Recaps

After defeating Katakuri and Jack, Luo Chen accepted the Navy’s offer to become a Shichibukai and traveled to Sabaody Archipelago. He captured Bege, Hawkins, and Bonney, then hurried to the auction house after the Straw Hat Pirates attacked Saint Charlos.

• Luo Chen’s crew escaped the battle with Katakuri and Jack, and Phil joined them after helping Luo Chen get away.
• The Navy made Luo Chen a Shichibukai, and he accepted so he could witness the events surrounding Ace’s execution.
• Luo Chen and his crew reached Sabaody Archipelago, where he met Marines at G-18 Base and received Tsuru’s terms and gifts.
• Luo Chen entered a restaurant on GR 24 and ordered Bege, Bonney, and Hawkins to surrender.
• Luo Chen defeated and captured Bege, Hawkins, and Bonney, overcoming their strongest attacks and healing from their blows.
• Romas told Luo Chen to go to auction house number one after the Straw Hat Pirates attacked Saint Charlos, and Luo Chen agreed to hold off the pirates until Kizaru arrived.
• At the auction house, Saint Shalria tried to shoot Camie but was knocked unconscious, while Rayleigh and the giant broke through the screen and Hachi recognized Rayleigh.

Luo Chen fought the Straw Hats at Sabaody as Kuma scattered the crew, while Rayleigh learned Ace was Roger’s son and set out to help him. On Amazon Lily, Luffy learned of Ace’s impending execution, and Hancock secured passage to Impel Down with him.

• Rayleigh removed Camie’s collar and helped the injured Hachi as Kid, Law, Luffy, and Phil faced the Marines outside the auction house.
• Luo Chen joined the fight against the Straw Hats, defeated Luffy and Zoro, then refused Kizaru’s order to kill the crew.
• Kuma sent the Straw Hats away one by one, while Rayleigh held off Kizaru and urged Shakky to investigate Ace.
• Shakky’s records revealed that Ace was Roger’s son, and Rayleigh left to reach Luffy on Amazon Lily.
• Luffy landed on Amazon Lily, where Hancock refused the Marines’ summons and the Kuja warriors captured him after he entered her bath.
• Luffy defeated Bacura and fought the Gorgon Sisters, then unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and overpowered them while protecting Marguerite and the other statues.
• Rayleigh arrived, told Luffy that Ace would be executed in two weeks, and explained how Kuma had helped the Straw Hats escape Sabaody.
• Hancock accepted the Marines’ summons on the condition that she visit Ace, and she departed with Luffy for Impel Down as Sengoku prepared for war.

Luo Chen visited Ace in Impel Down, reached Marineford, and fought Hawk-Eye before joining the Marines in the war against Whitebeard. As Luffy and the escaped prisoners arrived to rescue Ace, Luffy pushed toward the execution platform while Sengoku revealed his parentage.

• Luo Chen visited Ace and Jinbe in Impel Down, then reached Marineford, where Hawk-Eye challenged him and Garp stopped their exhausting duel.
• At the Shichibukai meeting, Luo Chen clashed with Doflamingo before Sengoku assigned the Shichibukai their battlefield roles.
• Whitebeard’s ships rose from beneath Crescent Bay, and his seaquake sent tsunamis toward Marineford before Aokiji froze the waves and harbor.
• Luo Chen attacked Whitebeard’s forces and fought Vista, while Little Oars Jr. fell after Doflamingo, Moria, and the Marines struck him.
• Luffy arrived with Rayleigh and escaped prisoners, including Redfield, and Rayleigh joined Whitebeard’s effort to save Ace.
• Redfield joined Vista against Luo Chen, while Luffy stood between Crocodile and Whitebeard and declared he would rescue Ace.
• Rayleigh held off Kizaru so Luffy could advance, and Jinbe fought Moria’s zombies to clear a path for him.
• Luffy endured attacks from Hina, Moria, and a Giant Vice Admiral as Sengoku announced that Luffy was Dragon’s biological son and Ace’s sworn brother.

Luffy and Whitebeard’s forces fought through the Marines’ defenses to free Ace, while Luo Chen battled Red and later clashed with other pirates. Ace was freed, and Whitebeard separated himself from his crew to face the Marines in a final stand.

• Luo Chen fought Red and Vista while Jinbe defeated Moria, and Dracula attacked Marines and pirates before Chaton and Momousagi captured him.
• Red defeated Luo Chen, then Hawk-Eye confronted Red as Chaton and Momousagi tried to stop Luffy from reaching Ace.
• Luffy endured Chaton’s attacks, received Ivankov’s healing hormone, and pressed on as the Pacifistas destroyed the pirates’ ships and cut off their retreat.
• Squard stabbed Whitebeard after Akainu deceived him, but Whitebeard forgave him, rallied his men, and led them against the Marines as the Encircling Wall trapped them.
• Whitebeard’s forces broke into the plaza, where Luffy fought toward Ace and Crocodile stopped the execution, and Whitebeard clashed with the Admirals while Garp guarded the platform.
• Luffy used Conqueror’s Haki, reached Ace with help from his allies, and freed him with Mr. 3’s key as Whitebeard’s pirates covered their escape.
• Ace and Luffy fought their way through the Marines, while Luo Chen battled Hawkins, Bege, and Bonney as they tried to leave the battlefield.
• Squard and his crew offered to cover the pirates’ retreat, and Whitebeard ordered his men back to the New World before separating himself from them and challenging Sengoku.