a violent current sent their warship crashing into Gyoncorde Plaza. When the Ryugu Palace guards threatened them, Gern used Conqueror’s Haki to knock them unconscious and demanded that their leader speak civilly.

• A powerful undercurrent swept the warship toward Fish-Man Island, where it lost its coating and plunged into the air layer.
• Gern used a shock wave to clear Gyoncorde Plaza before the damaged warship crashed, leaving the three travelers unharmed.
• Gern introduced himself as a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral and offered to compensate the island for the damage.
• The shark Fish-Man captain rejected Gern’s explanation and ordered the guards to seize the visitors.
• Gern released Conqueror’s Haki, incapacitated the charging guards, and demanded that the captain speak civilly.

Gern’s party clashed with Fisher Tiger and the Fish-Man Island soldiers after their arrival, but Gern explained that he had come on a friendly visit. King Neptune intervened and invited the Marines to Ryugu Palace to discuss cooperation and compensation for the damage.

• Gern used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out the attacking fish-man soldiers without harming civilians.
• A crimson fish-man attacked Gern, and Tesoro blocked the strike before Gern identified the newcomer as Fisher Tiger.
• Fisher Tiger recognized Gern as the Marine called Heavenquake, and Gern warned that he would bring his own justice to Fish-Man Island.
• Neptune arrived with his royal convoy and heard Gern explain that he wanted to establish ties and help protect the island from pirates.
• Neptune reprimanded the shark fish-man captain, mentioning his son Hody, then invited Gern’s party to Ryugu Palace.

Rear Admiral Gern arrived at Ryugu Palace and proposed that Fish-Man Island establish diplomatic relations with him and fly his flag in exchange for protection. Neptune and Fisher Tiger remained wary, but Queen Otohime interrupted to declare that Fish-Man Island needed no benefits and only wanted peace with humans.

• Gern traveled through Fish-Man Island with Lipo and Tesoro while Neptune and Fisher Tiger discussed why he had come and how dangerous he was.
• Neptune welcomed Gern and his companions to Ryugu Palace and asked what had brought the Marines to the island.
• Gern said the Marines could not ignore Fish-Man Island’s pirate problem, then clarified that he wanted cooperation rather than to clean up or control the island.
• Gern proposed formal diplomatic relations with Fish-Man Island and asked it to fly his flag.
• Queen Otohime arrived and said Fish-Man Island needed no benefits and was willing to cooperate if it could live in peace with humans.

Queen Otohime offered Rear Admiral Gern unconditional cooperation, convinced by her unusual Observation Haki that he was sincere. Gern clarified that he wanted Fish-Man Island to invest in him personally, promising it the protection of a Marine Headquarters admiral.

• Otohime entered Ryugu Palace and offered Gern unconditional cooperation, despite Neptune and Fisher Tiger urging caution.
• Otohime said her Observation Haki sensed that Gern was sincere, and she warmly welcomed Lipo as a fellow member of a rare race.
• Neptune insisted that Fish-Man Island discuss the proposal carefully, and Otohime invited Gern to explain his purpose.
• Gern said he had come on his own behalf, not for the Marines or World Government, and wanted Fish-Man Island to invest in him.
• Gern promised Fish-Man Island would become his ally in the New World and receive an admiral's protection.

Gern proposed protecting Fish-Man Island without stationing Navy troops there, and Neptune agreed to consider the offer while Fisher Tiger remained wary. During a visit to the Sea Forest, Fisher Tiger asked Gern what kind of justice he believed in.

• Gern told Neptune, Otohime, and Fisher Tiger that Fish-Man Island could fly his flag and deter pirates without hosting a Navy garrison.
• Neptune said he needed time to consider Gern’s proposal, while Otohime urged him to accept and Fisher Tiger demanded that Gern prove his sincerity through action.
• Lipo asked whether Fish-Man Island had glowing Pearl Carrots, easing the tension, and Otohime offered to take her sightseeing.
• Neptune invited Gern to stay and explore the island; Otohime took Lipo, and Fisher Tiger volunteered to guide Gern and Tesoro.
• At the Sea Forest, Gern examined the Road Poneglyph and Roger’s inscription while Fisher Tiger watched him closely.
• Fisher Tiger asked Gern to explain his personal sense of justice.

Gern explained his Calamity Justice to Fisher Tiger and urged him to embrace violent resistance against the World Government. After showing Tiger enslaved merfolk children, Gern left him with a choice and told him to return to Fish-Man Island after acting on his resolve.

• Gern told Fisher Tiger that Calamity Justice would use large-scale destruction to reshape civilization, and that he wanted Fish-Man Island as a partner and foothold.
• Gern confronted Fisher Tiger with memories of witnessing Fish-Men sold at a Sabaody slave auction and predicted that Tiger would challenge the world's highest power.
• Fisher Tiger attacked Gern with Fish-Man Karate, but Gern caught both of his punches and challenged his fear of breaking with the World Government.
• Gern showed Fisher Tiger images of enslaved merfolk children in a prison beneath Mary Geoise and argued that goodwill could not protect Fish-Man Island without strength.
• Fisher Tiger struck the Poneglyph in anger and then steadied himself with renewed resolve as Gern told him to act and return to Fish-Man Island rather than run away.

Gern challenged Fisher Tiger to reconsider whether humans and Fish-Men could coexist, leaving Fisher Tiger troubled by the conversation. At Ryugu Palace, Lipo’s stories and Tesoro’s loyalty helped persuade Otohime and Neptune that Gern’s group could be trusted, while Gern waited for his influence on Fisher Tiger to take root.

• Gern and Fisher Tiger toured the Sea Forest, where Gern questioned whether patience and petitions could end Fish-Man oppression, and Fisher Tiger admitted that peace required people to try.
• Fisher Tiger returned to Ryugu Palace unsettled by Gern’s words and the memories he had tried to suppress.
• Lipo told Otohime about Gern, her Heal-Heal Fruit power, and her friendships with humans, strengthening Otohime’s resolve to pursue coexistence.
• Tesoro told Neptune that Gern had changed his life and was someone worth following.
• After Gern and Fisher Tiger returned, Otohime told Neptune she thought Gern’s group could be trusted, and Gern later said he would wait for the seeds he had planted to sprout.

Gern visited Fish-Man District with Fisher Tiger and met the young fortune-teller Shyarly. After Shyarly recognized him and agreed to read his fortune, Gern asked what she could see.

• Gern arrived in Fish-Man District with Fisher Tiger and encountered Jinbe and Arlong, who reacted warily to the Marines.
• Gern revealed that Arlong had secretly formed a crew to ambush pirates, and Fisher Tiger warned Jinbe and Arlong that Gern had defeated Kozuki Oden.
• Fisher Tiger told Arlong that Gern had come to see Shyarly, prompting Arlong to insist that he did not care about his mermaid half-sister.
• Fisher Tiger led Gern to Shyarly's house, where the child recognized Gern and agreed to tell his fortune.
• Shyarly set out her Crystal Ball, and Gern asked what she could see.

Shyarly foresaw Gern ruling the world and collapsed from the terrifying vision, while Gern and Neptune agreed to a secret partnership between Fish-Man Island and Gern. Gern explained his revolutionary plans to Fisher Tiger before his warship departed for the Sabaody Archipelago.

• Shyarly saw a possible future of destruction and told Gern he would reign over the world, then collapsed from the strain of her vision.
• Lipo used the Heal-Heal Fruit to calm Shyarly, and Gern left the Fish-Man District with Fisher Tiger and the others.
• Neptune agreed to partner with Gern on the conditions that he not interfere in Fish-Man Island's affairs and provide real protection, while the island kept the agreement secret.
• At the banquet, Gern told Fisher Tiger that the existing order had to be torn down and rebuilt, even if change required sacrifices.
• The next day, Gern's warship left Fish-Man Island and returned to the Sabaody Archipelago.

Gern, Lipo, and Tesoro returned to Sabaody Archipelago and found Marine soldiers gathered to attend two Celestial Dragons. When the Celestial Dragons tried to claim Lipo as a slave, Gern ordered her to kill them, and she killed their agents before smashing Saint Charlos’s head.

• Gern, Lipo, and Tesoro surfaced at Grove 23 harbor after returning from Fish-Man Island.
• Gern noticed the Marines and identified the Celestial Dragons as the reason they had gathered.
• Saint Charlos demanded that his father, Saint Rosward, take Lipo as a slave, and Rosward ordered his agents to seize her.
• Gern told Lipo to kill the Celestial Dragons, and she swiftly killed the agents and guards who charged at her.
• Lipo used a Battle Axe Downward Strike on Saint Charlos, smashing his head and leaving the harbor silent.

After Lipo killed Saint Charlos in defense of Gern, Gern declared the clash self-defense and killed Saint Rosward as well. He left Sabaody with Lipo and Tesoro, planning to return to Marine Headquarters, where he believed the World Government could not reach him.

• Lipo returned to Gern after killing Saint Charlos, and Gern praised her while identifying her to the Marines as his adjutant.
• Gern took Kada Kumpo's Den Den Mushi and told Headquarters that the Celestial Dragons had attacked him and his companions, making his retaliation self-defense.
• Gern used his Conqueror's Haki to force Saint Rosward to his knees, then killed him after Rosward attacked Gern with a pistol.
• Gern ordered the Marines to report events accurately and admitted to Headquarters that he had done it.
• Gern, Lipo, and Tesoro boarded a warship, and Gern said they would return to Marine Headquarters because the World Government could not touch him there.

After Gern publicly maimed and crippled two Celestial Dragons, the incident sparked worldwide outrage and forced the Marines to decide whether to hand him over. Fish-Man Island saw his actions as proof of his alliance, while Marine leaders and officers rallied behind him.

• Big News Morgans ordered a special edition after learning that Gern had beaten two Celestial Dragons in Sabaody, and the news spread worldwide.
• Fisher Tiger read the report and went to Ryugu Palace, where he and Neptune agreed that Gern had demonstrated his commitment to Fish-Man Island.
• At Marine Headquarters, Kong said the World Government had ordered the Marines to hand Gern over, while Zephyr argued that Gern had acted in self-defense.
• Zephyr vowed to defend Gern, and Borsalino, Sakazuki, and Kuzan also refused to support handing him over.
• Sengoku told Kong that Gern represented what the Marines stood for and that the Marines could not side with Kong this time.

The Five Elders dispatched Saint Figarland Garling to confront Gern after the Rear Admiral attacked a Celestial Dragon, while Kong prepared Marineford to resist the Holy Knights’ pressure. The chapter ended with Kong ordering a mass welcome for Garling in three days and vowing not to let him leave if he tried to arrest Gern.

• The Five Elders decided to send the Holy Knights to Mary Geoise and have Saint Figarland Garling secure Gern or, at minimum, his Mink Tribe adjutant, Lipo Hope.
• Saint Garling accepted the order and declared that he would personally bring Gern to the Hall of Authority.
• Kong learned that Garling would arrive at Marineford in three days and reflected on the growing conflict between the Marines and the World Government.
• Kong ordered Zephyr, Sengoku, Garp, Sakazuki, Kuzan, Borsalino, and Gern to suspend field assignments and be present for Garling’s visit.
• Kong rallied the Marines to gather in Marineford’s central square and vowed to stop Garling from leaving if he came to arrest Gern.

After Kong announced a friendly exchange with Saint Garling, Gern and the Marine leaders planned to use the match to make Garling withdraw while protecting Lipo. The chapter ended with Sakazuki, Kuzan, Borsalino, Garp, and Zephyr standing behind Gern as Marine Headquarters prepared to face the World Government.

• Gern, Zephyr, and Garp discussed Kong's refusal to let the Marines strike first, and Garp said Garling was strong but not King-Class.
• Zephyr proposed that Gern face Garling in a public sparring match, with Garp ready to intervene if the contest turned unfair.
• Tesoro worried that Gern might lose, but Gern, Zephyr, and Garp assured him that the Marines could support Gern if needed.
• Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Borsalino arrived and pledged to protect Lipo from the World Government.
• Gern thanked the Marines and prepared for a spectacular welcoming ceremony, while Tesoro realized how deep Gern's support within Marine Headquarters ran.

Saint Figarland Garling arrived at Marineford to arrest Gern Reginald Sigma, but the Marines had prepared a show of force to protect him and Lipo. After Garling’s agents attacked Lipo and Gern threatened to kill Garling, the standoff escalated into a battle-ready confrontation.

• Saint Figarland Garling and three CP0 agents found Marineford deserted and confronted Gern, who refused to be taken to Mary Geoise for trial.
• Gern unleashed a shock wave, and Garling split it with his saber before Marines emerged to surround the plaza as Kong, Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp watched.
• Garling changed the arrest target to Lipo Hope, but Kuzan froze one CP0 agent while Sakazuki and Borsalino struck down the other two as they attacked her.
• Kong and Gern called the Marines’ gathering a tenth-anniversary celebration and welcomed Garling, who tried to bargain for Lipo’s surrender.
• Gern released his Conqueror’s Haki and warned Garling not to insult Lipo again, threatening to ensure Garling never left Marineford.

Gern confronted Saint Figarland Garling in Marineford and overwhelmed him with his vibration-based attacks. Garling was blasted through the plaza and into the harbor wreckage, while Gern ended the fight by taunting him.

• Saint Figarland Garling recognized the Marines' plan to make the confrontation end in Marineford and challenged Gern over resisting.
• Gern shattered the air with a shock wave, and Garling split it with his rapier but was forced back.
• Gern vanished from Garling's Observation Haki and reappeared at close range, striking Garling's face with a compressed vibration sphere.
• Gern charged again and hit Garling in the chest with Black Tremor: Instant Hell, blasting him through reinforced walls and into the harbor wreckage.
• Gern lowered his fist and told Garling to continue his swagger.

Gern battled Saint Figarland Garling, whose body regenerated from nearly every wound, and discovered that Conqueror’s Haki kept the injury in his chest from healing. The fight ended with Gern unleashing a high-frequency tremor blast that tore open Garling’s abdomen, though Garling’s immortality remained in question.

• Garp told Kong, Sengoku, and Zephyr that Gern had trained by fighting him for six months, eventually lasting three days and nights against him.
• Saint Garling regenerated after Gern’s attacks, and Garp explained that the Holy Knights had bodies unlike ordinary people and had been similarly difficult to kill at God Valley.
• Garling claimed the Holy Knights were immortal and traded wounds with Gern, relying on regeneration while injuring him.
• Gern used Tremor Flash and Heavy Strike attacks to batter Garling, then drove his hand through Garling’s abdomen and knocked away his sword.
• Gern triggered Heavenquake: High-Frequency Tremor Blast, blasting a huge hole through Garling’s abdomen and hurling him to the ground.