Chapter Summaries

At a banquet in Alabasta, Boer rejected taking sides in the kingdom’s dispute but proposed restoring the desert by blocking sunlight, redirecting water, and growing trees with Aramaki’s help. He then exposed Crocodile’s failed search for Pluton and urged him to protect Alabasta instead, leaving Crocodile alone with the choice of what to do next.

• Boer refused to settle Alabasta’s dispute for either the royal family or the rebels, then proposed greening the desert with Aramaki’s powers and the people’s help.
• Cobra promised Alabasta’s full assistance, while Koza wondered what place the Rebel Army would have if the drought ended.
• Boer asked Crocodile to stay after the banquet and told him that Pluton was defunct, listing why it could not be restored or used.
• Boer urged Crocodile to abandon his search and become Alabasta’s guardian as the Desert Hero.
• After Boer left, Crocodile considered resisting but recognized that Boer and the two Admirals were still in Alabasta, then smoked a cigar and chuckled at the title Desert Hero.

The four Emperors founded a nation on Hachinosu, but threats from the Marines targeted their homelands as Shanks received a warning from his father. Aboard the Moby Dick, Teach killed Thatch to take the Dark-Dark Fruit and walked away with it.

• Kaido, Linlin, Whitebeard, and Shanks approved a flag and founded their nation, with Benn Beckman organizing its laws and administration.
• Linlin learned Marines were using bombs near Totto Land, Whitebeard received an unsigned threat against Sphinx, and Kaido learned Fujitora had suspended a meteor over Wano Country.
• Shanks read a message from his older brother saying their father wanted him to prevent the situation from escalating, then discussed it with Benn Beckman.
• Thatch found a dark purple Devil Fruit and brought it to Teach, who recognized it as the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• When Thatch turned to leave, Teach stabbed him with a kitchen knife, took the fruit, and left the cabin without looking back.

Crocodile secretly funded Alabasta’s recovery while Boer restored its climate and built underground waterways, bringing rain, water, and new growth to the kingdom. After Alabasta began to recover and Cobra’s standing improved, Boer continued helping Uta and returned to Carina, who comforted him and asked what he would do once his work was finished.

• Crocodile ordered more saplings despite the Underworld’s jokes, sent money to the royal family and grain bureau, and asked Umit to arrange a shipment of two hundred thousand saplings.
• Boer maintained a cooling layer over Alabasta, brought rain to populated areas, and planned and built wells and underground canals to carry groundwater to the fields.
• An old farmer caught water from the first canal outlet and cried as it darkened the parched earth, while Alabasta’s farmland began turning green and Cobra’s prestige recovered.
• Boer helped Uta remove more fragments of the Demon King of Song from her mental world during their evening practice.
• Carina noticed Boer’s exhaustion, massaged him, and asked whether he truly wanted to help everyone; Boer said he did not know what to do once his work was complete, and she reassured him.

Nami and Luffy set sail aboard the Cat Burglar, but their first week at sea brought empty supplies, news that Uta was ill, and a sudden violent storm. As the boat was swallowed by towering waves, Nami secured Luffy inside a barrel and tied herself to it, determined to keep him alive.

• Nami and Luffy said goodbye to Nojiko and Bellemere and sailed away from Cocoyasi Village aboard the Cat Burglar.
• Luffy ate the boat’s month of food in a week and told Nami that Uta had been sick, then fell asleep instead of catching fish.
• Nami spotted a dangerous storm approaching and directed Luffy to adjust the sails and throw the ballast overboard.
• The storm wrecked the sails and flooded the deck, and Nami grabbed Luffy as a wave nearly swept him overboard.
• Nami put Luffy in an empty oak barrel, tied it to herself, and braced for the final wave as it swallowed the Cat Burglar.

Koby endured abuse as a captive of the Alvida Pirates until he ate the Smooth-Smooth Fruit and fought back. He left Alvida’s crew dead and reported to the Navy’s 153rd Branch to enlist.

• Alvida abused Koby and forced him to endure cruelty aboard her ship, while Popok and the other pirates mocked and threatened him.
• After Alvida gave Koby a captive girl, he apologized to her through the night and later stopped waiting for anyone to rescue him.
• Koby ate the Smooth-Smooth Fruit and discovered that Alvida’s spiked club could no longer hurt him.
• Koby urged the pirates to attack Alvida, and they surged into her room to join the fight.
• Koby arrived at the Navy’s 153rd Branch carrying more than a dozen heads, including Alvida’s, and announced that he was reporting to enlist.

In Alabasta, Boer watched the country recover, witnessed Cobra and Koza reconcile, and accepted Vivi’s intimate farewell while Carina joined them. Meanwhile, Luffy’s crew gathered its members and met Robin on the way to Alabasta, where Luffy asked her to join.

• Rain fell across Alabasta as Boer and Cobra watched the land recover, and Cobra confirmed that instructions had been sent to protect the newly tilled fields.
• Koza and Cobra signed an agreement integrating the rebels, while Boer warned that time would be needed to uproot their hatred; Crocodile postponed his search for Pluton.
• Vivi told Boer she loved him, and after he rejected the idea of a place for her in his heart, she chose to spend the night with him and Carina.
• Nami survived the storm with Luffy, met Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, and Chopper, and continued sailing with Luffy’s growing crew.
• On the way to Alabasta, Robin joined the ship, and Nami welcomed her while recalling her connection to Boer.
• Luffy introduced himself as the future Pirate King and invited Robin to join his crew.

Boer ordered the World Government to organize a global concert tour for Uta, then met with Imu in the Flower Room. Imu acknowledged that Boer had surpassed the reach of Imu’s power and agreed not to stop his effort to let people govern themselves.

• The World Government and Celestial Dragons prepared Mary Geoise for Uta’s first concert and a global broadcast.
• Boer appeared before the Five Elders, identified Uta as Shanks’s adopted daughter and Saint Garling’s adopted granddaughter, and ordered them to arrange her world concert tour.
• Boer revealed that he had taken away the Sing-Sing Fruit’s power, leaving the Five Elders shaken by his strength.
• Saint Nusjuro ordered the concert venue completed by sunset the next day and sent the navy to escort broadcasting equipment worldwide.
• Imu examined Boer and told him that his existence had surpassed the reach of Imu’s Black Turn Domination.
• Boer rejected Imu’s question about whether humanity deserved his world, and Imu agreed not to stop him, wanting to see whether he could succeed where Imu had failed.

Ace confronted Teach on Banaro Island over Thatch’s murder and refused to join him, beginning a fierce battle between the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit. The chapter ended as their Haki and ultimate attacks collided, splitting the sky between fire and darkness.

• Teach tried to persuade Ace to abandon Whitebeard and join him, but Ace called him a traitor.
• Ace blasted Burgess away with Great Flame Fist and used Conqueror’s Haki to weaken Burgess and Van Augur.
• Teach unleashed the Dark-Dark Fruit, and he and Ace exchanged attacks with darkness and fire across the ruined town.
• Teach used Black Vortex to pull Ace close and suppress his Devil Fruit, but Ace struck him with Armament Haki and escaped with a concentrated burst of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Teach offered to make Ace the Pirate King and claimed their fathers’ ambitions could be fulfilled together, but Ace declared Whitebeard was his father and summoned Flame Emperor.
• Teach released Dark World as Ace’s Flame Emperor descended, and their opposing powers collided above Banaro Island.

The Five Elders debated Blackbeard’s Shichibukai appointment and whether to execute Ace after learning of his identity and ties to Garp. Fearing that killing Ace could drive Garp and Aaron Ball away from the World Government, they postponed the decision and sent others to speak with them.

• Saint Nusjuro approved Blackbeard’s Shichibukai application and ordered a three-week publicity campaign presenting him as an ally of order.
• Saint Warcury proposed publicly executing Ace to force Whitebeard and the Four Emperors Alliance into a decisive choice.
• Saint Garling warned that Ace’s execution could provoke Garp, destabilize Marine Headquarters, and turn Aaron Ball against the World Government.
• The Five Elders put Ace’s execution on hold and ordered Saint Garling to have Sengoku speak with Garp.
• Saint Nusjuro ordered Saint Shepherd Ju Peter to have Akainu ask Aaron Ball where he stood, leaving Ace’s fate to Garp and Aaron Ball.
• Saint Nusjuro said he would visit Impel Down to recruit Blackbeard and ordered two others to visit Ace.

Ace was delivered to Impel Down, burdened by guilt over the danger his capture had caused Garp, Whitebeard, and Aaron Ball. Tsuru arranged a quiet Level Six cell ahead of Saint Nusjuro’s visit as the Marines prepared for Garp and Aaron Ball to arrive.

• Onigumo reported that Impel Down was ready to receive Ace, while Tsuru reflected that Garp would want to rescue him but would not abandon the Marines.
• Tsuru told Ace he reminded her of Garp, and Ace thought about how he had failed to protect Luffy, stop Teach, or spare the men who cared about him.
• Ace passed through the Gate of Justice and was escorted off the warship toward Impel Down, where Onigumo warned him it might be his last look at the sky.
• Magellan and Hannyabal worried about Garp and Aaron Ball, and Tsuru ordered them to prepare a presentable Level Six cell for Saint Nusjuro’s visit and keep it quiet.
• Tsuru said Sengoku had gone to speak with Garp and Akainu had gone to notify Aaron Ball, while Magellan told Hannyabal to prepare food for Ace as they had the last time he visited.

In Impel Down's Level Six, Saint Nusjuro offered Ace freedom and power if he joined the Shichibukai, but Ace refused to betray Whitebeard or kill Blackbeard for the World Government. Boer and Garp visited him, and Ace apologized before they left, resolved to face the consequences of his own choice.

• Shiryu locked Ace in a specially furnished Level Six cell, where Bullet, Catarina Devon, and Redfield taunted him and asked about the outside world.
• Saint Nusjuro arrived with Magellan, who subdued Sanjuan Wolf and brought a meal to Ace's cell.
• Saint Nusjuro offered Ace the Shichibukai position and a chance to kill Blackbeard, but Ace refused despite learning that Garp and Boer were distressed over his capture.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed using Ace as bait to draw in Whitebeard and the other Emperors, then helping Ace take Whitebeard's territory, but Ace rejected the plan again.
• Boer and Garp appeared in the cell; Ace knelt and apologized to Boer, who told him to walk his own path before leaving.
• Ace bowed three times to Garp and apologized, and Garp left without changing Ace's decision.

After Ace’s capture, the Navy prepared for war while Garp decided to make a contract with Imu to save his grandson. At Hachinosu, Red-Hair persuaded the other Emperors to unite and attack Marineford to rescue Ace, leaving the Four Emperors committed to war.

• Sengoku ordered the Navy to prepare for war after withdrawing its forces to the defensive perimeter around the Four Emperors’ territories.
• Garp told Boer he would sign an abyss contract with Imu to save Ace and asked Boer to take Ace away if the Five Elders broke their promise.
• Boer agreed to watch Garp at Marineford and urge the Five Elders to honor their deal.
• At Hachinosu, Kaido and Big Mom initially proposed abandoning the alliance and leaving Whitebeard to rescue Ace alone.
• Red-Hair argued that the Four Emperors had to unite and attack Marineford to preserve their strength and reputation, and said Aaron Ball would stay out of the conflict.
• Kaido and Big Mom agreed to go, and Whitebeard called for the Four Emperors to prepare for Marineford.

As the World Government prepared to execute Portgas D. Ace and summoned the Shichibukai, Saint Garling revealed Uta’s Figarland heritage and postponed her concert tour. Kuma visited Boer in his expanding private world, discussed war and the Revolutionary Army’s plans, and left with Boer’s warning that replacing one ruling power with another was not worth bloodshed.

• Saint Garling and Shamrock visited Uta, and Saint Garling revealed that she was connected to the Figarland family while promising to resume her concert plans after the war.
• Kuma arrived at Mary Geoise and formally submitted a Letter of Introduction to Aaron Ball before entering Boer’s grassland world.
• Boer showed Kuma the scale of his world and demonstrated that he could change its sky before returning them to the guest room.
• Kuma asked whether Boer could help the Revolutionary Army stop Imu’s counterattack, and Boer said he would oppose an uprising that merely replaced one set of rulers with another.
• Boer asked Kuma whether the world might be better without Devil Fruits, and Kuma agreed before promising to relay Boer’s warning to Dragon.

The Shichibukai visited Aaron Boer at Mary Geoise before the Paramount War, each pursuing their own interests and trying to learn where he stood. Boer said he would not intervene directly but would go to Marineford, then asked about the absent Shichibukai.

• Doflamingo persuaded the Shichibukai to visit Boer first, while the Five Elders tasked him with indirectly discovering Boer's position on the war.
• Kuma, Hawk-Eye, Hancock, and Moria agreed to go to Mary Geoise, each with personal reasons for visiting Boer.
• Boer greeted Doflamingo, Hawk-Eye, and Kuma; Hancock asked him to expand Amazon Lily, and he agreed to arrange it after the war once she framed it as a request.
• Moria recalled his past encounter with Boer and offered his thanks, while Boer told the assembled Shichibukai he would not directly intervene but would go to Marineford.
• Doflamingo explained that Jinbe had been imprisoned, Crocodile had been defeated by Luffy, and Blackbeard had pleaded to be spared from the war.

Marine forces and the Shichibukai assembled at Marineford as Ace was brought to the execution platform, while Boer watched unseen from another dimension. The four Emperors’ fleets approached with overwhelming numbers, and the chapter ended with the war on the brink of beginning.

• Marine Headquarters summoned seventy-five Vice Admirals and one hundred thousand soldiers to Marineford for the coming war.
• Bartholomew Kuma, Gecko Moria, Donquixote Doflamingo, Dracule Mihawk, and Boa Hancock took their places on the outer ring of the encirclement.
• Kizaru escorted Ace to Marineford and joined Aramaki, Fujitora, Aokiji, Akainu, and Ryokugyu beside the Execution Platform.
• Doflamingo searched for the absent Fleet Admiral, while Boer watched Ace kneel in Seastone Handcuffs from another dimension.
• Boer observed the soldiers’ fear and reflected that their deaths might achieve nothing beyond serving the will of the strong.
• The Whitebeard, Beasts, Big Mom, and Red Hair Pirates advanced toward Marineford with their fleets, while Kaido left Yamato in Wano Country.

Garp stopped the Four Emperors’ combined assault on Marineford with a single punch, revealing his restored youth and overwhelming power. As Ace struggled to understand the change in his grandfather, Kong also appeared in his prime and transformed into the Feathered Serpent God.

• The Moby Dick, Beasts Warship, Queen Mama Chanter, and Red Force surfaced at Marineford, bringing Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and Shanks to the battlefield.
• Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and Shanks launched a combined attack toward the Execution Platform.
• Garp tore off his justice coat and shattered the tsunami, Bolo Breath, Ikoku Sovereignty, and Divine Departure with his Haki and physical strength.
• Boer connected his vision to Ace’s eyes and revealed that Garp had traded his life to the master of the World Government for power, leaving Ace shaken by Garp’s changed appearance and expression.
• Kong appeared in his prime, leaped from the wall, transformed into the Feathered Serpent God, and tore apart the dark clouds over Marineford.

The Marines launched an all-out assault on the Four Emperors’ forces and quickly gained the upper hand, with Garp overwhelming Kaido and Linlin. As the battle was broadcast worldwide, Whitebeard called on them to join forces and take Garp down.

• Aokiji froze the sea around the pirate fleet, while Sakazuki and Kizaru attacked it with magma and light; Benn Beckman and King countered, and Marco struck the Marine ranks.
• Sengoku ordered Sentomaru to deploy the Fusion Guardians, while Fujitora, Ryokugyu, Momousagi, and Chaton joined the fight and the pirate forces charged across the ice.
• Kaido and Linlin were knocked down by Garp, who used red Armament Haki and the Float-Float Fruit to suppress them with relentless attacks.
• Linlin called to Whitebeard for help, and he saw Garp overpowering both her and Kaido before urging them to join forces and take Garp out.
• People around the world watched the broadcast and began cheering for a Marine victory.

Boer watched the deaths at Marineford and brought the fallen into his Real World, where Reflection showed them how they had died and ended their fighting. He told the souls they could not return, opened a feast in his Utopia, and brought Uta to sing as new dead continued to arrive while the living battle raged on.

• Boer reflected on the lives lost at Marineford and wept for those still fighting, recognizing that death itself had no value to bestow.
• The dead Marines and pirates awoke in Boer's Real World, resumed fighting without weapons, and then stopped when Boer used Reflection to show them their deaths on the battlefield.
• The souls recognized Aaron Ball and gathered around him, while Boer told Ace that Garp, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Linlin were risking their lives to save him.
• An elderly vice admiral asked Boer whether the dead could return, and Boer explained that they would dissipate if they left his world.
• Boer conjured a feast and invited the souls to drink, then brought Uta from Mary Geoise and asked her to sing.
• Uta's song brought the dead Marines and pirates together as more souls arrived from Reflection, while the living continued fighting at Marineford.

Jinbe chose to help Luffy save Ace despite his debts to Whitebeard and Boer, while Luffy reached the execution platform and discovered that he could not touch Ace. Boer challenged Luffy to consider the consequences of his choices and the limits of his strength, then promised to take the brothers away after Garp’s fight was settled, leaving Luffy to join the battlefield’s strange banquet.

• Jinbe recalled how Whitebeard and Boer had protected Fish-Man Island, then agreed to help Luffy save Ace.
• Robin reunited with Boer at Marineford after Kuma had sent her toward the Snake Princess's fleet.
• Luffy ran through a banquet where dead Marines and pirates drank together, then found Ace and realized his hands passed through him.
• Boer asked Luffy to face the harm caused by the Impel Down escape and whether his fists could overcome the strongest fighters and the World Government.
• Luffy vowed to become Pirate King, defeat his enemies with his friends, and bring joy and smiles to everyone.
• Boer sent Luffy and Robin into the banquet, promising to take Luffy and Ace away after Garp's fight was settled; Luffy ran off to eat meat.

Garp fought Kaido and Linlin while Imu’s contract pushed him to help kill the Emperors, but the suffering of the Marines under his command restored his will. Whitebeard ordered his sons to escape, then stayed behind to face Garp, Kaido, Linlin, and the Marines as the remnants of the old era.

• Garp overpowered Kaido, struck him repeatedly, and kicked him into Marineford’s outer fortress wall, while Linlin’s slash failed to pierce Garp’s Haki.
• Whitebeard struck Garp with Murakumogiri, then continued fighting despite his failing health and the deaths of his sons around him.
• Kong defeated Shanks and revealed that the World Government intended for him to survive while the other Emperors died.
• Garp heard the fears and final thoughts of the Marines, resisted Imu’s control, and quietly promised Whitebeard that Ace would live.
• Whitebeard ordered his sons to return to the New World alive, and the Whitebeard Pirates and other fleets began retreating as their crews knelt to honor him.
• Whitebeard declared himself a remnant of the old era, raised Murakumogiri, and prepared to face Garp, Kaido, Linlin, and the Marine forces alone.