Recaps

Roy emerged from a corpse pile on Level 5, killed the army wolves, and sent Emporio Ivankov to free the prisoners while he headed for Level 6 to release its inmates. Kuzan and Garp deduced Roy’s hiding place and tried to seal the route above Level 6, unaware that Marine Headquarters could not send reinforcements; Roy approached Level 6, where Bullet awaited him.

• Roy killed the army wolves that attacked him, gave Emporio Ivankov the key to Level 5, and went to release Level 6’s prisoners.
• Emporio Ivankov freed the Level 5 criminals and led them in a fight through the stairway toward Level 4, where they overwhelmed the jailers.
• The Level 4 breakout reached the repaired Den Den Mushi system, and Magellan, Kuzan, and Garp learned that the revolt had begun on Level 5.
• Kuzan and Garp deduced that Roy had hidden between Levels 4 and 5 and might already be heading to Level 6.
• Kuzan ordered Vice Warden Domino to close the gate above Level 6, while Marine Headquarters remained too overwhelmed to send reinforcements.
• Roy continued toward Level 6, where Bullet quietly awaited him.

Roy entered Impel Down’s Level 6 to rescue Bullet and Red, then freed the imprisoned pirates and led them toward the lower levels. He, Bullet, and Red left at the front, eager to fight the Marines and jailers as the battle on Level 4 erupted.

• Bullet and Red sensed Roy arriving in Level 6, and Roy announced that he had come to save the prisoners.
• Bullet tested Roy with Conqueror’s Haki, and Roy awakened his own Haki and clashed with him until Red intervened and made them stop.
• Roy unlocked Bullet and Red’s Seastone Handcuffs and gave them food to restore their stamina.
• Roy released the Level 6 prisoners, including Catarina Devon, Vasco Shot, the Corrupt King, Sanjuan Wolf, and Byrnndi World, and warned them to obey him during the escape.
• Roy, Bullet, and Red agreed to compete over who would defeat more Marines and jailers, then led the prisoners toward the lower levels as the battle on Level 4 began.

Roy arrived on Level 4 with the Level 6 prisoners and joined the battle against Magellan and the Marines. After the Marines were overwhelmed, Magellan used poison to cover his retreat to the level below, where Kuzan and Garp were waiting.

• Magellan reached Level 4, poisoned many Level 5 prisoners, and fought off their attacks and Emporio Ivankov’s group.
• Magellan recognized Emporio Ivankov’s group as prisoners from the hidden Seventh Level and poisoned dozens of okamas before Roy stopped his attack.
• Roy arrived with more than a hundred Level 6 prisoners, including World and Big Barrel, and challenged Magellan.
• The Level 6 prisoners turned the battle around, and the two Marine rear admirals were killed despite their troops’ resistance.
• Magellan spread venom and Poison Clouds across the battlefield, then retreated with his forces to the level below.

Kuzan, Garp, and Magellan gathered their forces on Level 2 to trap Roy and the other escapees, unaware that Roy had learned of their plan. Roy led Bullet, Redfield, and the freed prisoners through Level 5.5 to Level 1, where they assembled a counterattack and crept toward Level 2.

• Kuzan and Garp prepared roughly four thousand marines and jailers on Level 2 after Magellan retreated from Level 3 and reported Roy’s strength.
• Magellan apologized for failing to save his men, then joined the force as Garp vowed to kill Roy and avenge the fallen.
• Bullet and Redfield discussed attacking Garp and Kuzan, while Emporio Ivankov explained that Roy’s plan was to reach Level 1 and surround the marines instead.
• Emporio Ivankov and Inazuma led Bullet, Redfield, and the prisoners through Level 5.5 to Level 1, where they found the cells unguarded.
• Emporio Ivankov opened the Level 1 and Level 2 cells, and around fifteen hundred criminals joined the group as it stealthily approached Level 2.

Roy confronted Garp and Kuzan on Impel Down’s Level 2, challenging the Marines’ claim to justice by revealing that Garp’s son Dragon had defected and founded the Revolutionary Army. Kuzan restored order and ordered the Marines to attack, and Roy rallied the criminals as the battle began.

• Roy arrived with a crowd of criminals and taunted Kuzan and Magellan while Garp condemned him as evil.
• Roy asked why Garp’s son Dragon had left the Marines to establish the Revolutionary Army, unsettling the Marines with the revelation.
• Kuzan defended Garp, dismissed suspicion about Dragon, and ordered four thousand Marines to prepare for battle against Roy’s smaller force.
• Garp vowed to kill Roy, and the Marines charged.
• Roy called out the Marines’ hypocrisy and urged the criminals to fight for freedom, prompting them to charge with him.

Roy, Bullet, and Redfield turned the battle at Impel Down around by ambushing Garp, Kuzan, and Magellan while criminals from the lower levels surrounded the Marines. Garp and Kuzan recovered from their injuries and saw their forces trapped, while Magellan lay badly injured.

• Roy and Garp fought hand-to-hand, and their clash left them nearly evenly matched before Kuzan and Magellan closed in.
• Bullet and Redfield attacked from behind, striking Garp and Kuzan while Roy broke Magellan’s right arm.
• Pirates released from Levels 1 and 2 surrounded the Marine forces and jailers, turning the battle in their favor.
• Roy told Bullet and Redfield to help cripple the Marines before they tried to escape, and Redfield revealed he had suspected Roy might betray them.
• Garp and Kuzan climbed out of the rubble and saw thousands of Marines surrounded while Magellan lay injured.

Roy revealed that he had sent Bullet and the other prisoners through the Rift to free criminals and surround the Marines, then the fighters split into battles. Roy used his newly fused Haki Slash against Magellan, leaving Magellan on the brink of death as Kuzan watched helplessly.

• Kuzan and Garp realized Roy had used the Rift to send Bullet and the others to Level 1, where they freed criminals and attacked the Marines from behind.
• Bullet charged at Garp, and the two fought with Armament Haki.
• Red blocked Kuzan’s Ice Ball and fought him, using his swordsmanship and Observation Haki to drive the Admiral onto the defensive.
• Roy confronted the injured Magellan, who transformed into a weakened venom giant and attacked him.
• Roy unleashed Haki Slash: Dismantle, and Kuzan warned Magellan to dodge, but Red kept Kuzan from intervening as Magellan lost consciousness.

Roy killed Magellan during the battle at Impel Down, crushing Marine morale, then ordered Bullet and Red to attack Garp and Kuzan while he faced the remaining Marines and jailers. He began testing his new technique by coating his shikigami with Armament Haki.

• Magellan imagined reuniting with Shiryu, Sadi, Saldeath, and the fallen jailers, who praised his dedication as Impel Down's chief warden.
• Roy cut Magellan down, shocking the fighters and plunging the Marines into panic while the escaped criminals celebrated.
• Roy taunted the onlookers and ordered Bullet and Red to take advantage of the moment by attacking Garp and Kuzan.
• Bullet and Red resumed their fight with Garp and Kuzan, and both sides traded injuries.
• Roy summoned Divine Dogs: Totality and Piercing Ox, then successfully covered both shikigami in Armament Haki.

Roy’s Haki-empowered Shikigami helped the criminals nearly wipe out the Marines on Impel Down’s second level, leaving fewer than a hundred battered survivors. As the criminals prepared to face the three thousand Marines outside and escape, Roy exposed Crescent Moon Hunter’s plan to flee on Sanjuan Wolf and forced her to choose between obeying him and dying.

• Roy used intermediate Armament Haki to strengthen Divine Dogs: Totality and Piercing Ox, which tore through the Marine ranks.
• The Shikigami killed the Jailer Beasts and several Marine officers, while the battle left fewer than a hundred of the Marines’ original four thousand alive.
• Emporio Ivankov and the other criminals asked Roy what to do, and he warned them they still had to defeat the Marines outside Impel Down and seize ships before reinforcements arrived.
• Crescent Moon Hunter volunteered to lead Big Barrel, World, and Sanjuan Wolf to seize warships, claiming the others could remain with Roy.
• Roy accused Crescent Moon Hunter of planning to escape using Sanjuan Wolf’s Expand-Expand Fruit while drawing the Marines’ fire and abandoning the others.
• Roy gave Crescent Moon Hunter a choice: help defeat the Marines and leave with the group, or be killed on the spot.

Roy forced the Level 6 criminals to obey, then approached Garp after Garp defeated Bullet in a devastating clash that tore through Impel Down. Red defeated Kuzan and Sanjuan Wolf blocked the remaining Marines as Roy moved to confront Garp.

• Roy made the Crescent Moon Hunter and the other criminals promise to attack the Marines, then kept Sanjuan Wolf behind to prevent them from escaping.
• Garp and Bullet unleashed their strongest Conqueror’s Coating attacks, and their clash blasted a huge breach through several levels of Impel Down.
• Garp won the clash, leaving Bullet wounded on the ground as Roy approached with Piercing Ox and Divine Dogs: Totality.
• Red defeated Kuzan and warned him not to interfere with Roy and Garp’s fight.
• Sanjuan Wolf struck down the Marines who tried to stop Roy, killing dozens and breaking Bogard’s ribs.

Roy fought Garp at Impel Down while Sengoku led a fleet toward the prison, unaware that it had already fallen. By dawn, the escaped prisoners had reached Above Ground Floor One and were preparing to kill Hannyabal and the Vice Warden and seize a warship.

• Roy ordered Bullet to stand down, then accused Garp of hypocrisy and drove him back in their clash.
• Roy and his two great Shikigami fought Garp, while Red prevented Kuzan from answering a ringing Den Den Mushi.
• Sengoku, Staff Officer Tsuru, Zephyr, and dozens of Vice Admirals sailed through the night toward Impel Down after its signal went dead.
• Sengoku sent Sakazuki to the World Government instead of Impel Down after the Five Elders reported Dragon's attack, then led his own fleet toward the prison.
• At dawn, Sengoku ordered the fleet to full speed, but Crescent Moon Hunter, Emporio Ivankov, and the other prisoners had already fought their way to Above Ground Floor One and planned to kill Hannyabal and the Vice Warden.

Roy unleashed Black Flash and overwhelmed Garp’s Conqueror’s Coating during their battle on Impel Down’s Level 1. As the escaped criminals struggled to save a damaged warship above, Roy began his Domain Expansion against the wounded Garp.

• Hannyabal, Domino, and the remaining jailers set themselves and three warships on fire rather than let the criminals escape, and Hannyabal died in the blaze.
• Big Barrel accidentally spread the flames with liquor, but Emporio Ivankov organized the criminals to extinguish them, and they salvaged one badly damaged warship.
• Roy and Garp continued their fierce fight while Kuzan, Bullet, and the others watched; Roy’s Shikigami were defeated, but he wounded Garp with Haki Slash: Dismantle.
• Roy used Black Flash to weaken Garp’s energy and overpower his Conqueror’s Coating, slamming him into a wall.
• Roy activated Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine, filling a two-hundred-meter radius with a red field and countless slashes.

Roy unleashed his Malevolent Shrine, subjecting Garp and anyone else inside its range to relentless slashes. Garp fought his way toward the domain’s edge, but his left arm broke before he could escape.

• Roy expanded his Open Domain, and Garp dodged the first slash with Observation Haki before defending himself against a storm of attacks with Armament Haki.
• Garp was covered in wounds as Roy realized that even the domain’s sure-hit slashes struggled to overcome his top-level Haki.
• Kuzan charged into the domain to help Garp, but the slashes attacked him despite his Elementalization, forcing him to retreat outside its range.
• Kuzan realized the slashes stopped beyond the domain’s two-hundred-meter range and urged Garp to escape while throwing Ice Pillars into the domain, where the slashes destroyed them.
• Garp used Galaxy Impact to counter the slashes and Soru to rush toward the domain’s edge, but his left arm’s Haki gave out and the arm broke off.

Roy defeated Garp and the Marines in the Shrine domain, but Kuzan sacrificed himself to save Garp from a fatal slash. With Marine Headquarters reinforcements approaching, Roy decided to use Garp and the surviving Marines as hostages to secure his escape, forcing Garp to submit as Roy threatened their lives.

• Garp neared the domain's exit, but Roy's Enhanced Slash: Hachi cut toward him, and Kuzan shoved him aside and took the blow.
• Kuzan froze himself after suffering catastrophic injuries, while Garp mourned his sacrifice and swore revenge on Roy.
• A pirate warned Roy that Marine Headquarters warships were approaching, and Red and Bullet worried that their exhausted group could not withstand another fight.
• Roy revealed that he planned to take Garp and the surviving Marines hostage, and Garp realized they would become Marine Headquarters' weakness.
• Roy killed five surviving Marines and threatened to torture the rest if Garp resisted or killed himself, leaving Garp unable to fight back.

Roy led the escaped prisoners out of Impel Down aboard Sanjuan Wolf’s enlarged body, but Marine Headquarters had surrounded the Gate of Justice. Sengoku confronted them, and Roy ordered the panicking criminals to follow his commands as the Marines prepared to attack.

• Roy had Garp and the captured Marines shackled and rendered unconscious, leaving one man awake to open the Gate of Justice.
• Roy had Sanjuan Wolf enlarge himself into a living warship, and the prisoners divided between his body and a captured Marine warship.
• Sanjuan Wolf carried both groups through the whirlpools to the Gate of Justice, where they celebrated their apparent escape.
• Roy grew suspicious of the lack of resistance, and the ships emerged to find Sengoku’s fleet and more than twenty thousand Marines waiting in formation.
• Sengoku identified Roy as the man behind the prison break and declared that he would kill him, while Roy silenced the panicking prisoners and demanded they follow his orders.

Roy used Marine prisoners to force Sengoku to open a passage through the encirclement, and the criminals sailed out without a fight. Sengoku and Staff Officer Tsuru then counted on Zephyr and his group arriving soon to stop their escape.

• Roy revealed the sack-covered Marine prisoners and threatened to kill them if Sengoku’s forces advanced.
• Roy taunted Sengoku and invoked the Marines’ duty to protect their comrades, while Staff Officer Tsuru silenced soldiers who demanded an attack.
• Sengoku ordered the warships to open a passage and demanded the prisoners in exchange, but Roy sailed onward without handing them over.
• Sengoku and Staff Officer Tsuru discussed how Zephyr and his group would soon arrive and help catch Roy’s party.

Roy used the hostage exchange to escape the Navy’s first trap, but Sengoku’s forces rescued Garp and then surrounded the fleeing ships with a second fleet. Under heavy bombardment, Roy abandoned Crescent Moon Hunter’s group to face Chaton’s pursuit while he led his own allies toward the Navy ships ahead.

• Roy threw the Navy hostages, including Garp and Bogard, into the sea and used the confusion to flee with Sanjuan Wolf and his allies.
• Sengoku ordered the Navy to rescue the hostages and pursue Roy, while Garp was found gravely wounded and sent for treatment.
• Zephyr’s fleet intercepted Roy from ahead, and Chaton’s fleet arrived behind, trapping the pirates between two forces and bombarding their ships.
• Roy directed Crescent Moon Hunter to hold off the fleet behind while he and his allies pushed toward Zephyr’s ships, leaving Crescent Moon Hunter’s group to fight alone.
• The Navy exhausted its cannon fire, and the opposing ships closed in for an all-out melee.

Roy fought Zephyr as the criminals battled the Marines, then unleashed his full strength with Bullet and Red to overwhelm the battlefield. He tore off Zephyr’s mechanical arm before two Giant Vice Admirals attacked, and Roy prepared to strike back.

• Roy charged onto Zephyr’s warship and fought him while Bullet and Red battled Yamakaji and the other Vice Admirals and the criminals fought the Marine forces.
• A Marine Rear Admiral ordered the soldiers to avoid direct clashes and wear down the weakened criminals, shifting the battle against them.
• Roy provoked Zephyr by bringing up the deaths of his family and students, then unleashed his true strength as Bullet and Red joined him in releasing Conqueror’s Haki.
• The three bursts of Conqueror’s Haki knocked out most of the Marines and some criminals, while Zephyr and the Vice Admirals struggled under the pressure.
• Roy seized Zephyr’s reconstructed arm and tore it off, but two Giant Vice Admirals attacked him, and he used Soru and Finger Pistol to counter them.

Roy killed the two Giant Vice Admirals and condemned the criminals who held back during their escape from Impel Down. After Sengoku struck him with a devastating shock wave, Roy ordered the group to retreat, and they escaped aboard Sanjuan Wolf.

• Roy killed the two Giant Vice Admirals, shocking the Marines, Zephyr, Red, Bullet, and the criminals.
• Roy accused the criminals of treating the escape too casually and confronted Red for holding back.
• Red revealed his strength by sending his injured opponent flying into the sea, and Roy leaped onto another warship to leave.
• Sengoku attacked Roy with a powerful shock wave, shattering three of Roy's fingers and destroying the warship beneath him.
• Roy ordered everyone to retreat, and the criminals transferred the unconscious prisoners onto the warships as the Marines failed to stop them.
• Sanjuan Wolf carried Roy and the escaping criminals away while Zephyr and the Vice Admirals could only watch.

After Roy escaped, Sengoku’s forces defeated the remaining prisoners, but the Marines suffered heavy losses and Kuzan remained missing. Sengoku rallied after a Den Den Mushi call, issued orders to pursue Roy and address the crisis, unaware a News Coo had recorded the events as the battle in the Kingdom of Phil neared its end.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to defeat the remaining prisoners, and Chaton defeated Crescent Moon Hunter and Big Barrel while Sengoku subdued Corrupt King and World.
• Sengoku’s forces executed nearly half the criminals and shackled fewer than three hundred survivors, while the Marines regrouped with Zephyr, who had lost his arm.
• Tsuru and the others urged Sengoku not to give up, and he rallied by insisting he would keep searching for Garp, Zephyr, and Kuzan.
• After answering a Den Den Mushi, Sengoku ordered Chaton and Yamakaji to pursue Roy, directed Enies Lobby to help intercept him, and arranged medical care, an emergency meeting, and other follow-up actions.
• A News Coo flew away after recording Sengoku and the events at Impel Down, while the Revolutionary Army and World Government fought toward the final moments of their battle in the Kingdom of Phil.

Kizaru revealed his full strength and overwhelmed Sabo, Morley, and Grey Crow after their long battle in the Kingdom of Phil. With the Revolutionary Army’s leaders defeated, the survivors faced capture, while Kizaru sensed that something unexpected might happen.

• Kizaru attacked Sabo, Morley, and Grey Crow with Light-Speed Kicks, then unleashed Yasakani no Magatama.
• Morley raised a wall with his Push-Push Fruit, but Kizaru’s golden projectiles shattered it and badly wounded him.
• Sabo used Dragon Claw and Grey Crow summoned crows to defend themselves, but Kizaru’s attack left both unable to fight.
• Momousagi declared Kizaru a monster who had defeated countless geniuses, deepening Koala and the Revolutionary Army’s despair.
• Kizaru approached the wounded men to take them back to report, while Sabo acknowledged that he was still far weaker than the Admiral.

Kuma rescued Sabo, Morley, Grey Crow, and Koala by teleporting them away, then left Kizaru to take the remaining Revolutionary Army members into custody. Kizaru and Momousagi learned that Impel Down had fallen and Dragon had fought the World Government, while reports of the prison break spread across the world.

• Kuma appeared during Kizaru’s arrest of Sabo and teleported Sabo, Morley, and Grey Crow away, claiming he was following World Government orders.
• Kuma teleported Koala away and blocked Momousagi’s attack before Kizaru warned him not to interfere with the other captured Revolutionary Army members.
• Kuma departed, and Kizaru and Momousagi prepared to take the remaining captives back to Marine Headquarters.
• Sengoku told Kizaru that Impel Down had fallen, Garp and Kuzan had been defeated, and Roy, Bullet, and other prisoners had escaped; he also reported Dragon’s battle against Sakazuki and the Holy Knights.
• Over the next three days, newspapers detailed the deaths and defeats at Impel Down and reported Roy’s role in the prison break and the subsequent clash with Sengoku’s forces.

News of Impel Down’s fall and the Revolutionary Army’s battles spread across the world, shocking governments, pirates, and civilians. The Four Emperors reacted to Roy, Bullet, and Red’s escape by warning them away or preparing to intercept them as the fugitives approached the New World.

• Reports confirmed that Roy, Bullet, Red, and four other criminals escaped Impel Down after Roy lost a hand to Sengoku, while Chaton defeated Crescent Moon Hunter and Big Barrel.
• Battle reports said the Revolutionary Army liberated the Kingdom of Phil but lost to Kizaru, while Kuma sent four people flying; Dragon was also wounded and fled after fighting Sakazuki and three Holy Knights at Mary Geoise.
• People across the Four Seas and the New World doubted the reports, then focused on Roy’s strength and the unknown fates of Kuzan and Garp.
• The Whitebeard, Beasts, and Big Mom Pirates challenged the escaped prisoners, while Shanks warned them not to disrupt the New World and reportedly sent the Red Hair Pirates to intercept them.
• Jinbe reportedly led a Fish-Man army toward Whitebeard’s territory.

Roy and the escaped prisoners faced a third Marine and World Government interception in the waters of Water 7 after enduring three days of pursuit and harassment. The bombardment killed fifty prisoners, and the battle continued as the Marines launched another attack.

• Doflamingo, Gecko Moria, and Dracule Mihawk followed reports of Roy, while other powers watched for signs that the Marines were too weakened to respond.
• Chaton and Spandam surrounded Roy’s group in Water 7 with Marine, Enies Lobby, and Cipher Pol forces, and threatened to capture and execute them.
• Roy and the prisoners prepared to fight after three days of cannon fire, Sea King attacks, and repeated pursuit had left them exhausted.
• The Marines and Enies Lobby troops bombarded Roy’s warship with hundreds of shells, killing fifty criminals and injuring others.
• After the bombardment ended, the Marines and Enies Lobby forces began another round of attacks.

Spandam’s bounty offer drove the criminals to fight without restraint against the Marines and Enies Lobby soldiers, while Roy, Bullet, and Red battled powerful opponents. After half a day of fighting and devastating losses, Chaton and the remaining forces retreated, leaving the criminals silent amid the aftermath.

• Spandam offered a bounty for killing the criminals, and the Marines and Enies Lobby soldiers charged back into battle.
• Roy fought Chaton and used Black Flash to weaken him, while Bullet and Red battled senior CP Agents.
• Red fought at full strength, wounded his opponent, and cut down Marines, Enies Lobby soldiers, and CP Agents who threatened the criminals.
• After half a day, thousands of Marines, Enies Lobby soldiers, and CP Agents lay dead, while fewer than a hundred criminals had been killed.
• Roy broke Chaton’s arm and sent him fleeing, prompting the defeated Marines, Enies Lobby soldiers, and CP Agents to retreat.
• The criminals remained silent as the fleeing warships left the sea around them strewn with bodies.