Recaps

After Brook joined the Straw Hat Pirates, the Thousand Sunny headed toward Sabaody while Robin noted that fewer than fifteen days remained before Ace’s execution. Roy traveled to Sabaody with Kuma, intending to see Luffy and Trafalgar Law, and learned from Shakky that most of this year’s Supernovas had arrived.

• The Straw Hat Pirates sailed away from the Florian Triangle with Brook as their newest member, while Robin recorded the countdown to Ace’s execution.
• Roy reviewed Robin’s reports, put Bullet in charge of Hachinosu, and set out for Sabaody with Kuma.
• Roy and Kuma landed in Grove 13, where Roy visited Shakky’s Rip-off Bar.
• Shakky recalled Roy’s past incidents on Sabaody and told him that Kid, Law, Hawkins, Apoo, Drake, Bege, and Urouge were on the island.

Roy met Trafalgar Law at Shakky's bar and asked him to help Luffy if trouble arose when the Straw Hat Pirates reached Sabaody. After Law left, Roy told Shakky he intended to watch events unfold, while noting that Rayleigh was already observing him.

• Roy used Observation Haki to locate Law and contacted him telepathically, summoning him to Shakky's bar.
• Law arrived with the Heart Pirates and greeted Roy, whom his crew recognized as the Heavenly Dao Emperor.
• Roy praised Law's progress and asked him to help Luffy at a crucial moment when the Straw Hat Pirates arrived on Sabaody.
• Law accepted Roy's request, bowed to him, and told his curious crew that Roy was sort of his mentor.
• Roy told Shakky he had come to watch the Supernovas gather, and said Rayleigh had likely detected him from Grove 25.

Roy monitored Sabaody Archipelago from Shakky’s bar as the Straw Hat Pirates arrived and several Supernovas converged on the human auction house. After Robin quietly asked Hachi to keep her identity secret, Luffy’s crew learned that Camie had been kidnapped and decided to rescue her.

• Roy sensed the Straw Hat Pirates landing, Hachi running a takoyaki stall, and Rayleigh held in a makeshift cell near the auction house.
• Roy and Rayleigh acknowledged each other through Observation Haki, while Roy sensed several Supernovas heading toward the auction house.
• Luffy found Hachi’s stall, and Hachi recognized Robin; Robin subtly told him not to reveal her identity.
• Hachi told Luffy that Camie had been kidnapped, and the Straw Hat Pirates quickly decided to go to the human auction house to rescue her.

Luffy punched Saint Romuska after the Celestial Dragon threatened Hachi, triggering panic across the auction house. Rayleigh then emerged from the ruins and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, leaving many people unconscious as he assessed the surviving youngsters.

• Roy left Shakky’s bar with Kuma and entered the auction house unseen, where he observed the gathered Supernovas and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Saint Romuska bid five hundred million for Camie, and Luffy entered the auction house with Hachi to confront him.
• Saint Romuska aimed his pistol at Luffy and Hachi, but Luffy dodged the shot and punched the Celestial Dragon through the wall.
• The guards panicked over the attack, and a powerful wave of Conqueror’s Haki swept through the auction house, knocking many people unconscious.
• Rayleigh emerged from the ruins, looked over the people still standing, and remarked that the year’s youngsters were impressive.

After Rayleigh revealed himself at the auction house, the alarm over a Celestial Dragon being attacked summoned Kizaru to Sabaody Archipelago. Kizaru swiftly defeated Urouge and Apoo, then appeared before Hawkins, whose cards predicted no chance of survival.

• Rayleigh appeared atop the auction-house wreckage, and Kid recognized him as the Dark King before Rayleigh urged him to keep quiet.
• Roy sensed Kizaru approaching as the Celestial Dragon alarm rang across Sabaody Archipelago.
• Kizaru arrived and knocked Urouge unconscious with a Light Speed Kick, then blasted the Fallen Monk Pirates to the ground.
• Kizaru dodged Apoo's sound attack, kicked him through a building, and left him unconscious in a counter.
• Hawkins drew a tarot card as Kizaru appeared before him, and it predicted his chance of survival was zero.

Admiral Kizaru defeated Basil Hawkins and Eustass Kid with ease before confronting the Straw Hat Pirates. He sent Luffy crashing through buildings with a Light Speed Kick, leaving the crew facing the Admiral.

• Kizaru exhausted Hawkins's straw-doll substitutes, pinned his wrist, and moved on toward Grove 14.
• Kid attacked Kizaru with Punk Gibson, but Kizaru shattered the metal fist and injured Kid before leaving for the auction house.
• Luffy led the Straw Hat Pirates out of the auction house as Robin identified Kizaru as a Marine Admiral who could move at the speed of light.
• Luffy attacked Kizaru with Gum-Gum Rocket and Gum-Gum Gatling, but Kizaru dodged every blow and struck him with Light Speed Kick.
• Luffy flew through a building and crashed against the wall of another as the Straw Hat Pirates cried out for him.

Kizaru overwhelmed the Straw Hat Pirates until Rayleigh intervened, while Kuma arrived on Roy’s orders. Kuma then began sending the crew flying one by one, leaving Luffy watching them disappear.

• Zoro and Sanji attacked Kizaru, but he stopped their strikes and drove them back.
• Kizaru prepared to finish off Luffy, and Rayleigh blocked his attack.
• Kuma arrived, and Luffy stood between him and Kizaru to protect the crew.
• Kizaru stepped aside while Roy and Rayleigh observed the confrontation.
• Kuma used his Paw-Paw Fruit to send Zoro, Franky, Usopp, Chopper, and Sanji flying away.

Kuma sent the Straw Hat Pirates flying across the sky, leaving Luffy alone until he too was launched from Sabaody. Roy later met Kuma and Rayleigh at Shakky's Rip-off Bar, where he explained that Luffy would have to face his own difficult path.

• Luffy attacked Kuma and watched Nami, Robin, and Camie get sent flying.
• Overcome by the fear of losing his companions, Luffy released Conqueror's Haki, but Kuma sent him flying as well.
• Kizaru left Sabaody, and Rayleigh remarked that Luffy was the one Shanks had bet his arm on.
• Roy withdrew his Observation Haki, met Kuma, and returned with him to Shakky's Rip-off Bar, where Rayleigh was waiting.
• Roy told Rayleigh that he had arranged teachers, opponents, and a difficult road for Luffy, but Luffy had to reach the end himself.

Roy arranged for Hancock to receive Luffy on Amazon Lily and help him reach Impel Down after telling him about Ace’s impending execution. He then challenged Rayleigh over why Roger’s former crew would not intervene, leaving Rayleigh silent and visibly tense.

• Roy called Hancock and told her Luffy would land on Amazon Lily, instructing her not to hurt him and to take him to Impel Down after revealing Ace’s execution.
• Hancock agreed to follow Roy’s plan and said she wanted to see Luffy, while Roy warned her not to take his strange behavior personally.
• Rayleigh teased Roy about his relationship with Hancock, then asked why Roy was helping Luffy.
• Roy asked whether Rayleigh and the other former Roger Pirates would intervene to save Ace from execution.
• Rayleigh explained that Roger had made the crew promise something when he disbanded it, and Roy inferred that the promise prevented them from acting.
• Roy criticized the old-era powerhouses for standing aside while the world suffered, and Rayleigh gripped his glass without replying.

Roy gave Rayleigh and Shakky Pure Gold rings to preserve their youth, then left Sabaody with Kuma as the Straw Hat Pirates landed in separate places. Luffy woke on Amazon Lily in Hancock’s care, learned his companions were alive, and was told Ace would be publicly executed.

• Roy gave Rayleigh and Shakky Pure Gold rings and said Rayleigh could help Luffy learn Haki in the future.
• Roy and Kuma left the Sabaody Archipelago, while Rayleigh explained that Luffy needed hardship to grow.
• The Straw Hat Pirates flew toward different destinations, and Robin headed for the Bridge Kingdom to train and learn more about the World Government.
• Luffy woke in Hancock’s care on Amazon Lily and asked whether his companions were safe.
• Hancock introduced herself to Luffy and told him Ace was going to be publicly executed.

After learning that Ace would be executed in one week, Luffy decided to infiltrate Impel Down with Hancock. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates awoke on islands where they could train, and Roy led Hachinosu’s forces toward Marineford to strike the Marines.

• Hancock told Luffy that Ace was in Impel Down and would be executed in one week, and Luffy insisted on going to save him.
• Hancock offered to take Luffy into Impel Down aboard a Marine supply ship in three days, and he agreed to sneak in with her.
• Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp woke on unfamiliar islands, while Chopper, Nami, Robin, Brook, and Franky landed on islands suited to their training.
• Roy assembled Hachinosu’s fighters, revealed his plan to kill as many Marine rear admirals and higher-ranking officers as possible, and ordered the combatants to move out.
• The crew boarded the Ark Maxim, and Roy stood at its bow as Tesoro raised the ship toward Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

Luffy infiltrated Impel Down with Hancock to find Ace, unaware that Garp had already escorted Ace away to Marineford. Ace arrived at Marineford and was chained to the execution platform as the Marines prepared for war.

• Hancock brought Luffy into Impel Down beneath her cloak, and Luffy slipped into a ventilation duct to search for Ace.
• Luffy searched the prison but could not sense Ace, who had already departed six hours earlier aboard an escort ship with Garp.
• At Marineford, one hundred thousand Marines and the assembled Shichibukai prepared for Ace’s execution while the event was broadcast around the world.
• The escort ship delivered Ace to Marineford, where two officers led him to the execution platform and chained him in place.
• Sengoku and Garp stood beside the kneeling Ace as Garp silently gripped his crushed bag of rice crackers.

Sengoku revealed to the world that Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger, then Whitebeard arrived at Marineford with his fleet to rescue him. Whitebeard's attack shattered the atmosphere and raised enormous waves over the Marine forces.

• Ace silently hoped that Luffy and Whitebeard would not come to Marineford.
• Sengoku announced that Ace was Gol D. Roger's son and described the government's hunt for Roger's bloodline.
• People across the world reacted with shock, while Garp quietly asked Ace whether he hated him and Ace said he did not.
• A lookout reported forty-three Whitebeard pirate ships outside the bay, followed by three coated Moby Dick ships rising from underwater with Whitebeard aboard.
• Whitebeard greeted Sengoku and asked whether his son was all right, then used his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power to raise enormous waves around Marineford.

Whitebeard launched an assault on Marineford to rescue Ace, while Roy and Hachinosu’s fighters watched from the concealed Ark Maxim and planned to strike the Marines’ upper ranks after both sides were weakened. The battle began below as Roy waited for Whitebeard, Akainu, and Sengoku to commit their forces.

• Aokiji froze Whitebeard’s two tsunamis with Ice Age, and Whitebeard ordered his sons to rescue Ace.
• Whitebeard’s pirates charged across the ice as Marine forces responded with a cannon barrage.
• Roy and Hachinosu’s core fighters observed the battlefield from the hidden Ark Maxim above the clouds.
• Tesoro reported the battle’s casualties and the movements of the combatants, while Crocodile noted that Akainu was waiting for Whitebeard to act.
• Roy stopped Bullet from entering the battle early and set their target as Marine Rear Admirals and higher-ranking officers once both sides were exhausted.

The battle at Marine Headquarters intensified as Whitebeard's forces clashed with the Marines and their strongest fighters. Little Oars Jr. was gravely wounded while trying to reach Ace, and the fighting remained unresolved across the battlefield.

• Marco fought Kizaru in the sky while Jozu and Aokiji traded attacks, and Whitebeard extinguished Akainu's Magma Fist.
• Roy watched the rising casualties as the Ark Maxim remained hidden among the clouds.
• Little Oars Jr. charged toward Ace, but the Giant Vice Admirals wounded him before Weevil stabbed him and Doflamingo severed his right leg.
• Marco treated Oars's wounds with blue flames, then returned to his increasingly difficult fight against Kizaru.
• Jozu and Aokiji continued their evenly matched duel, while Vista and Momousagi exchanged sword strikes.
• Whitebeard's allied pirate crews broke through the Marines' first line and fought the Marine troops and giant unit across the ice.

Whitebeard killed Marine Giant Vice Admiral Ronse, but Sengoku sealed the harbor with the Encircling Wall and ordered a devastating bombardment against the trapped pirates. Watching his rescuers die, Ace begged them to stop.

• Whitebeard shattered Ronse's axe, killed the giant with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and threw his corpse into the Marine ranks.
• Zephyr committed more Marine reserves to the battle as Sengoku raised the Encircling Wall, trapping the pirates ashore and cutting off the forty-three ships outside.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to fire on the pirates trapped inside the bay, while Whitebeard directed his crew toward a gap left by Oars's fallen body.
• Ace watched the pirates die, blamed himself for their suffering, and roared for them to stop fighting.

Luffy broke through the frozen tsunami with hundreds of Impel Down prisoners and landed at Marineford to save Ace, reviving the pirates’ flagging morale. As Luffy charged toward the Execution Platform, Moria and Hancock also began attacking Marines after receiving a message to make their move.

• Ace blamed himself as he watched the pirates fighting to save him fall on the ice.
• Luffy punched through the top of Aokiji’s frozen tsunami, and hundreds of Impel Down prisoners descended with him.
• Luffy called out to Ace and vowed to save him, while Garp was stunned and Sengoku blamed him for Luffy’s arrival.
• Ivankov urged the prisoners to follow Luffy, and the new arrivals helped the pirates regain their fighting spirit and counterattack.
• After hearing a message to make their move, Moria attacked Marines and pirates alike with shadow tentacles.
• Hancock petrified Marines with her attacks and cleared a path for Luffy toward the Execution Platform.

Jinbe, Moria, and Hancock opened a path for Luffy, who reached the top of the Encircling Wall and called out to Ace. Whitebeard ordered his pirates to protect Luffy, rallying the battlefield, but a figure silently approached Whitebeard.

• Jinbe used Fish-Man Karate to blast a hole through the Navy formation and declared he was making a battlefield that suited him.
• Luffy raced through the Navy’s defenses, climbed the Encircling Wall, and shouted to Ace that he was coming to save him.
• Ace broke down in tears at the sight of Luffy, while Garp struggled to hold back his own tears and Sengoku ordered the Navy to stop Luffy.
• Roy watched from the Ark Maxim as Bullet urged him to descend, but Roy said the real show had only just begun.
• Whitebeard recognized Luffy as Ace’s little brother and ordered his sons to cover him, rallying the pirates to attack the Navy again.
• A figure silently approached Whitebeard from the side of the Moby Dick’s bow.

Squard stabbed Whitebeard after Akainu convinced him the Marines had a deal to trade the allied pirate crews’ lives for Ace’s. Whitebeard forgave Squard, denied betraying his sons, and charged across the ice to confront Akainu.

• Squard stabbed Whitebeard and accused him of sacrificing the allied crews to save Ace, claiming Akainu had revealed the supposed deal.
• Marco restrained Squard, but Whitebeard stopped him and embraced Squard, calling him a fool and his beloved son.
• Whitebeard had Marco pull out the sword, then told the pirates he had never betrayed them and that Akainu had deceived Squard.
• Whitebeard took up his naginata, leaped onto the ice, and vowed to settle the score with Akainu.
• Whitebeard roared for Akainu and fought off Marines who tried to stop him as he advanced across the ice.

Whitebeard rallied the pirates by tearing through the Marine ranks and charging into their encirclement. He confronted Akainu over deceiving his son and began a devastating attack, leaving their fight poised to erupt.

• Whitebeard unleashed a shockwave that blasted a two-hundred-meter gap through the Marine front line, and the pirates surged forward.
• Whitebeard leapt over the Marine defenses and landed in the center of the encirclement, where he fought through the soldiers with Murakumogiri and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power.
• Sengoku ordered Akainu to stop Whitebeard, and Akainu approached him with a magma fist.
• Whitebeard challenged Akainu over what he had said to his son, then formed a vibration sphere around his fist and struck at Akainu.

Luffy fought his way to the Execution Platform as Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates covered his advance, but Garp stopped Marco and Sengoku ordered Ace’s execution to begin immediately. As the executioners raised their swords, Luffy unleashed a massive burst of Conqueror’s Haki that felled thousands of Marines.

• Luffy charged toward the Execution Platform while Marine officers were repeatedly prevented from stopping him, and Marco, Vista, and Jozu helped clear his path.
• Luffy reached the platform and exchanged a look with Ace, but Marco flew ahead to rescue him.
• Garp struck Marco out of the air, and Onigumo pinned him to the ice with seastone chains.
• Sengoku ordered the executioners to kill Ace immediately, leaving Luffy frozen as they raised their swords.
• Luffy roared and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking thousands of Marine soldiers unconscious across the battlefield.

Luffy awakened Conqueror’s Haki and fought through the Marines to reach Ace on the Execution Platform. Garp let Luffy knock him aside, and Luffy charged onto the platform.

• Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the nearby Marines, and Sengoku recognized it as the same power Roy had awakened years earlier.
• Sengoku ordered more executioners to carry out Ace’s execution, while Garp sat with his eyes closed and his hands trembling.
• Ivankov and Inazuma helped Luffy clear a path to the Execution Platform, with Inazuma cutting a stone bridge through the Marines.
• Garp blocked the bridge and told Luffy he could pass only over his dead body, but he closed his eyes and let Luffy punch him aside.
• Luffy raced past Garp and charged onto the Execution Platform.

Luffy reached Ace on the Execution Platform, but Sengoku’s attack caused the platform to collapse, sending the brothers falling together. Meanwhile, Whitebeard and Akainu clashed fiercely, and Whitebeard advanced on the Admiral after withstanding his attacks.

• Sengoku transformed into his Golden Great Buddha Form and struck Luffy, but Luffy clung to the Execution Platform and pulled himself back up before Ace.
• Sengoku brought his palm down again, but the Execution Platform collapsed, and Luffy shielded Ace as they fell toward the ground.
• Whitebeard and Akainu traded powerful punches, and Whitebeard remained standing after their collision while Akainu stepped back.
• Whitebeard challenged Akainu for insulting his sons and deflected Akainu’s Meteor Volcano with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Whitebeard charged at Akainu and swung Murakumogiri toward his neck.

Whitebeard and Akainu fought fiercely at Marineford, where Whitebeard initially overwhelmed Akainu but his age, wounds, and spreading poison weakened him. After Akainu burned Whitebeard’s chest, Whitebeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit at full power, shaking Marineford and its defenses.

• Whitebeard battered Akainu with his naginata and Tremor-Tremor Fruit, while Roy sensed that Whitebeard’s stamina was rapidly draining.
• Whitebeard blasted Akainu through a warship and then struck him into a crater with a powerful uppercut.
• Whitebeard faltered as his chest wound reopened and the poison spread, allowing Akainu to hit him with Hell Hound and burn his chest.
• Whitebeard steadied himself and unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit with both fists, shattering the atmosphere and violently shaking Marineford.

Whitebeard unleashed his full strength against Akainu as Luffy and Ace reached the ice, where Kizaru attacked them. Moria, Hancock, and Jinbe intervened to protect Luffy, leaving Kizaru to question whether the three Shichibukai had betrayed the Marines.

• Whitebeard shattered the ice beneath him and declared his true strength to Akainu.
• Ivankov and Scissorhands caught Luffy and Ace after they fell from the Execution Platform, and Luffy searched for the key to Ace's Seastone Handcuffs.
• Kizaru launched Yasakani no Magatama at Luffy and Ace, and Luffy shielded Ace from the barrage.
• Moria, Hancock, and Jinbe protected Luffy's group on Roy's order, with Moria blocking Kizaru's light bullets and attacking him with shadow spears.
• Hancock struck at Kizaru with Perfume Femur and Slave Arrow, while Jinbe hit him with Ocean Current Shoulder Throw.
• Kizaru recovered and asked Moria, Hancock, and Jinbe whether they intended to betray the Marines.