Recaps

Luffy and the others arranged for a ship to be built from Treasure Tree Adam wood and explored Water 7 after selling their gold. As the Straw Hat Pirates returned to the Going Merry, they found Zoro lost in the city and went to retrieve him, while CP9 planned to kidnap Franky to obtain the Pluton Blueprints.

• Iceburg discussed the ship with Luffy and the others, and Liu Qing offered Treasure Tree Adam wood in exchange for a labor-cost estimate.
• After the Straw Hat Pirates left, Iceburg considered their wanted posters while worrying that the World Government was watching him and Franky.
• The Straw Hat Pirates sold their gold for 700 million Beli and split up to explore Water 7; Liu Qing took Robin sightseeing while Kizaru secretly recorded them and sent the footage to Sengoku, Akainu, and Kuzan.
• Spandam urged CP9 to kidnap Franky and force him to reveal who held the Pluton Blueprints, and Rob Lucci agreed to make their move that night after recovering.
• When the Straw Hat Pirates returned to the Going Merry, they noticed Zoro was missing, located him wandering in circles, and Nami scolded him for getting lost.

CP9 captured Franky, but Liu Qing and the Straw Hat Pirates stopped them and learned that the World Government was targeting Iceburg and Franky over secret blueprints. Liu Qing secured the Five Elders’ agreement to put Water 7 under his protection, while Franky joined the Straw Hat Pirates as their shipwright.

• CP9 abducted Franky at Dock 1, but Iceburg alerted the Straw Hat Pirates, and Liu Qing pulled the group out of Blueno’s Air Door before they could escape.
• The Straw Hat Pirates defeated the injured CP9 members, rescued Franky, and followed Iceburg to his home.
• Iceburg explained that their master had entrusted him with important blueprints sought by the World Government, and urged Franky to leave Water 7 with the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Liu Qing offered to protect Water 7 and Iceburg in exchange for Franky joining the crew, and Franky agreed after Iceburg promised to lead the Franky Family.
• Liu Qing called the Five Elders and secured their agreement to protect Water 7 and announce that it was under his protection.
• After Liu Qing hung up, the Five Elders blamed Jaygarcia Saturn Saint for the ringtone and beat him.

Liu Qing completed the exchange in Water 7, obtained Byrnndi World's More-More Fruit, and ate it himself, alarming the Five Elders. As the Straw Hat Pirates began building their new ship, the World Government ordered Ace moved to Mary Geoise and arranged for Water 7 to be placed under Liu Qing’s protection.

• Saint Shepherd Sommers delivered the Treasure Tree Adam and ten billion Beli to Water 7, where Liu Qing told Luffy and the others to take the timber for their new ship.
• Liu Qing asked Blackbeard to extract the Devil Fruit from Byrnndi World, and Blackbeard agreed on the condition that Liu Qing stay out of his coming battle with Whitebeard.
• Blackbeard extracted the More-More Fruit from Byrnndi World, but Sommers failed to stop Liu Qing from swallowing it; Liu Qing immediately gained its hundredfold amplification ability.
• Sommers informed the Five Elders that Liu Qing had eaten a second Devil Fruit, and they agreed not to provoke him and ordered the Marines to transfer Ace to Mary Geoise.
• The Straw Hat Pirates finished unloading the timber, Liu Qing brought the Going Merry to Dock 1, and the World Government asked Morgans to announce their new bounties and Water 7’s protection under Liu Qing.

After Garp arrived in Water 7, Liu Qing told Luffy that Ace had been captured and was scheduled for execution, then learned that Ace had already been transferred to Mary Geoise. The Straw Hats resolved to train and rescue Ace, while Liu Qing sent a clone with Garp to seek a way to swap him back.

• The Straw Hat Pirates read their updated bounty posters, and Luffy laughed while the crew teased Sanji about his photo.
• As the Thousand Sunny neared completion, Garp arrived in Water 7 and used Observation Haki to search for Luffy, but Liu Qing blocked it.
• Garp greeted Luffy with a powerful punch, then Liu Qing revealed that Ace had been captured and was due to be executed in half a month.
• Liu Qing proposed using a transformed Wood Clone to replace Ace, but Garp said Ace had been transferred from Impel Down to Mary Geoise two days earlier.
• Luffy's companions promised to help rescue Ace and train harder, while Liu Qing sent a clone with Garp to Mary Geoise to discuss a possible exchange.

Liu Qing and Garp met with the Five Elders in Mary Geoise, where Liu Qing proposed a plan involving a clone of Ace. The Five Elders agreed to hand over the real Ace, leaving Liu Qing to guarantee that he would never appear before the world again.

• Franky and the shipwrights completed the Thousand Sunny, and Nami settled on its name as Water 7 prepared for Aqua Laguna.
• Garp brought Liu Qing's clone to meet the Five Elders in Mary Geoise, where Liu Qing witnessed Celestial Dragons abusing slaves.
• Liu Qing told the Five Elders that he intended to live peacefully with Nico Robin after she fulfilled her dream, then challenged their fear of the past coming to light.
• Liu Qing accused the Five Elders of planning to use Ace's execution to provoke Whitebeard and destabilize the New World.
• Liu Qing offered to replace Ace with an indistinguishable clone, and the Five Elders agreed to bring him the real Ace on the condition that he never appear before the world again.

Liu Qing’s clone helped Garp smuggle Ace away from Mary Geoise, while Zoro split an enormous Aqua Laguna before it could destroy Water 7. Garp brought Ace to Water 7, where Luffy reunited with him, and Liu Qing agreed to arrange a way for Ace to appear in public without being recognized.

• Garp took Ace toward Water 7 while Liu Qing’s clone transformed into Ace and returned to the Five Elders in his place.
• Iceburg and the others watched an unprecedented Aqua Laguna approach Water 7, and Zoro split it apart with his Nine-Sword Style.
• Garp secretly told Sengoku that the execution order was a World Government plot against the Marines, and Sengoku proposed contacting Whitebeard and advancing the SWORD Plan.
• Garp told Ace that Sengoku would inform Whitebeard of his escape, and Ace agreed to stay out of sight for the time being.
• Garp returned to Water 7, where Luffy embraced Ace aboard the Dog-Head Warship.
• Liu Qing learned that his clone had traded himself for Ace and that the Five Elders had demanded Ace never appear before the world again; Liu Qing said he knew what to do.

Liu Qing arranged to retrieve Ivankov and set out with Ace to find Trafalgar Law, while Sengoku secretly contacted Whitebeard to arrange cooperation over Ace’s rescue. The chapter left Sengoku and Whitebeard discussing how to fake a conflict as the Heart Pirates gathered in Sabaody.

• Liu Qing borrowed Garp’s Den Den Mushi, contacted Dragon, and arranged for Garp to retrieve Ivankov from Impel Down.
• Liu Qing told Robin he would leave for about half a month, asked Luffy to protect her, and agreed to deliver Chopper’s letters to Dr. Kureha.
• Liu Qing took Ace aboard Garp’s ship and headed for Sabaody to find Trafalgar Law and change Ace’s identity.
• Sengoku ordered undercover operative Number 25 to deliver a secret message to Whitebeard, who sent everyone but the commanders away before reading it.
• Whitebeard learned Ace had been rescued, then spoke with Sengoku about cooperating to prevent the World Government from causing a real battle.
• Sengoku explained a plan for Whitebeard to follow, while the Heart Pirates ate and drank in a Sabaody tavern.

Liu Qing gathered Trafalgar Law and Ivankov for a surgery planned on Drum Island, then rescued Bartolomeo from the Knock Up Stream and invited him to join a faction he intended to build. He reached Drum Island and headed to the Castle to find Dr. Kureha.

• Liu Qing found Trafalgar Law in a tavern and recruited him for an operation on Drum Island, then set off with Law and his crew.
• Liu Qing picked up Ivankov from Garp in Water 7 and continued toward Drum Island on the Wood Dragon.
• Liu Qing saved Bartolomeo and his crew from the Knock Up Stream, then invited Bartolomeo to join his planned faction and told him to wait at the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Liu Qing explained to Ace that the More-More Fruit combined with Buddha Form was too destructive to use casually as they traveled.
• Liu Qing arrived at Drum Island, told Dalton he had come to see Dr. Kureha, and headed toward the Castle.

Liu Qing arranged for Ace to undergo an extensive transformation on Drum Island so he could hide his identity from the World Government, while the Thousand Sunny crew encountered Brook in the Florian Triangle. Ace woke to discover that the surgery had turned him into a woman named Portgas D. Anne, and Liu Qing ordered him to develop new flames and a different fighting style.

• Liu Qing, Kureha, Luo, and Ivankov discussed disguising Ace, then anesthetized him and began surgery that changed his body and voice.
• Liu Qing fetched a female pirate, and Luo used his Op-Op Fruit powers to transplant her female characteristics into Ace.
• Luffy hauled a Floating Barrel aboard the Thousand Sunny, and opening it sent up a firework that brought thick fog and a ruined ship into view.
• Luffy and the others boarded the ship, met the skeleton Brook, and listened as he began telling them about his pirate crew.
• After six hours of surgery, Ace woke as a woman, and Liu Qing told him his new public name was Portgas D. Anne and ordered him to change his flames and fighting style.

Liu Qing trained Portgas D. Anne on Drum Island until Anne compressed his flames into blue fire, while Kuma confronted the Straw Hat Pirates on Thriller Bark and vanished after Luffy damaged his mechanical body. Liu Qing prepared to leave with Anne the next day and promised to deliver Kureha’s letter to Chopper.

• Liu Qing forced Anne to train his Observation Haki and compress his flames, urging him to get stronger before Whitebeard faced the Marines.
• Kuma arrived on Thriller Bark after the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Moria and announced that he had orders to capture them.
• The Straw Hat Pirates attacked Kuma, but he blocked and repelled their blows until Luffy’s giant attack damaged his machinery.
• Kuma thanked Chopper for his concern, struck himself with his paw, and disappeared.
• Anne finally compressed his flames into blue fire, and Liu Qing told Kureha they would leave the next day and take a letter to Chopper.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached Sabaody Archipelago, where Camie told them Hachi had been kidnapped by the Flying Fish Riders. After Nami freed Hachi despite their painful history, the crew defeated the gang members who attacked them.

• Liu Qing left Kureha with Annie and followed Robin's Vivre Card, while new wanted posters announced the Straw Hat Pirates' bounties.
• The Straw Hat Pirates rescued Camie and Pappag from a shark, and Camie told them about Fish-Man Island and the coating needed to reach it.
• The crew arrived at Sabaody Archipelago and followed Camie to Hachi's takoyaki shop, where they learned the Flying Fish Riders had kidnapped him.
• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp recognized Hachi as a former member of the Arlong Pirates, while Nami freed him by cutting apart his restraints.
• The Flying Fish Riders attacked from flying fish, and the Straw Hat Pirates knocked their attackers unconscious.

The Straw Hat Pirates befriended Duval after Sanji's wanted poster was revealed to have ruined his life, then explored Sabaody while looking for a coating craftsman. Zoro narrowly avoided provoking Saint Charlos, and after human traffickers abducted Camie, Luffy set off with Hachi to rescue her at the auction house.

• Sanji defeated Duval, whose anger turned to gratitude when the beatings transformed his face, and Duval gave him signal flares and offered help in Sabaody.
• The Straw Hat Pirates ate at Hachi's shop, then followed him toward Rayleigh's coating factory while getting distracted by the island's attractions.
• At Shakky's bar, Sanji tried to pay five hundred million Beli for dinner with her, but Nami knocked him out before he could leave.
• Zoro encountered Saint Charlos, who shot an injured person and tried to take a nurse as his wife; Jewelry Bonney intervened to stop Zoro from attacking the Celestial Dragon.
• Human traffickers captured Camie, so Hachi begged Luffy and the others to rescue her; Shakky said Camie was likely at the auction house, and Luffy left with Hachi to find her.

The Straw Hat Pirates found Camie at the Human Auction House, where Celestial Dragons were bidding on her and Rayleigh. Luffy and his allies stormed the auction, and Rayleigh saved Camie from her explosive collar.

• Garp learned that Rayleigh had been taken to the auction house and ordered the Marines to stay out of it.
• Sanji fired Duval’s signal flare, and Duval sent his flying fish riders to search Sabaody for Camie.
• Liu Qing stopped Annie from joining the search and explained his plan to send most of the Straw Hat Pirates to other islands for training.
• The Celestial Dragons bid on the dancer and Camie, while Luffy and the others burst through the auction house roof.
• Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out many attendees, and he punched a CP0 agent out of the auction house.
• Disco tried to detonate Camie’s collar, but Rayleigh threw it away before it exploded.

Luffy attacked the Celestial Dragons to protect Hachi, and Rayleigh helped the Straw Hat Pirates escape as Kizaru was sent to Sabaody. Kizaru confronted Basil Hawkins and overwhelmed him, while Liu Qing watched from nearby.

• The Celestial Dragons shot at Hachi, but Luffy caught the bullets and kicked all three into a wall, causing panic in the auction house.
• Kid attacked the Marines outside, and Rayleigh used Conqueror's Haki to knock them unconscious before leading the Straw Hat Pirates away.
• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to Sabaody after hearing that a Celestial Dragon had been attacked, and Kizaru set sail for the archipelago.
• At Shakky's Rip-off Bar, Rayleigh told Robin that Roger's crew had reached Laugh Tale, but advised her to discover the world's truth for herself.
• Hawkins's divinations predicted no chance of death, escape, or capture, while Liu Qing watched from a treetop and Kizaru tracked Hawkins down.
• Kizaru's lasers exhausted Hawkins's substitute lives, then a light-speed kick sent him flying and left him badly wounded.

Bartolomew Kuma scattered the Straw Hat Pirates to separate islands for two years of training while Liu Qing returned to Robin and Annie intervened to protect Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji. Kizaru withdrew, leaving the reunion and training plan underway.

• Bartolomeo protected Hawkins from Kizaru and recruited him for Liu Qing’s Delivery Company, and Hawkins agreed to join.
• Sentomaru sent PX-1 and PX-4 against the Straw Hat Pirates, and the crew fought back before Kizaru joined the battle.
• Kizaru overwhelmed Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji as Sentomaru and PX-1 pursued the rest of the crew.
• Kuma arrived and sent the Straw Hat Pirates to different islands, telling them to meet back in two years for training.
• Liu Qing appeared beside Robin and embraced her, while Annie used blue flames to stop Kizaru from attacking Luffy and the others.
• Kizaru left the battlefield, and Rayleigh also departed after seeing Liu Qing’s plan unfold.

Liu Qing revealed that Ace was scheduled for execution at Marineford and sent Annie back to warn Whitebeard, while the Marines prepared to summon the Shichibukai. Annie disclosed her identity and warned the Whitebeard Pirates that the execution was a trap, but Whitebeard said he had already agreed with Sengoku to fight; an unknown backup plan remained.

• Annie revealed to Luffy that she was Ace transformed into a woman, and Liu Qing told Luffy and the others that they would train before joining the battle at Marineford.
• Liu Qing showed the crew the execution announcement and warned Annie to reveal her identity only to Whitebeard; Annie left for the Moby Dick.
• Sengoku convened the Marines and assigned Tsuru, Onigumo, Momonga, Kizaru, and Tokikake to summon the Shichibukai while keeping the deal with Whitebeard secret.
• Annie arrived aboard the Moby Dick and privately told Whitebeard and the division commanders that she was Ace and that the execution was a trap.
• Whitebeard said he had agreed with Sengoku to fight without endangering his family, but the World Government had an unanticipated backup plan.

The Five Elders suspected the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates were secretly cooperating, so they drew Kaido and Big Mom into the coming conflict. As Ace’s execution began before a worldwide broadcast, Sengoku started revealing Ace’s origins, but Liu Qing’s clone interrupted him.

• The Five Elders discussed the Marines’ secrecy and Whitebeard’s restrictions, suspected the two sides had made an agreement, and contacted Kaido and Big Mom to disrupt their plans.
• Liu Qing gathered Trafalgar D. Water Law, Scratchmen Apoo, Basil Hawkins, Cavendish, and Bartolomeo at Shakky’s Rip-off Bar, recruited them into his Delivery Company, and assigned Hawkins to divine safe routes.
• Liu Qing’s Delivery Company began operating from Sabaody’s lawless area, while the Marines and pirates prepared for Ace’s execution; Whitebeard identified about thirteen thousand spies among his crew, and Kaido joined Big Mom’s forces on their way to Marineford.
• The worldwide broadcast showed Ace being escorted to the execution platform, while viewers noticed the Marines’ unusual deployment.
• Sengoku asked Liu Qing’s clone, who was posing as Ace, to name his father, then began explaining the World Government’s search for Ace and his birth; the clone stopped him, saying he was not the real Ace.

Whitebeard and the Marines staged a battle at Marineford while Liu Qing watched the broadcast, but Akainu abruptly wiped out the battlefield and Sengoku ordered the execution of Liu Qing’s Wood Clone disguised as Ace. Liu Qing headed to Marineford as Blackbeard fought Magellan at Impel Down, and the chapter ended with the fake Ace collapsing as the broadcast audience recognized the whole spectacle as a sham.

• Whitebeard arrived at Marineford and attacked the Marines, while Kuzan froze the tsunami and Whitebeard’s crew clashed with the forces assembled there.
• Mihawk tested Whitebeard with a slash that Jozu caught, and Kizaru’s attacks were blocked by Marco before Kizaru crashed into Marine troops.
• Liu Qing watched the bizarre battle with Luffy and his companions, then led them and the Delivery Company employees toward Marineford; meanwhile, Blackbeard attacked Magellan at Impel Down.
• Jozu charged Akainu, who knocked him aside, then launched Meteor Volcano and killed the remaining fighters on both sides.
• Sengoku realized the broadcast was still on and ordered the execution of Liu Qing’s Wood Clone, which collapsed after two spears pierced it.

Kaido and Charlotte Linlin joined the battle at Marineford, turning it into a chaotic clash between Emperors, Marines, and pirates. As Liu Qing’s followers entered the fighting, the Five Elders decided to send Douglas Bullet to test Liu Qing’s strength.

• Kaido arrived with a Bolo Breath, then challenged Sengoku to battle, while Charlotte Linlin arrived with her children and Kaido’s All-Stars.
• Saint Shepherd Sommers appeared beside Liu Qing with a hundred CP0 members, and Liu Qing told his followers they could fight freely while he protected them from dying.
• Sengoku fought Kaido, Akainu fought Charlotte Linlin, Kuzan faced King, Kizaru faced Katakuri, and Garp took on Jack, Queen, and the other Sweet Commanders.
• More than a hundred thousand Marines arrived, and Momousagi destroyed the Marine Headquarters Building with a slash that exposed Blackbeard and the Level 6 prisoners hiding inside.
• Annie attacked Teach, Whitebeard sent Marco, Jozu, and Vista to protect her, and Luffy and Zoro followed her as Liu Qing’s followers joined the battle.
• Liu Qing told the Emperors and Admirals he was only letting his followers train, while the Five Elders decided to contact Douglas Bullet and use him to test Liu Qing.

Annie battled Teach at Marineford, unleashing powerful flames and a fierce combo that left him near defeat before Sanjuan Wolf sacrificed an arm to save him. Meanwhile, CP0 recruited Douglas Bullet to challenge Liu Qing, and Crocodile, Buggy, and Jinbe led escaped prisoners toward Marine Headquarters.

• Annie used her purple flames to burn Teach, but he retaliated with Black Vortex and slammed her to the ground.
• Annie recovered and battered Teach with a rapid series of Kyo Kusanagi-style attacks, then charged up Amatsu Mikaboshi.
• Sanjuan Wolf saved Teach from Annie's attack at the cost of his left arm, and Teach charged Annie with Haki instead of relying on his Devil Fruit.
• CP0 showed Douglas Bullet photographs of Liu Qing fighting Kaido, and Bullet agreed to travel to Marineford to challenge him.
• Crocodile, Buggy, and Jinbe led more than three thousand escaped prisoners across the ice toward Marine Headquarters.

Annie and Blackbeard continued their fierce duel while Akainu battled Charlotte Linlin, whose attack sent him flying toward Annie. Whitebeard stopped Akainu’s sneak attack and then faced Shepherd Sommers and CP0 as reinforcements poured into the battlefield.

• Annie and Blackbeard resumed their exhausting fight, while Akainu and Charlotte Linlin traded powerful attacks.
• Charlotte Linlin’s Elbaph Spear: Ikoku Sovereignty struck Akainu and sent him flying toward Annie.
• Akainu tried to attack Annie from behind, but Whitebeard blocked his punch and hit him with Air Quake: Heaven Splitter.
• Whitebeard and Vice Admiral Tsuru rallied their respective forces, and Buggy, Crocodile, Jinbe, and Revolutionary Army members arrived with escaped Impel Down prisoners.
• Whitebeard confronted Shepherd Sommers and more than a hundred CP0 agents, explaining that he intended to fight to the end for Annie’s future before Sommers ordered CP0 to act.

Whitebeard battled Shepherd Sommers while Liu Qing planned to keep Whitebeard alive for the final war. Koby tried to stop the fighting with a public plea, but Garp knocked him down to save him from the furious Marines.

• Whitebeard and Shepherd Sommers clashed with their weapons and Conqueror's Haki, and Whitebeard asked Sommers his name.
• Liu Qing told Trafalgar Luo and Bartolomeo to watch over Whitebeard, planning to heal him and find Pure Gold to prolong his life.
• Kizaru's attacks failed to harm Katakuri and the nearby pirates, so Sakazuki switched opponents with him and attacked Katakuri himself.
• Helmeppo refused to hide and charged into battle, while Koby seized an Amplifying Den Den Mushi and urged everyone to stop fighting.
• Garp struck Koby and left him gravely injured, protecting him from Marines who had turned against him.

After the battle at Marineford had exhausted both sides, Douglas Bullet arrived and challenged Liu Qing, claiming he could fight everyone there at once. Liu Qing accepted on the condition that Bullet join his faction if he lost, and the others withdrew to watch their fight.

• The prolonged battle left Whitebeard, Luffy, and the other fighters exhausted, and Liu Qing stopped Whitebeard from forcing himself into a fatal fight and persuaded him to receive treatment.
• Liu Qing sensed Douglas Bullet arriving at Marine Headquarters, and Bullet's immense Haki knocked out weaker Marines and pirates and shook Marineford.
• Bullet challenged Liu Qing, declared that he could take on all the top fighters together, and focused his attention on Liu Qing after Blackbeard and his crew slipped away.
• Liu Qing agreed to fight Bullet on the condition that Bullet become the ace of his faction if he lost, and Bullet accepted.
• Liu Qing entrusted Bartolomeo with protecting the unconscious fighters as the Marines and pirates moved to the frozen sea, leaving Liu Qing and Bullet alone in Marineford.

Liu Qing fought Douglas Bullet, matching his strength and then sending him flying with a tenfold Monster Strength Fist. Bullet transformed into his Devil Form and endured Liu Qing’s attacks, but Liu Qing trapped him in a pollen-filled forest; Bullet escaped by merging nearby materials and warships into a massive robot.

• Liu Qing and Bullet exchanged punches without Haki, and their first clash produced a shock wave that tore through the battlefield.
• Bullet coated his fist in Armament Haki and knocked Liu Qing backward, prompting Liu Qing to use Haki and the More-More Fruit’s tenfold strength to send Bullet crashing through the frozen tsunami.
• Bullet returned in Devil Form, and he and Liu Qing traded blows until Liu Qing struck him with Hakoku, which Bullet’s projected Armament Haki blocked.
• Liu Qing covered Marineford with enormous trees and pollen, and the roots gradually restrained Bullet as the pollen made him drowsy.
• Bullet broke free, merged rocks, scrap, weapons, and frozen warships into a hundred-meter robot, then used its Haki-coated attacks to clear the trees around him.

Liu Qing and Douglas Bullet escalated their battle at Marineford, each enlarging their colossal forms and trading devastating blows. As Kaido decided to flee, Shanks arrived and called for the fighting to stop.

• Liu Qing and Bullet exchanged powerful attacks, and Bullet’s blows repeatedly shattered the Wood Golem despite its instant regeneration.
• The Five Elders watched the fight and worried that Liu Qing’s growing power would draw the attention of their hidden lord.
• Bullet merged nearby debris into a six-thousand-meter robot, and Liu Qing enlarged his Wood Golem and raised his strength enhancement to eightyfold.
• Kaido realized how dangerous Liu Qing’s More-More Fruit could make his Buddha Form and quietly ordered the Beast Pirates to leave Marineford.
• Shanks arrived with eleven others, drew Gryphon, and asked everyone to end the battle.