Chapter Summaries

Huayue encouraged Buggy to reclaim his dream of becoming Pirate King, then reflected on the coming changes to the era and the rebellion aboard Whitebeard's ship. There, Teach saw Thatch claim the Dark-Dark Fruit and, after Thatch refused to give it up, killed his friend.

• Huayue told Buggy that he could become a king, and Buggy declared he would compete with Shanks for the Great Treasure.
• Huayue told Kuina that Buggy's luck could make him a contender and noted that Bonney had left South Blue and that a rebellion had taken place aboard Whitebeard's ship.
• Teach spotted Thatch holding the Dark-Dark Fruit and recognized it as the Devil Fruit he had sought for years.
• Thatch refused to give Teach the fruit, explaining that he wanted to keep pace with Ace.
• Teach called Thatch his friend for life and stabbed him.

Teach murdered Thatch for the Dark-Dark Fruit and fled, prompting Ace to pursue him despite Whitebeard’s unease. In Wano, Huayue and Baccarat discussed Crocodile’s defeat before news arrived of a real island floating in the sky.

• Teach celebrated gaining the Dark-Dark Fruit after fleeing the Moby Dick.
• The Whitebeard Pirates discovered Thatch’s body, and Ace identified Teach as the likely murderer who had stolen the Devil Fruit.
• Whitebeard warned Ace that the pursuit might take an unexpected turn, but Ace left to bring Teach back.
• Huayue and Baccarat discussed Crocodile’s capture and suspected that the Straw Hat Kid had defeated him.
• A messenger announced that someone in East Blue had discovered a real island floating in the sky.

Golden Lion formed an alliance with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin to fight Uchiha Huayue and compete for the Road Poneglyphs and Roger's Great Treasure. At Mariejois, Vegapunk studied the Seraphim's weaknesses and proposed abolishing the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

• Carina warned Huayue about Golden Lion's reconnaissance, but Huayue dismissed the threat and told her not to worry.
• Golden Lion met Kaido and Charlotte Linlin on Whole Cake Island and proposed joining forces against Uchiha Huayue.
• Kaido and Golden Lion fought briefly before Charlotte Linlin stopped them from damaging her island.
• Golden Lion convinced Kaido and Charlotte Linlin to form an alliance, arguing that they needed to confront Huayue and seize the Poneglyphs before he reached Laugh Tale.
• Vegapunk examined Seraphim S-Crocodile's inability to enter an Elementalized state because its Green Blood remained vulnerable.
• Vegapunk told Jaygarcia Saturn that the abolition of the Seven Warlords of the Sea should be put on the agenda with the Seraphim's help.

Vegapunk’s meeting with Jaygarcia Saturn exposed the danger posed by the Seraphim, while Imu sent the child to suppress revolutionary movements and received an offer from someone seeking Celestial Dragon status. Back at the Marine’s Eighth Research Institute, Vegapunk and Shaka discovered that part of the Mother Flame had vanished and suspected one of Vegapunk’s satellites.

• Jaygarcia Saturn agreed to present Vegapunk’s proposal at the next World Government conference, while York secretly looked toward the Celestial Dragons with renewed interest.
• The child threatened Jaygarcia Saturn until Imu intervened, after which Saturn feared the monster he had helped create and regretted not having the Authority Chip sooner.
• Imu ordered the child to extinguish revolutionary sparks in nations outside the World Government, and the child left aboard a vessel under the God’s Knights.
• A caller told Jaygarcia Saturn that they had a source of energy capable of powering every weapon and wanted to become a Celestial Dragon.
• Vegapunk and Shaka found that part of the Mother Flame had disappeared, considered which satellite might have stolen it, and Vegapunk fell into despair over his failed hopes for peace.
• Shaka urged Vegapunk to keep working, and Vegapunk concluded that they should leave everything to the will of the gods.

Vegapunk and Shaka worried that the World Government would discover Vegapunk’s research into the Poneglyphs, while suspecting that a mysterious ally had been erased from their memories. Months later, Ace confronted Marshall D. Teach on ruined Banaro Island after learning that Teach planned to target Luffy, and the encounter erupted into a fight.

• Vegapunk told Shaka that the Poneglyphs and the memories surrounding them troubled him more than the lost Mother Flame, and Shaka burned a note hidden among the Mother Flame files.
• Shaka concluded that their memories had been woven together to erase a mysterious person from their side, leaving them to rely on that person.
• After news spread of the Straw Hat Pirates’ attack on Enies Lobby, Teach and his crew prepared to hunt Luffy near Water 7 and offer him to the World Government.
• Ace arrived on Banaro Island and confronted Teach, refusing his offer to join forces and objecting when Teach said he would kill Luffy.
• Ace revealed that Luffy was his little brother and fired at Van Augur, who fled as Burgess laughed and pursued him.

Ace confronted Marshall D. Teach over Thatch’s murder and learned that the Dark-Dark Fruit could not make Teach intangible. In Wano, Huayue explained to Yamato the nature of the Dark-Dark Fruit and revealed that the Gum-Gum Fruit was actually the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Nika Form, born from the hopes and faith of the oppressed.

• Ace attacked Marshall D. Teach and his crew with fire, while Teach confessed that he had killed Thatch to take the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Teach unleashed darkness across the town and explained that the Dark-Dark Fruit could not turn its user into an element, though it possessed another power.
• Yamato found Huayue asleep with the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and questioned him about the fruits circled in red.
• Huayue described the Dark-Dark Fruit as a power like a black hole that could restrain the Lineage Factors within an Ability User’s body.
• Huayue told Yamato that the Gum-Gum Fruit’s true identity was the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Nika Form, and linked its power to Joy Boy and the hopes of oppressed people.

Huayue explained the Toshi Toshi no Mi’s limitless potential to Yamato before stopping her from leaving the White Cloud Chamber. On Banaro Island, Marshall D. Teach defeated Ace and captured him as leverage for a Seven Warlords of the Sea position, while months later Laffitte presented a new candidate to the Marines.

• Huayue explained that the Toshi Toshi no Mi could grant infinite power to someone with endless life and a clear understanding of the world.
• Yamato tried to leave the White Cloud Chamber, but Huayue used Dark Water to pull her back.
• On Banaro Island, Ace refused to join Marshall D. Teach and fought him with his Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor.
• Marshall D. Teach defeated Ace, and the Blackbeard Pirates planned to trade him to the World Government for a Seven Warlords of the Sea position.
• Months later, Laffitte interrupted Sengoku’s meeting with the Seven Warlords of the Sea and introduced a candidate.
• Bepo opened a shipping container at Marine Headquarters and announced that his captain wanted a Seven Warlords of the Sea position, offering the hearts of five hundred pirates.

Bepo and Lafitte competed to secure a vacant Seven Warlords of the Sea position by offering Sengoku valuable prisoners and secrets. Sengoku named Marshall D. Teach as the next candidate and appointed Trafalgar Law to replace Gecko Moria, while ordering Lafitte to deliver Ace to Marine Headquarters.

• Bepo presented Sengoku with the hearts of five hundred New World pirates and revealed that his captain was Trafalgar D. Water Law, an Ope Ope no Mi Ability User.
• Lafitte offered to introduce Marshall D. Teach and revealed that Teach had captured Whitebeard's Second Division Commander, Fire Fist Ace.
• Sengoku weighed Teach's offer against Law's, but Lafitte disclosed that Ace's true name was Gol D. Ace and that Straw Hat Kid Luffy was his younger brother.
• Sengoku ordered Lafitte to deliver Ace to Marine Headquarters and chose Marshall D. Teach as the next Seven Warlords of the Sea candidate.
• Sengoku told Bepo that Trafalgar Law would replace Gecko Moria, and Bepo eagerly accepted the news.

Doflamingo and the other Seven Warlords learned that the Marines planned to use Ace to provoke a war with Whitebeard, while Sengoku confronted Garp over Ace’s heritage. Jinbe refused to fight Whitebeard and was stripped of his title, which Trafalgar Law took in exchange for fulfilling his agreement with Sengoku.

• Doflamingo realized Law had moved the crew members out of Marine Headquarters, while Kuma resolved to notify the Revolutionary Army and Hawkeye left the meeting.
• Sengoku confronted Garp after learning that Ace was Roger’s son and Garp’s adopted grandson, and Garp left without opposing the plan to reveal Ace’s heritage and execute him.
• Sengoku told Jinbe and Moria that the Marines intended to use Ace’s execution to declare war on Whitebeard and demanded their assistance.
• Jinbe refused to fight Whitebeard and surrendered his Seven Warlord title rather than support the coming war.
• Trafalgar Law used ROOM: Shambles to incapacitate Jinbe, and Sengoku named Law as Jinbe’s replacement before Marines took Jinbe into custody.

Trafalgar Law confronted Sengoku over Doflamingo’s release and vowed to avenge Corazon, while Sengoku warned him that the coming war would threaten the Seven Warlords. In Impel Down, Garp visited the starving Ace, who reaffirmed that he never regretted becoming a pirate, as Crocodile discovered that Douglas Bullet was still alive.

• After Jinbe was taken to Impel Down, Law asked Sengoku why he had not killed Doflamingo, and Sengoku explained that the Five Elders had ordered Doflamingo’s release and that his alliances made him difficult to target.
• Law vowed to avenge Corazon himself, and Sengoku warned that Law would lose his Warlord title and freedom if he acted during the battlefield.
• Law warned Sengoku about the threats posed by Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and Huayue before vanishing from the conference room; Sengoku urged Dr. Vegapunk not to disappoint him when the Seven Warlords were ended.
• Garp brought food to Ace in Infinite Hell and apologized for failing to keep his promise to Ace’s mother, but Ace refused the Marine food and said he never regretted becoming a pirate.
• Ace spoke with Jinbe about his brothers Luffy and Sabo, while Crocodile recognized Douglas Bullet in a neighboring cell and Bullet mocked Crocodile for neglecting his training.

As Sengoku prepared to execute Ace and broadcast the news worldwide, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin considered exploiting the coming war. On Sabaody, Rayleigh freed the auction house’s slaves after pirates attacked Celestial Dragons, prompting Borsalino and Sentomaru to test the Pacifistas there.

• Prisoners in Infinite Hell mocked one another as Rain Stream watched, while new criminals continued arriving.
• Sengoku announced the Marines would broadcast Ace’s execution, and Kaido and Charlotte Linlin discussed using the war to seize territory and Poneglyph rubbings.
• Dark King Rayleigh freed slaves at the Sabaody auction house after Saint Charlos was knocked unconscious and Saint Shalria was captured.
• Doflamingo abandoned his auction business and told Disco to manage the human auction house himself.
• After Saint Rosward requested Admiral support, Borsalino sent Sentomaru to test the PX Series Pacifistas on Sabaody.
• Sengoku learned Straw Hat Kid and Eustass Kid had attacked the Celestial Dragons, then Garp arrived and Sengoku blamed him for his grandson’s actions.

Borsalino and the Marines cornered Luffy’s crew on Sabaody, but Bartholomew Kuma helped them escape with Trafalgar Law. The Thousand Sunny headed toward the New World, where Law revealed that Jewelry Bonney was aboard, leaving the crew questioning his motives.

• Bartholomew Kuma recognized that Luffy was Dragon’s son and prepared to protect the crew before Borsalino arrived to attack them.
• Luffy fought Borsalino, but Borsalino wounded him until Rayleigh intervened and blocked the killing blow.
• Pacifistas surrounded Luffy and his crew, but Bartholomew Kuma helped them disappear while Marines arrested hundreds of pirates across Sabaody.
• Borsalino failed to find Luffy’s crew, then dodged Sengoku’s questions about the Celestial Dragons’ attackers.
• Trafalgar Law flew the Thousand Sunny toward the New World in a bubble and revealed that Jewelry Bonney was aboard.
• Bonney demanded to know why Law had rescued her, while Nami and Robin recognized him as a new Seven Warlord of the Sea and recalled his capture of Ace.

Trafalgar Law told the Straw Hats that Ace had been captured by Blackbeard and was due to be executed, while Bonney revealed that Bartholomew Kuma was her father. Law then disclosed that the ship was headed to Wano Country, territory ruled by the feared Four Emperor Uchiha Huayue, and the crew had already entered its waters.

• Trafalgar Law warned Luffy that Blackbeard had captured Ace and explained that Ace would be executed at Marine Headquarters after being held in Impel Down.
• Luffy learned from the newspaper that Ace’s execution was real and demanded that Franky turn the ship toward Impel Down, but the crew could not steer it.
• Bonney attacked Law, then revealed that Bartholomew Kuma was her father and asked why Law had brought her aboard.
• Law explained that Kuma had arranged for Bonney to meet his boss and that they were traveling to Wano Country.
• Robin warned the crew that Wano Country belonged to Uchiha Huayue, a feared Four Emperor said to have destroyed countries and slaughtered hundreds of thousands.
• Law told the panicking crew that they had already entered Wano Country’s territory.

The Straw Hats arrived in Wano Country and were carried by Itsumaden to the White Cloud Pavilions, where Nami reunited with Carina. The group reached the main city and heard a familiar voice greet Robin.

• The Thousand Sunny descended into Wano Country, where the Straw Hats marveled at the Flower Capital and Nami searched for gold.
• Itsumaden seized the ship and carried it toward the Shogun's Residence, while Law warned Luffy not to attack the Four Emperors' pet.
• A black hole transported Itsumaden and the Sunny to the White Cloud Pavilions, and Carina greeted the Straw Hats there.
• Carina warned Nami that stealing from the pavilions would get her caught, prompting Nami to return a stolen gemstone.
• The group reached the main city, where a familiar voice told Robin that she had grown up.

Huayue reunited with the Straw Hats and offered to take Luffy to Marineford to save Ace, but Luffy refused help and insisted on going alone. Huayue agreed to send him to Impel Down, while Boa Hancock prepared to deal with the Marine summons in her own way.

• Huayue revived Sanji, then Zoro recognized Kuina and confronted Huayue, whom Robin identified as one of the Four Emperors.
• Huayue greeted Robin and Luffy, and Luffy declared that he would defeat Huayue for Shanks.
• Huayue asked whether Luffy would save Ace from Impel Down, then offered to take him to Marineford.
• Luffy refused to let anyone else interfere, so Huayue agreed to have someone send him to Impel Down.
• Vice Admiral Onigumo ordered Boa Hancock to report to Marineford, and Hancock decided that he could suffer an unfortunate accident.

Boa Hancock refused Vice Admiral Onigumo’s summons to Marineford and left his warship incapacitated, despite his warning that the Marines would attack Amazon Lily Island. After Flame Flower learned that the Marines planned to execute Fire Fist Ace and declare war on Whitebeard, she resolved to make Hancock reconsider, while someone approached Hancock as she entered the bath.

• Hancock rejected Onigumo’s demand to accept the Marines’ invitation and used Mero Mero Mellow to petrify his sailors.
• Onigumo warned that the Marines would launch a campaign against Amazon Lily Island after the war if Hancock did not go to Marineford within seven days.
• Hancock returned to Amazon Lily Island and dismissed Flame Flower’s warning that the Marines’ paddle-powered ships could endanger the island.
• Hancock told Flame Flower that she expected the man who had rescued the Boa Sisters to protect the island, then threw Flame Flower out of a window.
• Flame Flower read that the Marines planned to execute Fire Fist Ace and decided to persuade Hancock to accept the invitation.
• As Hancock entered the bath, she heard someone behind her and demanded to know who it was.

Huayue visited Hancock and asked her to accept the Marines' summons to Marineford, warning of a pirate alliance and upheaval that could reshape the world. Hancock agreed and sailed for Marineford, telling Onigumo that she had changed her mind.

• Huayue gave Hancock a kunai engraved with a Teleportation Technique and reunited with her in the bath, where Elder Nyon and the others interrupted them.
• Huayue asked Hancock to accept the Marines' invitation, and Hancock immediately agreed because she wanted to be with him.
• Huayue told Flame Flower and Hancock that Kaido, Linlin, and Golden Lion had formed an alliance and that the Marines and World Government were preparing a major change.
• Huayue promised to protect Hancock from the shadows and instructed her to tell the Marines to open the World Government's exclusive whirlpool.
• Hancock ordered a ship to be prepared and set out for Marineford.
• Onigumo saw the Kuja Pirates approach, and Hancock told him she had changed her mind and wanted to see the strongest man in the world.

Boa Hancock and Trafalgar Law traveled toward Marineford as Shanks failed to stop Whitebeard from setting out to rescue Ace. Law secretly sent Luffy to Impel Down, then refused to help him further.

• Boa Hancock reversed course aboard Onigumo's ship and set out for Marineford, while Onigumo worried about the Four Emperors and Vegapunk's weapon.
• Red-Haired Shanks warned Whitebeard not to rescue Ace, but Whitebeard rejected his advice and ordered the Moby Dick to sail for Marineford.
• Shanks decided to sail to Whole Cake Island, hoping Whitebeard would rescue Ace before Shanks had to face two Four Emperors.
• With Hancock's help, Law used ROOM: Shambles to send Luffy into Impel Down, then boarded Onigumo's ship and demanded a ride to Marineford.
• Law said he would not help Luffy further, insisting that Luffy had chosen his own fate.

Huayue told Law to wait for the war at Marineford and hinted that he should avoid fighting Doflamingo too soon. In Wano, Nami learned that Red-Haired Shanks had confronted the alliance sailing toward Marineford, while Huayue chose to delay their departure.

• Huayue told Law that he valued him for the Ope Ope no Mi and warned him to wait for the melee before confronting Doflamingo.
• Huayue told Nami that they should wait before leaving Wano to help Luffy rescue his brother from Impel Down.
• Carina reported that Red-Haired Shanks had reached the edge of Whole Cake Island and encountered the Four Emperors' alliance.
• Black Maria explained to Nami and Robin how the competing forces had gathered around the coming war.
• Charlotte Linlin planned to take Germa 66's scientific power after the battle, while Reiju privately hoped the Germa Kingdom would fall.
• Charlotte Praline warned Charlotte Linlin that Shanks's ship was approaching, and Shanks declared that the alliance's route was closed.

Shanks fought Kaido and Charlotte Linlin alone near Whole Cake Island while Marines prepared for a coming war against Whitebeard. The Five Elders and Figarland Garling also discussed the rising threat of Shanks and a legendary figure said to stand above the emperors.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin unleashed their combined Conqueror of the Seas attack, and Shanks countered with Divine Avoidance: Gryphon, keeping them occupied at Whole Cake Island.
• Shanks used his future sight to appear above Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, then clashed with their Great Dragon Thunder Bagua and Elbaf Spear: Weiguo.
• Sengoku ordered Marines across the branches to prepare ambushes and deploy the Marine Science Unit’s weapons and Pacifistas for the coming war against Whitebeard.
• The Five Elders discussed Shanks’s potential with Figarland Garling, while a sword-wielding figure asked about the legendary being said to stand above the monsters.