Recaps

Sanji confronted Duval, the man who looked exactly like his wanted poster, and rejoiced at being cleared of the resemblance. After learning Duval had been hunted because of the faulty drawing, Sanji kicked him into a new face, leaving Duval stunned by his reflection.

• Duval charged Sanji, who let him land several blows before realizing the wanted-poster face belonged to someone else and celebrating his vindication.
• The Flying Fish Riders attacked the Straw Hat Crew to avenge Duval, but Luffy and the others quickly defeated them and treated the sea cow.
• Luffy and the others learned that Duval was the Flying Fish Riders' captain and had been hunted because a Marine's failed drawing of Sanji resembled him.
• Duval attacked Sanji again, but Sanji battered him with kicks and used his Plastic Surgery Shot to change his face.
• Duval's men showed him a mirror, and he froze in amazement at his handsome new appearance.

Duval thanked Sanji for changing his face and declared the Flying Fish Riders would support the Straw Hat Crew. The crew reached the Sabaody Archipelago, split up, and Moonlight spotted bounty hunters targeting Robin.

• Sanji changed Duval's face, and Duval gratefully vowed to stop doing evil before declaring the Flying Fish Riders supporters of the Straw Hat Crew.
• Hachi thanked the crew and served them takoyaki, then offered to lead them to a skilled ship-coater.
• The crew arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, where Hachi explained the mangroves and warned them not to interfere in violence they might witness.
• The crew split up, with Hachi, Camie, Pappagu, Moonlight, and Robin heading to get the ship coated while the others went elsewhere.
• Bounty hunters compared wanted posters to Robin, and Moonlight watched them from a concealed lookout platform.

Moonlight and his companions searched for Silvers Rayleigh so he could coat the Thousand Sunny for the journey to Fish-Man Island. They found him in an auction house, where a gunshot outside signaled a new danger.

• Moonlight frightened off pirates who planned to capture Robin by revealing his 500 million Beli bounty as the Straw Hat Crew’s Vice-Captain.
• Hachi led the group to a junk-covered island to find the coating mechanic, but they discovered he was absent and went to Shakky’s Bar.
• Shakky suggested Rayleigh might be at a slave auction, so Moonlight searched the islands with Observation Haki until he located him.
• Rayleigh broke out of his auction-house prison after running out of alcohol, while a guard watched him leave.
• Moonlight and the others reached the street outside the auction house, where a bubble-helmeted noble shot a chained slave.

Moonlight attacked a Celestial Dragon after witnessing him kill a man and try to seize a married nurse. He sent the Celestial Dragon flying with his sword, leaving the crowd in panic and the consequences looming.

• A Celestial Dragon shot a slave dead, and Hachi explained his power and the danger of opposing him to Moonlight and Robin.
• The Celestial Dragon chose a nurse to become his wife and shot her husband when he tried to stop him.
• Moonlight cut the Celestial Dragon’s pistol in half with Sword Aura and knocked him down.
• Jewelry Bonney tried to rush Moonlight, but he stopped her blade at her throat and made her retreat.
• Moonlight dismissed the Celestial Dragon’s claim to divine descent and struck him into the sky with Sword Aura, causing the crowd to flee.

Moonlight and Luffy each knocked out a Celestial Dragon at the auction house, prompting the Straw Hat crew and other Supernovas to face an overwhelming response. Silvers Rayleigh revealed his strength by freeing himself and knocking out the Marines, leaving the group able to escape.

• Bonney left after realizing Moonlight had beaten a Celestial Dragon, while Hachi, Camie, Pappagu, and Robin feared the consequences.
• Luffy struck a Celestial Dragon who had tried to kill Silvers Rayleigh, and Moonlight's earlier victim crashed back into the auction house.
• Moonlight knocked out the Celestial Dragon woman, the guards, and most of the people in the auction house with his murderous aura.
• Rayleigh revealed that his collar had already been removed, greeted Hachi, and drew attention from Eustass Kid and Trafalgar Luo.
• Rayleigh walked out to confront the arriving Marines and knocked them all unconscious with a wave of power.

Rayleigh led Luffy and the others away, then revealed his connection to Roger and the Straw Hat while sharing what he knew about Laugh Tale. As Marines arrived on Sabaody under Admiral Kizaru, Moonlight and Robin chose to seek the world’s truth with their own crew.

• Rayleigh used his power to clear a path and led Luffy and the others away.
• Sengoku sent Admiral Kizaru to Sabaody after the Straw Hat Crew beat a Celestial Dragon, while Basil Hawkins divined that his crew would be captured and the Supernovas stayed on the island.
• Rayleigh introduced himself as Roger’s Vice-Captain and explained that he had been watching Luffy because Shanks had given him the Straw Hat.
• Rayleigh revealed that Roger had turned himself in while gravely ill, that the crew had reached Laugh Tale, and that they had learned the world’s truth.
• Robin asked Rayleigh about the truth of the world, but Moonlight took her hand and said they would seek the answer with their own ship.

Rayleigh agreed to coat the Straw Hat Crew’s ship while Luffy refused to hear the secret of the Great Treasure. As Marines hunted the Supernovas, Kizaru defeated several of them before confronting the Straw Hat Crew alongside Sentomaru and a pacifista.

• Luffy told Rayleigh and the crew that he wanted to find the Great Treasure himself, and Rayleigh offered to coat their ship for free over three days.
• Kizaru overwhelmed Basil Hawkins and his Pirates, then defeated Killer and Urouge with a single kick each.
• Sentomaru asked Kizaru whether to pursue the other Supernovas or the Straw Hat Crew, and Kizaru chose the Straw Hats.
• A pacifista blocked the Straw Hat Crew after they left Rayleigh’s residence, but Moonlight sliced it apart and exposed its machinery.
• Sentomaru recognized Moonlight as the Straw Hat Crew’s vice-captain, and Kizaru arrived as the group faced them.

Moonlight fought Admiral Kizaru while the Marines, Sentomaru, and Pacifistas overwhelmed Luffy and the others on Sabaody Archipelago. He unleashed his Storm Style to destroy the Pacifistas and badly wound Sentomaru, but Kizaru survived the attack.

• Kizaru arrived with Sentomaru and ten Pacifistas as Marines surrounded the island, prompting Moonlight to order everyone to flee.
• Kizaru stomped out Moonlight's Sword Aura, then Moonlight clashed with him using Armament Haki and Basic Swordsmanship.
• While Moonlight held Kizaru off, the Pacifistas and Sentomaru drove Luffy and the others into a desperate fight.
• Moonlight rushed to help his companions, and Kizaru followed as the Pacifistas surrounded them.
• Moonlight trapped Kizaru, Sentomaru, and the Pacifistas in a Sword Domain and unleashed Extreme Ghost Sword Style: Storm Style.
• Moonlight sliced the Pacifistas into ruins and left Sentomaru near death, but Kizaru survived with his clothes slashed.

Moonlight, Rayleigh, and the Straw Hat Crew faced Kizaru, Aokiji, and Kuma on the island. Kuma sent Luffy and the others away, leaving Moonlight furious as his baleful aura knocked out the nearby Marines.

• Moonlight urged Luffy and the others to flee, but Aokiji arrived and froze them in ice.
• Kuma freed the crew, and Rayleigh arrived to help Moonlight hold off the Marines while the others escaped.
• Kizaru unleashed Yasakani no Magatama, severely injuring the crew as Rayleigh moved to stop Kuma and Moonlight countered with Meteor Fall.
• Kuma whispered something to Rayleigh, then struck Luffy and the other eight crew members with his palms and sent them away.
• Moonlight erupted with a deep-blue baleful aura that devastated the area and knocked out the approaching Marines.

Moonlight and Rayleigh escaped the Navy’s assault on Sabaody after Moonlight unleashed a devastating Haki-infused slash, while the Navy captured nearly every Pirate on the island. As Kizaru prepared to defeat Trafalgar Luo, Moonlight appeared and saved him.

• Moonlight released powerful Conqueror’s Haki and cut through a vast area of Sabaody with his Sky-Breaking Iai Slash, then vanished with Rayleigh.
• Rayleigh told Moonlight that Luffy and the others were safe, and the two left as the Navy began a sweeping purge of the island.
• Half a day later, the Navy had captured every Pirate except Luo and Kid, and Kizaru confronted Luo while Aokiji confronted Kid.
• Luo attacked Kizaru with Room and Scalpel, but Kizaru reformed, kicked him down, and held him there as the Heart Pirates tried to intervene.
• Moonlight arrived and deflected Kizaru’s Light Speed Kick, saving Luo.

Moonlight left Sabaody after warning the Marines that Sengoku had made a terrible move, then set out for Amazon Lily to find Luffy. Meanwhile, news of Ace’s scheduled execution reached Whitebeard, and the Whitebeard Pirates prepared for a major confrontation.

• Moonlight saved Luo, criticized Kizaru for serving the Celestial Dragons, and warned Aokiji to tell Sengoku that he had made a terrible move.
• The Marines purged Sabaody Archipelago, while Kizaru made little effort to pursue the Straw Hat Crew after they escaped.
• Rayleigh told Moonlight that Kuma had sent Luffy to Amazon Lily and gave him a letter for Boa Hancock, while the Flying Fish Riders agreed to protect the Thousand Sunny.
• Moonlight headed across the sea toward Amazon Lily as the Marines prepared for Ace’s public execution at Marineford.
• After learning Ace would be executed, Whitebeard called out his name aboard the Moby Dick.

Luffy escaped the Amazon Lily warriors who tried to kill him for being a man and reunited with Moonlight across the sea. As Moonlight set out to reach him, the Kuja Pirates arrived, led by Boa Hancock.

• After learning that Snake Princess had returned, the Amazon Lily warriors tried to kill Luffy, so he escaped with Margaret and evaded their pursuit.
• Luffy used Gum-Gum Balloon to survive a leap from a cliff and learned from Margaret that the island was surrounded by the Calm Belt.
• As Kikyo and the other warriors caught up with Luffy, Moonlight appeared and defeated a group of Sea Kings with a single Sword Aura.
• Luffy recognized Moonlight as his Vice-Captain, and Moonlight headed toward him after spotting him on the nearby island.
• A Kuja Pirates ship fired a cannonball at Moonlight, and he saw Boa Hancock aboard.

Moonlight found Luffy on Amazon Lily, confronted Boa Hancock, and delivered her Rayleigh's letter before leaving to check on the rest of the crew. Hancock later turned the Marines to stone after they demanded she take part in Ace's execution.

• Kikyo and the other women carried Luffy away as Moonlight watched, but Hancock ordered her guards to attack him.
• Moonlight knocked the guards unconscious with Conqueror's Haki, and Hancock tried to stop him from leaving with her Mero Mero no Mi power.
• Moonlight dodged Hancock's Sweet Sweet Beam and held his sword to her neck until Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold read Rayleigh's letter.
• After learning the letter's contents, Hancock let Moonlight go, and he said he would meet Luffy at Impel Down in five days after checking on the others.
• Moonlight ran across the sea and left Amazon Lily, while Vice Admiral Onigumo arrived with Sengoku's order for Hancock to join Ace's public execution.
• Hancock used Sweet Sweet Beam on the Marines, turning them to stone.

Moonlight found Robin at Tequila Wolf after checking on Usopp and Chopper, then told her the Straw Hat crew needed to grow stronger apart. He left Robin with his Vivre Card and set out to help Luffy save Ace before his execution at Marineford.

• Hancock dismissed her intervention as insignificant and wondered what kind of man Luffy was.
• Moonlight found Usopp on Greenstone and Chopper in Torino Kingdom, confirmed both were safe, and left them to grow stronger.
• Moonlight reached Tequila Wolf and used a Sword Aura to drive away the overseers attacking Robin and Soran.
• Moonlight reunited with Robin and told her that Luffy was going to help save Ace, who was scheduled for execution in three days.
• Moonlight gave Robin his Vivre Card and promised to find her after saving Ace, while Robin remained at Tequila Wolf.

Moonlight rescued Robin, drew the Revolutionary Army toward her, and continued to Skypiea, where he stopped Bellamy’s crew from looting the City of Gold. He reached Weatheria and reunited with Nami, who was relieved to see him.

• Moonlight gave Robin part of his Vivre Card, then incapacitated the overseers and Marines before leaving her near Tequila Wolf.
• Moonlight attacked near Sabo, who recognized the clues about Luffy and ordered Koala to mobilize the Revolutionary Army toward Tequila Wolf.
• Moonlight headed for Skypiea, where Bellamy and his crew defeated Gan Fall and Wyper and prepared to seize the golden pillar.
• Moonlight arrived and sent Bellamy and his crew flying from Skypiea, then asked Gan Fall to take him to Weatheria.
• Moonlight descended onto Weatheria, and Nami rushed to embrace him, relieved that her companions were safe.

Moonlight left Weatheria to reach Impel Down before Ace’s execution, while Luffy infiltrated the prison and sparked a mass breakout. After Moonlight broke through the Gates of Justice and raced toward Impel Down, Sengoku ordered Ace’s execution to be brought forward.

• Moonlight reassured Nami, told her the crew was safe, and leaped from Weatheria to head for Impel Down.
• Boa Hancock escorted Luffy into Impel Down, where he slipped away and left marks for Moonlight to follow.
• Luffy joined Buggy, Mr. 3, and Mr. 2, then freed prisoners and plunged Impel Down into chaos.
• Moonlight landed near Enies Lobby, slashed open the Gates of Justice, and sped toward Impel Down by following Luffy’s marks.
• Sengoku learned that Moonlight was heading for Impel Down while Luffy caused a prison riot, and ordered Ace’s execution to begin ahead of schedule.

Moonlight stormed through Impel Down to rescue Ace while Magellan defeated Luffy and left him poisoned near death. After overpowering the prison’s guards and jailers, Moonlight headed toward Blazing Hell, insisting that Luffy would survive.

• Magellan defeated Luffy, poisoned him, and ordered his men to imprison him; Marine Headquarters then ordered Ace’s execution to be moved forward.
• Moonlight entered Impel Down, defeated the guards on the first level with Conqueror’s Haki, and advanced into Crimson Hell.
• Moonlight overwhelmed the Blue Gorillas and prisoners, then entered Beast Hell and incapacitated its beasts and guards with his Haki.
• Moonlight broke Sadi’s whip with a Sword Aura and drove her into the ground.
• Hannyabal, Domino, Saldeath, and three beasts confronted Moonlight in Starvation Hell, but he gravely wounded them with a slash and continued toward Blazing Hell, declaring that Luffy would not die.

Moonlight fought Magellan in Blazing Hell, defeated him with a powerful Sword Aura attack, and collapsed the floors into Freezing Hell. Meanwhile, Luffy and his allies escaped from the sixth level and learned that Moonlight had defeated Magellan as they headed toward the exit.

• Moonlight entered Blazing Hell, knocked out the guards with Conqueror's Haki, and confronted Chief Warden Magellan.
• Magellan attacked Moonlight with Poison Dragon, but Moonlight's Phantom Sword Dance blew apart the poison dragons and cracked the Seastone walls.
• Magellan formed a Poison Giant Soldier, but Moonlight's falling Sword Aura shredded it and collapsed the fourth level into Freezing Hell.
• Prisoners in Freezing Hell saw Magellan fall and watched Moonlight leave, then realized that Moonlight had defeated the Chief Warden.
• Luffy reached the sixth level with Ivan and Inazuma, found that Ace had already been taken away, and freed Jinbe while Ivan freed Crocodile.
• Luffy's group climbed toward the exit and learned from the prisoners that Moonlight had defeated Magellan; Crocodile reacted sharply to Moonlight's name.

Luffy and his allies climbed through Impel Down while Shiryu of the Rain escaped and joined Blackbeard's group. When Luffy confronted Blackbeard, Moonlight arrived and defeated the group with his Extreme Ghost Sword Style: Storm Style.

• Luffy and his allies continued upward through Impel Down after learning that Moonlight had arrived, while Magellan remained out of their way.
• Shiryu of the Rain escaped from his cell, killed the guards, and headed for the upper levels.
• Magellan defeated Blackbeard and his group with Poison Dragon, but Shiryu of the Rain appeared with an antidote and agreed to join them.
• Luffy encountered Blackbeard and attacked him after learning that Blackbeard had originally targeted him and had captured Ace.
• Blackbeard used Dark Water to pull Luffy toward him, but Moonlight formed a Sword Domain and severely wounded Blackbeard and his group with Storm Style.

Moonlight and the prisoners escaped Impel Down after overcoming Magellan’s closing gates, but they reached the sea without a ship. Meanwhile, Marine Headquarters prepared for Whitebeard’s arrival, and Ace’s execution was moved up to two hours away.

• Magellan tried to trap Moonlight, Luffy, and their allies inside Impel Down, so Inazuma cut a path through the gates and Moonlight knocked out the beasts on Beast Hell with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Mr. 3 used wax to delay a reinforced Seastone gate, and Moonlight jammed it open with the Kusanagi Sword so the prisoners could escape.
• Moonlight held the gate long enough for Luffy, Jinbe, Buggy, and the others to pass through before escaping himself.
• Magellan ordered the warships outside to move away from Impel Down, while Marine Headquarters assembled its forces for Whitebeard’s arrival.
• Sengoku moved Ace’s execution forward to two hours away, and the escapees found themselves stranded at sea without a ship.

Jinbe, Luffy, Moonlight, and Crocodile seized eight Marine warships and escaped through the Gates of Justice after a mysterious powerhouse defeated Magellan and opened them. Moonlight recognized the man as Douglas Bullet, while Ace’s execution preparations continued at Marineford.

• Jinbe tore off part of the gate and carried Luffy, Moonlight, and Crocodile toward the Marine warships, where they quickly defeated the crews and seized all eight ships.
• Buggy rallied the prisoners, and Jinbe steered the group toward the Gates of Justice as Magellan ordered them closed.
• Moonlight returned to Impel Down to stop the gates from closing, but an enormous man appeared in the control room, knocked Magellan unconscious, and opened the gates.
• Moonlight sensed the man’s powerful Observation Haki and identified him as Douglas Bullet, who had escaped from Infinite Hell after Blackbeard released prisoners from the sixth level.
• Moonlight left Impel Down without confronting Bullet, while Marines prepared at Marineford and Ace was brought to the execution platform for a worldwide broadcast.

With Ace’s execution an hour away, Sengoku revealed that Ace was Roger’s son, and Whitebeard arrived at Marineford with his commanders. Whitebeard’s attack unleashed a massive tsunami, which Aokiji froze before clashing with Whitebeard and raising an ice barrier at the harbor.

• Sengoku disclosed that Ace was the son of the Pirate King, Roger, shocking the Marines and leaving Ace and Garp in pain.
• Four of Whitebeard’s ships emerged from beneath the sea, and Whitebeard arrived with his fourteen commanders, calling out to Ace.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to fire, but Whitebeard’s power deflected the cannonballs and raised a massive tsunami toward Marineford.
• Aokiji froze the tsunami and the surrounding sea, trapping Whitebeard’s ships in ice.
• Whitebeard shattered Aokiji’s ice form with a punch, but Aokiji re-formed and created an ice barrier blocking the harbor.

The battle at Marineford began as Whitebeard’s forces clashed with the Marines, while Luffy and his companions remained trapped in ice and Moonlight hurried toward the battlefield to save Ace. The chapter ended with Akainu unleashing Meteor Volcano, raining magma across the fighting armies.

• Marco intercepted Kizaru and kicked him into a wall as the war began in earnest.
• Luffy, Buggy, and their companions remained frozen above Marineford until Jinbe spotted an icebreaker and the group began trying to escape.
• Moonlight saw the chaos at Impel Down, then raced toward Marineford after hearing the battle from a distance.
• Whitebeard’s commanders and the Marines fought across the plaza as Whitebeard battled Aokiji and Kizaru.
• Little Oars charged toward Ace and hurled a mountain-sized block of ice at Akainu.
• Akainu destroyed the iceberg with Great Eruption, then launched Meteor Volcano and sent streams of magma raining onto the battlefield.

Akainu attacked Whitebeard, but Whitebeard overpowered him before Akainu withdrew to carry out a scheme. Squard then stabbed Whitebeard, and as the Marines charged, Luffy and others arrived from a ship falling through the ice above Marineford.

• Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcanoes and clashed with Whitebeard, who shattered Akainu’s magma attack and split the battlefield with Murakumogiri.
• Akainu recovered from his injuries, exchanged a signal with Sengoku, and withdrew while Whitebeard and his allies held off the Admirals.
• Whitebeard charged toward the Execution Platform, but Squard appeared behind him and stabbed him through the heart.
• Whitebeard stopped his sons from attacking Squard, and Marco realized Whitebeard had let his son strike him without defending himself.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to charge Whitebeard’s forces, but a ship fell through the ice above Marineford and Luffy leaped down with others.

Luffy and Buggy's group fell into Marineford after breaking through the ice, disrupting the Marines' advantage and rushing to rescue Ace. Luffy was knocked back by Kizaru, then resumed his charge after Whitebeard caught him and reacted with surprise to being called “Uncle.”

• Akainu's magma and Whitebeard's shockwave weakened the ice, allowing Luffy and Buggy's group to crash down safely into Marineford.
• Luffy ran toward Ace on the Execution Platform, while Sengoku and the Marines recognized that his arrival had disrupted their advantage.
• Boa Hancock moved toward Luffy, and Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates joined him in charging to rescue Ace.
• Crocodile attacked Whitebeard but was sent flying, while Kizaru kicked Luffy back toward Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard caught Luffy, who thanked him as “Uncle” and rushed toward Ace again, prompting Buggy to question whether Luffy knew who Whitebeard was.