Recaps

Sengoku revealed that Luffy was Dragon’s son as Luffy fought his way toward Ace at Marineford. Luffy defeated a Giant Vice Admiral, while Jinbe overcame Moria and freed the shadows Moria had stolen.

• Koby and Helmeppo, Smoker, and reporters reacted to Sengoku revealing Luffy’s parentage, while reporters secretly sent the news to their newspapers.
• Luffy used Gum-Gum Giant Gatling Shell to smash the Giant Vice Admiral’s club and knock him unconscious.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco to protect Luffy, while Garp closed his eyes, distressed by the danger facing both Ace and Luffy.
• Luo Chen dodged a blood-colored slash from Red as he fought Red and Vista, and Hawk-Eye moved toward Red after witnessing his swordsmanship.
• Moria stole the shadows of nearby Marines, absorbed them to grow larger, and attacked Jinbe with giant blades.
• Jinbe struck Moria with Gum Tile Straight Punch, forcing the stolen shadows out and causing Moria to shrink and fall.

Luffy was pinned down by Smoker, while Ivankov was prevented from helping by a modified Kuma. Bloody Prince Dracula intervened to save Luffy, leaving Smoker facing the powerful pirate.

• Tashigi attacked Luffy, but Smoker struck him with his Seastone Jitte and pinned him down.
• Luffy's Gear Second attacks passed harmlessly through Smoker, who overpowered him and weakened him with Seastone.
• Ivankov rushed to rescue Luffy, but Kuma fired lasers at him and Doflamingo explained that this was not the Kuma Ivankov knew.
• Smoker thrust his Jitte at Luffy's throat, but a blood-red arrow blasted it aside before it could hit him.
• Bloody Prince Dracula appeared and asked Smoker to release Luffy.

Dracula attacked Smoker and drained the life force of a Marine and a pirate, revealing that his Blood-Blood Fruit let him grow younger and regain strength. As he dreamed of absorbing vitality from the entire battlefield, Sengoku said Chaton and Momousagi had gone to stop him and warned Garp that Red would soon be free to attack.

• Dracula slashed Smoker through his Jitte and sent him crashing beneath the ice, then restrained Tashigi with blood vines.
• Dracula seized a Marine and a pirate and used Blood Control to drain their life force, making himself look younger.
• Dracula explained that his Blood-Blood Fruit let him replenish his vitality and said he planned to absorb life force across the battlefield to surpass his former strength.
• Garp warned Sengoku that Dracula was attacking Marines and pirates, and Sengoku replied that Chaton and Momousagi had gone after him.
• Sengoku warned Garp that Red remained dangerous and that Luo Chen might not hold out much longer, leaving Red free to attack the Marines.

Dracula defeated Smoker and stopped him from pursuing Luffy, while Luffy continued toward the Execution Platform. Chaton and Momousagi confronted Dracula on Sengoku’s orders, and Chaton discovered that Dracula could turn his body into blood to evade attacks.

• Dracula used Armament Haki to punch Smoker into the ice after Smoker attacked him.
• Dracula trapped Smoker in blood-red cherry blossoms and detonated them, leaving Smoker badly wounded and unable to move.
• Luffy continued toward the Execution Platform while Smoker tried to pursue him, but Dracula’s blood blossoms stopped him.
• Chaton and Momousagi arrived under Sengoku’s orders to capture Dracula and return him to Impel Down.
• Chaton attacked Dracula with Six Powers and an Armament Haki-enhanced Shigan, but Dracula turned into blood and reformed after the strike.

Momousagi and Chaton fought Dracula together and defeated him with a coordinated assault, then ordered Marines to cuff and carry him away. They turned their attention to arresting the other pirate, but Chaton wanted to recover before joining the fight against Red and Luo Chen.

• Chaton and Momousagi attacked Dracula together, but he blocked their early strikes and sent Chaton crashing into a wall.
• Chaton and Momousagi coordinated their attacks, breaking Dracula’s defenses and leaving him exposed to three lethal blows.
• Dracula was left gravely wounded in a crater, and Marines restrained him with Seastone Handcuffs and carried him away for treatment.
• Momousagi urged Chaton to help arrest the other pirate, while Chaton said he needed to recover before confronting Red and Luo Chen.

Luo Chen struggled against Red and Vista as the two Whitebeard Pirates attacked him together and inflicted severe injuries. He counterattacked Vista with a series of techniques, leaving Vista trapped in a fissure and then blasting him back down with dragon- and tiger-shaped sword energy.

• Red and Vista teamed up against Luo Chen, and Red's attacks sent him crashing into the ice.
• Luo Chen dodged Red's Crimson Shadow and attacked with Shigan, but Red foresaw his strikes and countered while Vista wounded him with Rose Rondo.
• Red struck Luo Chen with Scarlet Piercing Palm, and Vista followed with Higan Blossoms, engulfing him in sword energy.
• Luo Chen surprised Vista from above with Shadow Without a Blade, then pinned him down and blasted him into a fissure with Storm Shadow Whip.
• Luo Chen struck Vista with Startled Dragon and Tiger Crouch, knocking him back down as he tried to rise.

Luo Chen trapped Vista but was overwhelmed by Red in their duel, despite wounding the legendary pirate with Blood Lotus Bloom. Red broke Luo Chen’s ribs and hurled him into a fortified wall, leaving him gravely injured and unable to move.

• Luo Chen stomped the ice apart and buried Vista in a fissure, trapping him.
• Red attacked Luo Chen and struck him down after pursuing him through the air.
• Luo Chen’s Crescent Moon Slash clashed with Red’s Blood Might, and Hawk-Eye approached after witnessing Red’s strength.
• Luo Chen’s Blood Lotus Bloom wounded Red and disrupted nearby fighters’ Observation Haki.
• Red unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, exchanged blows with Luo Chen, then broke his ribs with a decisive elbow strike.

Hawk-Eye intercepted Momousagi and Chaton, insisting that he would fight Red the Aloof himself, while the Marines turned their attention to stopping Luffy from reaching the Execution Platform. Hawk-Eye then faced Red, who recognized him as the swordsman he had defeated more than twenty years earlier.

• Red knocked Luo Chen into the Iron Fortress wall, leaving him unable to continue fighting.
• Momousagi and Chaton rushed toward Red, but Hawk-Eye blocked them and declared that he would handle Red alone.
• Chaton persuaded Momousagi not to fight Hawk-Eye and explained that Luffy might reach Ace because Garp and Sengoku would hold back.
• Momousagi and Chaton set off to intercept Luffy, with Momousagi asking Chaton to spare his life if possible.
• Hawk-Eye confronted Red, who remembered defeating him more than twenty years earlier.

Luffy fought Vice Admiral Chaton (Momousagi) as he tried to reach the Execution Platform, but Chaton’s speed and strength repeatedly overwhelmed him. Luffy launched a faster Gear Second and Gear Third attack at Chaton, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Luffy broke through a group of Marines, then used Gear Second to rush past Vice Admirals Chaton and Momousagi.
• Chaton struck Luffy with Kicking Bird, cutting his arms and smashing him into the ground, but Luffy got back up.
• Momousagi protected Chaton’s advance by killing a pirate who tried to rescue Luffy, while Chaton battered Luffy with Armament Shigan: Madara.
• Marco flew toward Chaton and Luffy after seeing Luffy in danger, while Luffy recovered and attacked Chaton with Giant Pistol.
• Chaton dodged Luffy’s Gear Third Giant Pistol and mocked its lack of speed, so Luffy combined Gear Second and Gear Third and swung a faster giant fist down at him.

Luo Chen withdrew to recover after Red wounded him, while Chaton overpowered an exhausted Luffy and tried to capture him. Marco and Ivankov rescued Luffy, and Marco faced Chaton and Momousagi to protect him.

• Luffy struck Chaton with a powerful punch, but the combined strain of Gear Third and Gear Second left him unable to move.
• Luo Chen freed himself from the Fortified Wall, defeated several Whitebeard Pirates who attacked him, and flew away to recover.
• Chaton survived Luffy’s attack, cut open the ground with Rankyaku: Amane Dachi, and stopped Luffy from falling into the fissure before trying to capture him.
• Marco kicked Chaton into a building and called for medical help for Luffy as Ivankov arrived.
• Momousagi and Chaton confronted Marco, who refused to abandon Luffy and charged at them.

Sengoku prepared to begin Ace’s execution early and ordered the Marines to cut off the broadcast, while Luffy used Healing Hormone to regain his strength and rushed toward the Execution Platform. The Pacifistas then attacked the pirate ships at the harbor under Sentomaru’s command, shifting the battle toward its final stage.

• A Marine reported that the preparations at the bay were complete, and Sengoku ordered the broadcast cut off before the Marines began the execution.
• Luffy begged Ivankov to use Healing Hormone again, accepted the cost to his lifespan, and charged toward the Execution Platform to save Ace.
• Chaton let Luffy pass because Marco and the Vice Admirals stood in his way, while Momousagi remained occupied by the prisoners and pirates.
• The Pacifistas appeared at the harbor and destroyed the pirate ships with laser fire, drawing the attention of Whitebeard, Luffy, and the battlefield.
• Sentomaru took command of the Pacifistas and led them in cutting off the pirates’ retreat.

The Marines launched their attack on Whitebeard’s forces with the Pacifistas while preparing to seal the battlefield and begin Ace’s execution. Kizaru stopped Luffy from reaching the execution platform, but Whitebeard’s commanders gathered to protect him.

• Sentomaru learned that the Marines would attack the pirates from both sides and ordered the Pacifistas to open fire, despite the risk of hitting their own allies.
• Whitebeard understood Sengoku’s plan and led his men toward the plaza as the Marines withdrew to defend it.
• Sengoku ordered two visual Den Den Mushi feeds cut, but Buggy’s covered camera continued broadcasting, delaying the plan to raise the Encircling Wall.
• Luffy hurried toward Ace as Sengoku ordered the execution to begin, while Luo Chen watched the battlefield from a nearby building.
• Kizaru broke away from Rayleigh and kicked Luffy back from the execution platform, but Jinbe caught him and Whitebeard’s commanders stepped forward to defend him.

The Marines began withdrawing as Sengoku prepared a new scheme, while the remaining broadcast showed Buggy making a ridiculous spectacle of himself. As Whitebeard’s forces pushed forward under fire, Squard suddenly stabbed Whitebeard, leaving everyone stunned.

• Luffy struggled against Kizaru as Whitebeard’s commanders charged the Marines, while Curiel fought off Moria’s shadow bats.
• Hawk-Eye ended his clash with Red as the Marines began to retreat, and Sengoku urgently tried to find the last video transponder snail.
• Buggy’s subordinates broadcast a chaotic introduction of Buggy to the Sabaody Archipelago plaza, frustrating Sengoku and the viewers.
• Whitebeard’s pirates advanced through heavy Pacifista fire as Squard approached Whitebeard and spoke of their losses.
• Squard drew his sword and stabbed Whitebeard in the chest, shocking the battlefield.

Squard stabbed Whitebeard after Akainu convinced him that Whitebeard had made a deal with the Navy, but Whitebeard reassured his sons and rallied them to fight. Whitebeard opened a path through the ice and charged toward Sengoku, aware that his strength was fading.

• Squard accused Whitebeard of trading the lives of the forty-three pirate crews for Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates, while Sengoku ordered Aokiji to cut off the broadcast and activate the Encircling Wall.
• Crocodile condemned Whitebeard for allowing himself to be stabbed, and Marco recognized that Whitebeard’s weakened body had kept him from avoiding the attack.
• Whitebeard embraced Squard and asked who had misled him; Squard revealed that Akainu had convinced him Whitebeard planned to sacrifice the allied crews.
• Whitebeard reminded Squard that Ace was not responsible for Roger’s actions and told him that all his sons were family.
• Whitebeard smashed apart the icebergs to make an escape route, urged his men to choose what to believe, and led them toward the Navy.
• Whitebeard privately acknowledged that his body was failing and that he could eventually give way to the next generation.

Whitebeard led his pirates into the Marine ranks and struck Marine Headquarters with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit, while Sengoku raised the Encircling Wall and ordered Akainu to rain magma down on the trapped forces. The Moby Dick burned, the pirates were bombarded as they tried to escape the boiling sea, and Sengoku began Ace’s execution.

• Whitebeard leaped into battle, rallied his pirates, and used his power to scatter Marines and overturn the bay and Marine Headquarters.
• Squard realized the Marines had deceived him and blamed himself, while Marco urged him to fight and help save Ace.
• Whitebeard defeated John the giant and sent a shockwave toward the Execution Platform, but the Three Admirals stopped it before it reached the platform.
• Sengoku ordered the Encircling Wall raised; the walls trapped the pirates, though Oars’s body left a gap in front of the Execution Platform.
• Akainu sent magma raining down on the trapped pirates, melted their ice, and burned the Moby Dick as Whitebeard prepared to press toward Ace.
• Marine cannons blasted pirates who tried to swim back to shore, and Sengoku ordered the execution of Portgas D. Ace to begin.

Luffy charged into the plaza to rescue Ace, but Kizaru stopped him and Sengoku ordered the execution to begin. Crocodile killed the executioners before they could strike, leaving Ace alive as Marco arrived.

• Luffy rushed toward the plaza, was blasted back by cannon fire, and asked Jinbe and Iva to help him reach Ace.
• Crocodile scattered the marines with Sables, and Oars regained consciousness before Kizaru prepared to kill him with a laser.
• Luffy reached the plaza, attacked the Three Admirals, and raced toward Ace, but Kizaru kicked him away.
• Whitebeard ordered Oars and Jozu to prepare their trump card and urged his pirates to get ready to charge.
• Sengoku ordered Ace's execution, but Crocodile's sand blades killed the executioners before their swords could fall.
• Crocodile declared that he would deal with Whitebeard later and refused to let the marines keep their smug expressions.

Whitebeard used Oars and a hidden ship to bring the Whitebeard Pirates into the plaza, then attacked the Marines and ordered his men to save Ace. Sengoku prepared for a full-scale battle as Rayleigh and Red watched from the Encircling Wall.

• Crocodile regenerated after Doflamingo attacked him, and the two fought while Luffy ran toward the Execution Platform.
• Aokiji stabbed Luffy with an Ice Saber, but Marco broke the blade and kicked Aokiji away.
• Whitebeard’s pirates charged through the gap in the Encircling Wall aboard a hidden ship that Oars lifted onto the plaza before falling under the Marines’ fire.
• Whitebeard entered the plaza with his captains, struck the Marines with Air Quake: Shattered Jade, and ordered his men to save Ace and wipe out the Marines.
• Rayleigh praised Whitebeard’s strategy to Red, while Sengoku prepared to fight the pirates himself.

The battle at Marine Headquarters intensified as Whitebeard fought Aokiji and Jozu struck the admiral, while Luo Chen blocked Luffy's path to Ace. Luffy kept pushing toward the Execution Platform despite Luo Chen and Vice Admiral Dalmatian knocking him down repeatedly, and the chapter left him sprawled at Whitebeard's feet.

• Aokiji froze Whitebeard, but Whitebeard shattered the ice and fought back with his bisento.
• Jozu struck Aokiji with his diamond arm, sending him crashing through several buildings.
• Luo Chen blocked Luffy and attacked him with sword techniques, but Luffy shattered the first attack and rushed toward Ace.
• Vice Admiral Dalmatian kicked Luffy into the ground, then was struck by Luo Chen's dragon attack.
• Luffy forced himself to activate Gear Second and sprinted onward, but Dalmatian hit him with Shigan and sent him skidding to a stop at Whitebeard's feet.

Whitebeard protected Luffy and clashed with Akainu as the battle at Marineford raged. Marco tried to reach Ace, but Garp knocked him down and declared that anyone seeking to rescue Ace would have to get past him.

• Whitebeard handed Luffy to Ivankov and Jinbe, then attacked the Marines with his bisento.
• Akainu stopped Whitebeard's strike, and the two exchanged powerful attacks that shook the battlefield.
• Kizaru, Moria, Sentomaru, and other fighters continued attacking as Marco flew toward the Execution Platform.
• Garp intercepted Marco with a punch and sent him crashing into the plaza.
• Garp took Akainu's seat beneath Ace's platform and warned the pirates that they would have to step over his corpse to rescue Ace.

Whitebeard’s illness returned during his fight with Akainu, leaving him badly wounded and allowing the Marines to turn the battle against the Whitebeard Pirates. He struck Akainu with an Air Quake but was then overwhelmed by Marine officers.

• Whitebeard rallied his pirates after Garp appeared at the Execution Platform, and they charged the Marines again.
• Akainu attacked Whitebeard with Hell Hound, but Whitebeard smashed the magma strike aside.
• Whitebeard collapsed and coughed up blood, and Akainu drove a magma blow through his chest.
• Marco rushed to help Whitebeard, but Kizaru shot him from behind; Aokiji then froze Jozu after Jozu became distracted.
• Whitebeard trapped Akainu, hurled him into the air, and hit him with Air Quake, sending him into a fissure.
• Marine officers attacked the weakened Whitebeard with swords, cannon fire, and punches.

Luffy unleashed Conqueror's Haki on the battlefield while rushing to save Ace, shocking the Marines, pirates, and Shichibukai. Whitebeard ordered his forces to cover Luffy, leaving the battle poised to turn toward the young pirate’s fate.

• Whitebeard threw off the Marines attacking him and stood with his commanders and captains protecting him as Sengoku ordered Ace's execution to resume.
• Luffy used Conqueror's Haki to knock out Marines and pirates across the battlefield while trying to stop Ace's execution.
• Red the Aloof and Rayleigh discussed Luffy's kingly qualities, and Rayleigh leaped down to protect him.
• Vice Admiral Doberman rallied the Marines to stop Luffy, while Iva questioned him about his newly revealed ability and realized he had not noticed it himself.
• Whitebeard ordered his pirates to give Luffy all the cover they could, hoping to see what the future of the seas would bring.

Luffy fought his way to the Execution Platform to rescue Ace, with Crocodile and others helping him past the Marines. After Kizaru broke the key and Sengoku attacked, Rayleigh intervened, leaving the platform collapsing as Luffy tried to free Ace amid cannon fire.

• Whitebeard's pirates cleared a path for Luffy, while Daz Bones confronted Hawk-Eye and fell before Crocodile stepped in to protect Luffy.
• Luffy ran up Inazuma's path, but Garp blocked him; after Garp hesitated, Luffy struck him and sent him crashing into a building.
• Luffy reached Ace with a key, but Kizaru broke it, and Sengoku transformed into a giant Buddha and attacked the brothers.
• Mr. 3 woke and shielded Ace with Candle Wall as Luffy took Sengoku's shockwave; Rayleigh arrived and clashed with Sengoku, causing the Execution Platform to crumble.
• With Mr. 3's help, Luffy obtained another key and inserted it into Ace's chains just as the Marines ordered cannon fire.

Ace and Luffy reunited after Mr. 3 freed their Seastone handcuffs, then fought through the surrounding Marines together. As they tried to escape along a path cleared by Whitebeard’s pirates, Aokiji attacked them with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak, and Ace met it with Mirror Flame.

• The Marines bombarded Ace, Luffy, and Mr. 3, but Ace blasted a passage through the smoke and brought them into view after Mr. 3 unlocked their handcuffs.
• Luffy entered Gear Second, and he and Ace faced the Marines surrounding them with Seastone weapons.
• Ace evaded bullets as a Logia user while Luffy bounced the bullets back, then Ace protected Luffy from a sword attack and repaired his severed arm with flames.
• Ace’s Fire Fist and Luffy’s Gum-Gum Gatling routed the charging Marines, while Whitebeard’s pirates cleared a path for the brothers.
• Aokiji sent Ice Block: Pheasant Beak after the escaping brothers, and Ace countered with Mirror Flame, creating a violent blast of ice, fire, and wind.

Luo Chen confronted the Supernovas Hawkins, Bege, and Bonney, who had escaped Impel Down and sought revenge for his earlier defeat of them. He easily repelled Bege and Bonney, but Hawkins launched a surprise attack from behind.

• Luo Chen encountered Hawkins, Bege, and Bonney as they tried to leave the battlefield and challenged them after they said they wanted revenge.
• Hawkins drew his sword and estimated that the trio had less than a ten percent chance of defeating Luo Chen but a fifty percent chance of escaping.
• Bege transformed into Big Father and bombarded Luo Chen while advancing, but Luo Chen blocked the shots and blasted him into a crater with Dragon Fist: Burst.
• Bonney attacked Luo Chen with her decaying power, but he deflected her strike and kicked her away.
• Hawkins turned into a strawman and attacked Luo Chen from behind with his nail-like fingers.

After Squard tried to cover the pirates’ retreat, Whitebeard stopped the Moby Dick and ordered his men to escape without him. He split Marineford with a massive quake, trapping himself on the other side and preparing to fight Sengoku and the Marines alone.

• Sengoku blamed himself for the battle’s outcome as Whitebeard and his crew approached aboard the Moby Dick.
• Akainu rallied the Marines, while Squard and the Maelstrom Spider Pirates revealed themselves aboard the ship and offered to cover the pirates’ retreat.
• Squard urged Whitebeard and the others to escape, but Whitebeard stopped the Moby Dick and told him that his stab had not harmed him.
• Whitebeard gave his final order, commanding his men to return safely to the New World, then created a vast chasm to separate himself from them.
• Vista emerged from underground and found Whitebeard separated from the others, while Whitebeard silently welcomed his return.
• Whitebeard struck Marine Headquarters with another quake and challenged Sengoku to one last battle.