Chapter Summaries

Good returned to Hoenn Fortress, prepared to strengthen his army and build ties with the Whitebeard Pirates, then sailed for the New World after Marco invited him to Little Painapulu’s birthday banquet. Meanwhile, Shanks learned that Blackbeard had been seen in the Drum Kingdom.

• Good saw that Vegapunk’s weather controller had brought rain to Hoenn Fortress and considered acquiring more advanced technology for its research institute.
• Marco invited Good to Painapulu’s birthday banquet, and Good planned to use the gathering to build ties with Whitebeard’s captains.
• Good identified Cavendish as a threat to one of his residents and called his ten legion commanders together before ordering them to prepare to go to sea with him.
• Good sailed the Groudon into the New World with his forces.
• Hongo told Shanks that Blackbeard had last been seen in the Drum Kingdom, as the Red Hair Pirates continued searching for him.

Good arrived at Hachinosu, where pirates welcomed him as a powerful benefactor whose businesses had brought wealth and opportunity to the underworld. The Whitebeard Pirates’ division commanders hurried to greet him, while Shanks had already decided to travel to Hachinosu to warn Whitebeard about Ace hunting Blackbeard.

• Shanks decided to visit Whitebeard because he feared Blackbeard would use Ace to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates, and he planned to stop at Little Garden for help.
• News spread that Smoker had exposed Crocodile’s plot in Alabasta, and Luffy received a 100 million Beli bounty as one of several new Supernovas.
• Good read Luffy’s bounty poster aboard the Groudon, and Yamato told him that Hachinosu was in sight.
• Cavendish grew jealous of the new Supernovas and rushed toward the port after learning Good had arrived and drawn the crowd’s attention.
• Pirates on Hachinosu welcomed Good, whose Hoenn Residential Community and Golden Route had made him a major power in the underworld.
• Whitebeard’s division commanders hurried to the port to greet Good, mindful of their earnings from the Hoenn Residential Community.

Good reunited with Marco at the harbor, where Cavendish challenged him after becoming jealous of his popularity. Good easily knocked Cavendish out, but Cavendish awakened as Hakuba and resumed the fight at astonishing speed.

• Marco embraced Good and thanked him for helping him meet Sasha through the Hoenn Residential Community.
• Cavendish tried to test Good with a sword thrust, then challenged him after Good drew the harbor crowd's attention away from him.
• Good defeated Cavendish with a single knife-hand strike, prompting the gathered pirates to cheer for him.
• Cavendish awakened as Hakuba, moved too quickly for the crowd to follow, and clashed blades with Good.
• Good lowered his knife-hand and faced Hakuba after discovering that Cavendish's second personality could speak.

Good discovered Cavendish had bought a villa in the Hoenn Residential Community and signed him to a long-term contract as Groudon Company's brand ambassador, promising to make him a superstar. After learning the Red Hair Pirates were heading toward Hachinosu, Good left them alone and visited Marco's home.

• Good found Cavendish's gold residential card and learned he had bought a villa in the Hoenn Residential Community.
• Good offered Cavendish a company contract and persuaded him to sign by promising publicity, promotional photos, and a path to stardom.
• Good instructed Qikara to contact Big News Morgans and arrange singing and dancing lessons for Cavendish.
• Speed told Good that the Red Hair Pirates had entered the New World and were likely headed to Hachinosu, but Good decided not to stop them.
• Good visited Marco, where Sasha thanked him while holding their sleeping child.

Good attended Painapulu’s birthday banquet aboard the Moby Dick, where he warned Whitebeard that Blackbeard’s new power made Ace vulnerable. He left Whitebeard to consider that Blackbeard might hand Ace over to the Navy and provoke a war between them.

• Whitebeard’s division commanders and captains gathered aboard the Moby Dick for Painapulu’s birthday, and Marco received a mountain of pineapples.
• Good arrived aboard the Groudon with his subordinates, and the Whitebeard Pirates’ captains tried to intimidate them before Marco told them to stop.
• Good greeted Whitebeard and discussed Thatch’s death and Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Good warned Whitebeard that Ace would not return and that Blackbeard could turn Ace’s defeat into a war with the Navy.

The Five Elders and the Navy discussed replacing fallen Shichibukai as Lafitte recommended Blackbeard for the position. On Hachinosu, Shanks joined Good and Whitebeard, where their talk turned to the new era and Shanks’s belief in Luffy.

• The Five Elders worried that the defeats of Hancock and Crocodile threatened the balance of power and discussed finding new Shichibukai.
• At a Navy meeting attended by Kuma, Doflamingo, and Hawk Eyes, Lafitte arrived and recommended his captain, Blackbeard, for the Shichibukai.
• Shanks arrived at Hachinosu with Dorry and Brogy, and his Conqueror’s Haki knocked out nearby pirates.
• Shanks met with Good and Whitebeard, shared liquor, and talked with them about the past.
• Whitebeard asked Shanks why he had lost an arm, and Shanks said he had bet it on the new era.
• Good challenged Shanks to explain what the new era meant to him, and Shanks privately believed it meant Luffy would change the world.

Good clashed with Whitebeard and Shanks, rejected Shanks's attempt to preserve the balance of power, and promised to deal with Blackbeard and protect Whitebeard's crew. After newspapers reported Ace's imprisonment and Teach's appointment as a Shichibukai, Good prepared the Beasts Pirates to set sail for the coming war.

• Good joined Whitebeard and Shanks's blade clash after their fight spilled his wine, and the three men's Conqueror's Haki knocked out most of the pirates nearby.
• Good challenged Shanks's belief in preserving the world's balance, saying everyone had the right to change the world, and Shanks left with a warning that he would not let the Beasts Pirates take control.
• Good told Whitebeard he would help protect his sons and deal with Blackbeard, while Whitebeard accepted that war had become unavoidable after Ace left.
• Several days later, newspapers announced that Fire Fist Ace had been imprisoned, Teach had become a Shichibukai, and Enies Lobby had fallen.
• Good dismissed Kaido's wish to join the coming conflict and ordered the officers at Hoenn Fortress to prepare to set sail.

As the Marines prepared to publicly execute Ace and fight Whitebeard, Good and the Beasts Pirates officers arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago. Good began buying up cheap property while his subordinates explored the island and attracted the attention of traffickers and pirates.

• The Marines decided to execute Fire Fist Ace publicly and gather one hundred thousand elite officers, while Sengoku worried that the Beasts Pirates might join the war.
• Sengoku learned that Good was buying property in Sabaody and that Rayleigh had been sold to an employment agency; Garp urged him to leave them alone.
• The Supernovas learned that Ace's execution was scheduled for one week later, and wealthy residents began fleeing Sabaody as property prices fell.
• Good bought property at rock-bottom prices and sent his officers to explore, where Who's-Who picked Straw Hat Luffy as a target and Reiju hoped to find Sanji.
• Traffickers targeted Karula, Carrot, Ulti, and Little Pei, while Good encountered the Fallen Rear Admiral Drake.

Good met Drake on Sabaody and invited him to join the Beasts Pirates, disrupting Drake’s undercover plans. He then encountered Law, Urouge, and Killer and provoked them by calling them too weak.

• Good recognized Drake, took him for a walk, and heard the cover story for how he became a pirate.
• Good invited Drake to join the Beasts Pirates, and Drake asked for time to discuss it with his companions.
• Drake intervened in the fight between Urouge and Killer, then left after Urouge recognized him as the Fallen Rear Admiral.
• Good arrived beside Law and encountered Law, Urouge, and Killer, who grew tense at seeing the Earth Calamity.
• Good called the three Supernovas too weak, and Law, Urouge, and Killer prepared to fight him.

Good defeated Luo, Killer, and Urouge on Sabaody, while Karula and Carrot faced human traffickers and the Straw Hat crew became involved in events across the islands. Good told Drake he intended to kill Blackbeard, and the chapter left the auction house underway as Kid spotted Camie.

• Good defeated Luo, Killer, and Urouge in a brief fight, planting them headfirst in the ground.
• Karula and Carrot fought off human traffickers on Island 17, while two dinosaurs chased pirates across Island 6.
• Who's-Who found the Straw Hat Boy near the auction house but held back because Celestial Dragons were inside.
• Good told Drake he planned to kill Blackbeard, then encountered Zoro and gave him the wrong directions to Island 1.
• Luo and Killer returned to the auction house after their defeat, where Kid saw Camie and shouted her name.

Good arrived at the human auction house after the Straw Hat Pirates had escaped, then struck Celestial Dragon Shalria after she shot him. The Marines recognized him as the Beasts Pirates' vice-captain, Earth Calamity, and let him leave while they contacted headquarters.

• Good reached Grove 1 and saw that the fighting at the human auction house had ended and the Straw Hat Pirates had fled.
• Good reunited with Who's-Who, who warned him to leave, while Qikara hid beside him as Marines escorted injured Celestial Dragons across the bridge.
• Shalria shot Good, so he slapped her repeatedly until she fainted beside the stretchers carrying her father and brother.
• A Marine Commodore recognized Good as the Beasts Pirates' vice-captain and ordered the Marines not to attack him without orders from headquarters.
• Good and his companions walked away, and he told Qikara not to worry about him hitting a Celestial Dragon.

Good tested the World Government’s response after confronting Celestial Dragons, then sought to recruit the hunted Cipher Pol 9 members. As chaos engulfed Sabaody, he watched the Supernovas and Kizaru while Ulti and Page One joined him.

• Good asked Qikara how confronting the Celestial Dragons had felt, then ordered Who's-Who to find Rob Lucci on River Islet Island and keep him from escaping.
• On St. Poplar Island, Lucci lay unconscious after surgery while the other Cipher Pol 9 members performed for money to pay his medical bills.
• Sengoku told the Navy officers that classified intelligence linked Earth Calamity Good’s arrival to hunting Blackbeard, though Tsuru questioned whether the information was false.
• Good returned to Grove 24 on Sabaody, found the shops closed amid the Navy-pirate chaos, and had Qikara prepare lunch on a rooftop.
• While eating, Good watched Mad Monk Urouge fight a Pacifista and spotted Kizaru’s presence, as Apoo watched him from a nearby building.
• Ulti and Page One arrived to protect Good, then recognized Kizaru and recalled the kick that had sent them flying on Hachinosu.

Good intercepted Kizaru on Sabaody and sent him east after the Straw Hat Pirates, while the Pacifista continued battling the Supernovas. After Ulti destroyed it, Good invited the four captains to join the Beasts Pirates if they struggled in the New World.

• Ulti and Page One attacked Kizaru, who dodged them and used Yata no Kagami to appear before Good.
• Good told Kizaru that the Straw Hat Pirates had fled east, and Kizaru left to pursue them.
• The Pacifista overwhelmed the Mad Monk, Drake, Hawkins, and Apoo, who failed to defeat it together.
• Ulti struck the Pacifista with Ulti Head Gun and destroyed it in one blow.
• Good summoned the four captains and invited them to join the Beasts Pirates when they reached the New World.

Good let four Supernovas escape after promoting homes in his residential communities, while the Straw Hat Pirates’ defeat on Sabaody ended with Kuma scattering the crew and Reiju taking Sanji away. Reiju brought Sanji to Good’s base, where he faced the prospect of becoming a bargaining chip in Judge’s plans.

• Good handed four Supernovas his business cards and let them flee, expecting them to join the Beasts Pirates after the New World’s balance of power shifted.
• On Island 12, Kuma swatted the exhausted Straw Hat Pirates away as Kizaru and Rayleigh fought, while Reiju rescued Sanji from Kuma’s attack.
• After Luffy disappeared and Kuma scattered the crew, Reiju took Sanji to the Beasts Pirates’ base and revealed that Judge had ordered her to bring him to Good as a possible bargaining chip.
• Reiju warned Sanji that Judge would threaten the people connected to the floating restaurant if he resisted, and told him Good might be able to help.
• Good dismissed his injured legion commanders after they returned from Sabaody, and Reiju arrived with Sanji.

Good kept Sanji at the Beasts Pirates’ base after feeding him, and Sanji realized he had nowhere to go until the Straw Hats reunited. Meanwhile, Luffy landed on Momoiro Island and began searching for his friends, while Sanji asked Reiju whether something big was about to happen.

• Good recognized Sanji from his wanted poster and learned Reiju had brought him back on Judge’s orders.
• Sanji cooked for Good and the others for two hours, then Good freed his shackles and warned him that Marines guarded the exits.
• Good told Sanji that Kuma had sent the Straw Hat Pirates flying and was now at Marine Headquarters.
• Luffy landed on Momoiro Island, ate a wild boar, and took out his Vivre Card to find his friends.
• Sanji decided to wait on Sabaody for the Straw Hats to regroup and asked Reiju if anything big was about to happen.

With Ace's execution hours away, Buggy's escape attempt at Impel Down grew into a massive prison riot, while Ivankov prepared to break out with the Newkama. The fleet carrying Ace reached Marine Headquarters, but news of the jailbreak shook the Marines.

• Buggy fled the Blue Gorillas into the Crimson Forest and considered the pit leading to Beast Hell as a possible escape route.
• Ivankov learned of the war between the Whitebeard Pirates and Marine Headquarters and decided to lead the Newkama out of Impel Down.
• Ivankov's subordinates reported a jailbreak on Level 1, and Ivankov ordered them to help the escaping prisoner.
• A warship left Marine Headquarters for Impel Down without authorization, and the Marines later discovered that Blackbeard had disappeared.
• Five hours before Ace's execution, the fleet carrying Ace arrived safely at Marine Headquarters, where officials received news of a massive prisoner riot led by Buggy and aided by another prisoner.

As the Paramount War approached, Good prepared the Hoenn fleet while Buggy and Mr. 3 led the escaped prisoners away from Impel Down. At Marineford, Sengoku revealed Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son, and the Marines spotted Good’s fleet approaching.

• Sengoku worried that the Impel Down riot and other disruptions could complicate the coming war, while Marines assembled at Headquarters and Supernovas sailed toward Marineford.
• Good learned that Kaido and Red Hair were fighting, assessed the risks of the Beasts Pirates joining the war, and readied the Hoenn fleet under his command.
• Buggy led the prisoners out of Impel Down, and Jinbe and Crocodile helped them seize a warship and escape.
• A Marine call identified Buggy and Mr. 3 as the prison-break ringleaders, prompting the prisoners to hail them as legendary figures and Buggy to declare they would pursue Whitebeard’s head.
• At Marineford, Sengoku announced that Ace was the biological son of Gol D. Roger, and a lookout reported Good’s six ships and more than two thousand fighters approaching.

Good watched the Battle of Marineford from the Groudon as Whitebeard’s forces began to lose ground and Ace’s rescue looked increasingly unlikely. At the chapter’s end, Good concluded that without Straw Hat, the pirates could not turn the battle around.

• The Whitebeard Pirates arrived at Marineford, and the battle began as Good watched from the Groudon.
• Whitebeard created enormous tsunamis, which Aokiji froze before the Marines and pirates clashed across the bay.
• Little Oars Jr. fell in battle, and prisoners from Impel Down joined the fight.
• In Kamabakka Kingdom, the cross-dressers knocked Luffy unconscious to stop him from trying to reach Marineford, then reacted in disbelief to Buggy’s broadcast appearance.
• Whitebeard was stabbed by one of his subordinates, Akainu attacked with Meteor Volcano, and the Marines gained the upper hand.
• Good judged that the Whitebeard Pirates were finished and that Ace would likely die without Straw Hat’s intervention.

At Marineford, Good arrived with the Hoenn Fleet and confronted Blackbeard over Thatch’s murder, sentencing him to death. The battle’s sudden escalation was broadcast to Sabaody, where the public and reporters watched the Groudon Company challenge the Blackbeard Pirates.

• Mr. 3 unlocked Ace’s Seastone Handcuffs, and Ace escaped the Execution Platform with Mr. 3.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to retreat, then battled the Marines and Akainu while the pirates fled.
• Akainu mortally wounded Ace, and Whitebeard later blasted Akainu underground and split the island with the aftershocks.
• The Blackbeard Pirates appeared at Marine Headquarters, and the Hoenn Fleet arrived under the Groudon Company flag.
• Good crossed the battlefield, accused Blackbeard of murdering Thatch, and declared that Blackbeard had been sentenced to death.
• People in Sabaody watched the confrontation on a giant screen as reporters recorded the arrival of Blackbeard’s notorious allies.

Good confronted Blackbeard at Marine Headquarters and overwhelmed him despite Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark Fruit powers. After Good shattered Blackbeard’s skull with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated punch, Blackbeard screamed and rolled across the battlefield in agony.

• Good struck Blackbeard and drove him into the plaza before the Blackbeard Pirates could finish attacking.
• Speed relayed Good’s orders as the Groudon Company moved to fight the Blackbeard Pirates, while Hajrudin led the Giant Warrior Pirates toward Sanjuan Wolf.
• Blackbeard spread his darkness across the battlefield, sucking in Marines and trapping Good, but Good dispersed it with Haki.
• Blackbeard used Black Vortex to pull Good close and grabbed his shoulder, but Good caught and twisted Blackbeard’s fist.
• Good struck Blackbeard’s head with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated punch, shattering his skull as Blackbeard screamed in pain.