Chapter Summaries

Roy studied the twelve Holy Knights’ abilities while fighting them, then unleashed a tremendous Conqueror’s Haki attack. The chapter ended as his black-red slash, “Shatter the Void,” shot toward their defenses.

• Roy left the icy fog and faced the Holy Knights as Shamrock rallied the other eleven to attack him.
• Roy dodged and countered the Holy Knights while learning their abilities, attack patterns, and defensive weaknesses.
• Shamrock pressed Roy with repeated freezing slashes, but Roy blasted him backward and retreated into the air.
• Roy gathered compressed Conqueror’s Haki along Shusui as Shamrock and the Holy Knights prepared their strongest defenses.
• Roy unleashed “Conqueror’s Coating: Shatter the Void,” sending a straight black-red slash toward the Holy Knights.

Roy’s slash tore through the Holy Knights’ defenses, killing two and badly injuring several others before cutting off two of Saint Saturn’s spider legs. As Black Turn began to emerge from the fallen Knights’ wounds, Roy recognized the ability and its weakness: the mark itself was vulnerable.

• Roy’s spatial slash cut through the Holy Knights’ defenses, killing two, wounding several others, and forcing Shamrock and Saint Saturn to evade.
• Roy taunted Shamrock, while Saint Saturn realized Roy’s Conqueror’s Haki was preventing his severed spider legs from regenerating.
• Roy saw black mist rising from the fallen Knights and identified it as Black Turn Domination, which could repair fatal injuries.
• Roy recalled that Black Turn’s mark was its weak point.

Roy killed two Holy Knights by disrupting their Black Turn healing with Conqueror’s Haki and cutting away the marked body parts. Saint Saturn then attacked Roy, and the two began a fierce fight as the battle across Marineford intensified.

• Roy sensed the Black Turn marks on two wounded Holy Knights, interrupted their healing with Conqueror’s Haki, and killed them by cutting off the marked limbs.
• The surviving Holy Knights grew fearful, while Saint Saturn worried Roy might know the World Government’s deepest secrets, including Imu’s existence.
• Saint Saturn charged Roy from behind with a powerful Haki attack, but Roy dodged it and faced him.
• Saint Saturn armored himself with black Haki and launched a relentless assault, clashing with Roy’s Shusui across the ice.
• The fight’s shockwaves sent nearby Holy Knights flying as the battle between Hachinosu and the Marines reached its most brutal stage.

As the Marines restored their formation, Moria, Hancock, and Jinbe returned from the harbor and renewed the attack, while Kuma and Kyros pushed through the battlefield to support Roy. Kyros defeated a Vice Admiral who tried to stop him and continued toward Roy as Roy battled Saint Saturn.

• A Marine Rear Admiral and several Commodores regrouped the scattered Marines, rebuilding their defensive line as Sengoku watched.
• Moria returned after delivering Luffy and Ace to the Whitebeard Pirates' ship, then tore through the Marine formation with his shadow attacks.
• Hancock and Jinbe returned from the harbor, and the three Shichibukai attacked the Marines from separate directions.
• Kuma advanced through the Marine ranks, blasting apart a formation as he made his way to support Roy.
• Bar ordered Kyros to support Roy, and Kyros cut down a Vice Admiral who blocked his path before continuing toward Roy.

The battle at Marineford swung further in Hachinosu’s favor as its fighters overwhelmed Marine forces and Roy kept Saint Saturn occupied. Whitebeard approached the battlefield, while Sengoku remained pinned down by Yamato and four other opponents.

• Burgess repeatedly charged Zephyr despite his injuries, and Zephyr struggled against his relentless attacks and rapid recovery.
• Van Augur shot Marine officers who tried to ambush Burgess or organize a counterattack, leaving the Marine soldiers without clear leadership.
• Roy noticed Hachinosu’s forces gaining ground, while Saint Saturn ordered the remaining Holy Knights to support the Marines.
• Whitebeard walked toward the battlefield as Roy warned Saint Saturn that the World Government’s troubles had only begun.
• Hachinosu’s officers continued cutting down Marine fighters, and Yamato, Savi, Charon, Enel, and Pea kept Sengoku occupied.

Yamato and Savi recovered through Pea’s healing and rejoined Charon and Enel in holding Sengoku back. As the Whitebeard Pirates sailed away from Marineford, Ace tried to return for Whitebeard, but Marco stopped him and told him to respect Pops’ choice to remain behind.

• Sengoku knocked Yamato and Savi unconscious, then fought Charon and Enel as he tried to reach the Marine officers.
• Pea healed Yamato and Savi, who recovered and charged back into battle alongside Charon and Enel against Sengoku.
• The Whitebeard Pirates’ forty-three ships left Marineford with Luffy unconscious and recovering on a stretcher.
• Ace saw Whitebeard walking toward the battlefield and blamed himself for the deaths and injuries caused by his rescue.
• Ace tried to jump back into the sea, but Marco held him and explained that Whitebeard had chosen to stay and die in battle.

Ace blamed himself for Whitebeard’s decision to stay behind, but Marco and the commanders helped him accept it as Whitebeard’s own choice. Whitebeard opened the harbor exit for his sons, then received healing from Pea and returned to Sengoku’s battle.

• Ace broke down over the deaths and Whitebeard staying behind, but Marco explained that Whitebeard had chosen to protect them and the commanders stood with Ace.
• Whitebeard watched the fleet sail away, laughed, and told his sons to return safely to the New World without interfering with his chosen death.
• Whitebeard used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to shatter the ice blocking the harbor exit, and Marco ordered the fleet to sail at full speed without looking back.
• Whitebeard asked Pea to heal him, then stopped Pea once his wounds had recovered and his strength had returned.
• Whitebeard leaped back into Sengoku’s battle.

Whitebeard took Yamato’s place against Sengoku, while Yamato and his companions went to help Roy. Roy continued fighting Saint Saturn and the Holy Knights, recognizing their strength but remaining surrounded and unable to easily finish the battle.

• Whitebeard blocked Sengoku’s attack on Yamato, and Yamato reluctantly agreed to leave Sengoku to him and head toward Roy’s battle with Savi, Charon, Enel, and Pea.
• Whitebeard, restored to much of his strength by Pea’s life energy, challenged Sengoku to settle their decades-long rivalry, and the two resumed fighting.
• Roy clashed with Saint Saturn and assessed that the Elder was difficult to kill because of Black Turn Domination, though Roy considered him no stronger than an Admiral.
• Shamrock and other Holy Knights joined Saint Saturn in attacking Roy, who drove them back but remained surrounded by eight opponents and could not easily defeat them alone.

Roy rearranged Hachinosu’s fighters to isolate Saint Saturn while the battle spread across the battlefield. He, Hawk Eyes, and Bullet prepared to attack one of the Five Elders together.

• Roy used Telekinesis to order Burgess and Kuma to replace Bullet against Garp, while Yamato’s group was sent to face Zephyr.
• Crocodile took Hawk Eyes’s place against Aokiji, allowing Hawk Eyes to join Roy’s group.
• Roy teleported Bullet away from Garp, and Burgess and Kuma began fighting Garp together.
• Roy gathered Hawk Eyes and Bullet to confront Saint Saturn and the Holy Knights, and the three prepared to attack Saint Saturn together.

Roy explained how the Celestial Dragons’ Black Turn marks worked and joined Mihawk in attacking Saint Saturn while Bullet held off the Holy Knights. Saint Saturn realized Roy had located the mark on one of his spider legs and narrowly evaded Roy’s precise strike.

• Roy told Bullet that Conqueror’s Haki could disrupt Black Turn and that severing the marked body part during that window could kill a Celestial Dragon.
• Bullet charged the Holy Knights while Mihawk attacked Saint Saturn and Roy searched for his mark.
• Roy and Mihawk coordinated their attacks, forcing Saint Saturn to defend as Roy probed for the mark’s location.
• Bullet battered the Holy Knights, smashing their defenses and knocking their members down.
• Roy struck at the marked spider leg, but Saint Saturn flipped away and narrowly avoided the blade before shouting at the pirates.

Saint Saturn summoned the other four Five Elders through four pentagram circles while Roy and Hawk Eyes attacked him. As the teleportation continued, Roy pinned Saturn’s staff and Hawk Eyes’ slash began breaking through his Haki shield.

• Saint Saturn drove Roy and Hawk Eyes back with Haki and opened four pentagram circles to summon the other Five Elders.
• Roy recognized the circles and tried to disrupt them with Conqueror’s Haki, but their teleportation continued.
• Saint Saturn declared that the assembled Five Elders, Holy Knights, and Marine Admirals would defeat Hachinosu.
• Roy attacked Saturn before the four Elders arrived, and Hawk Eyes joined him with a sword strike.
• Roy pinned Saturn’s staff as Hawk Eyes’ Sea Severing slash cracked the shield Saturn reinforced with Haki and black lightning.

Roy severed Saint Saturn’s spider legs, tore away the leg bearing the Black Turn Domination mark, and left him critically wounded as his healing power vanished. Saint Saturn fell, and the other four Five Elders arrived on the ice.

• Roy used a powerful slash to cut off five of Saint Saturn’s spider legs while Saint Saturn remained pinned by Hawk Eyes’ attack.
• Saint Saturn tried to save the last marked leg, leaving himself exposed, and Roy slashed across his back before tearing the leg away.
• The loss of the Black Turn Domination mark ended Saint Saturn’s regeneration, and Hawk Eyes’ remaining slash broke through his shield and wounded his chest.
• Saint Saturn collapsed onto the ice, bleeding heavily and screaming.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, Saint Topman Warcury, Marcus Saint Mars, and Saint Barbarossa Baro emerged from the four teleportation formations.

Roy killed Saint Saturn after breaking Black Turn and overpowering him, while Bullet and Hawk Eyes held off the other Elders. With Saturn dead and the battlefield stunned, Roy turned toward the four remaining Elders and asked who was next.

• Jupiter Saint Shepherd Ju Peter rushed Roy, but Roy evaded him and stayed focused on killing the wounded Saint Saturn.
• Ju Peter tried to seal Saturn’s wounds, but Roy’s Conqueror’s Haki interfered, while Bullet and Hawk Eyes blocked Warcury, Mars, and Nusjuro.
• Roy confronted the helpless Saturn, pierced his heart with Shusui, and then severed his head to ensure he could not recover.
• Saint Saturn’s death silenced the battlefield as his head rolled to Ju Peter’s feet and his headless body fell.
• Roy shook the blood from Shusui, faced the four remaining Elders, and asked, “Who’s next?”

After Saint Saturn was killed, the four remaining Elders transformed into monstrous beasts and attacked Roy, Bullet, and Hawk Eyes at Marineford. The battle escalated as Hawk Eyes wounded Saint Mars, while Venus Saint Nusjuro confronted him.

• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter mourned Saint Saturn, and the four remaining Elders unleashed their Conqueror's Haki before transforming.
• Mars Saint Shepherd Ju Peter attacked Roy with flames, but Roy dodged and cut through his attacks.
• Mercury Saint Warcury charged Bullet, who transformed into a White Tiger and hurled the giant boar into a building.
• Jupiter Saint Mars attacked Roy from beneath the ice while Ju Peter attacked from above, but Roy evaded their strikes.
• Hawk Eyes wounded Saint Mars with a slash, weakening his suction attack, before Venus Saint Nusjuro blocked Hawk Eyes's path.

Saint Nusjuro and Hawk Eyes fought a fierce sword duel while Roy battled Saint Shepherd Ju Peter and Saint Mars. Red-Haired Shanks arrived with the Red Hair Pirates and declared that the war would end there.

• Saint Nusjuro challenged Hawk Eyes, and the two swordsmen clashed with Kitetsu I and Black Blade Yoru.
• Roy defended against Saint Shepherd Ju Peter and Saint Mars, then pierced Saint Mars's upper jaw and knocked Saint Shepherd Ju Peter backward.
• A powerful wave of Conqueror's Haki stopped the battlefield's fighters and drew their attention to the harbor entrance.
• The Red Force arrived, and Red-Haired Shanks stepped onto the ice with his officers behind him.
• Shanks announced that the war would end, stunning the Marines.

Shanks intervened at Marineford and urged the Marines and Hachinosu to stop fighting, warning the Five Elders that Kaido was gathering his fleet. Roy accepted the chance to withdraw, while Whitebeard stayed behind alone as the Ark Maxim departed.

• Shanks confronted the Five Elders, said the battle had lost its purpose, and revealed that Kaido was gathering his fleet.
• Roy judged that Hachinosu had achieved its goals and ordered his forces to retreat.
• Bullet, Hawk Eyes, and the other Hachinosu fighters broke off their battles and gathered aboard the Ark Maxim.
• Roy considered asking Whitebeard to leave with them, but read his resolve and departed without him.
• The Five Elders let Hachinosu withdraw, left with heavy losses, and watched Whitebeard remain alone in Marineford.

Shanks withdrew from Marineford after stopping Akainu, while Whitebeard remained behind to face Sengoku in a final battle. As their powers collided, Marineford shook violently.

• Shanks forced Akainu to withdraw, then departed Marineford with the Red Hair Pirates.
• Shanks warned Beckman that Kaido would likely move against Whitebeard's territory and said he intended to preserve the balance of the New World.
• Whitebeard remained alone in the plaza and challenged Sengoku to show the Marines' backbone.
• Sengoku and Whitebeard exchanged their final blows, and their collision shook Marineford and sent Sengoku stumbling backward.
• Whitebeard seized the opening and raised his bisento again.

Whitebeard fought Sengoku and the three Admirals until he died, after sinking Marineford with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Roy took Whitebeard’s body from the battlefield, claimed the reborn Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and ordered the crew back to Hachinosu.

• Whitebeard battled Sengoku, Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji, enduring their combined attacks while sending tremors through Marineford’s foundations.
• Whitebeard unleashed a final clash that shook the island, then died standing with a smile as the battlefield fell silent.
• Roy appeared beside Whitebeard, shielded his body with Telekinesis, and transported him to the Ark Maxim.
• Roy placed an apple on Whitebeard’s chest and captured the newly reborn Tremor-Tremor Fruit in a prepared box.
• Roy left Whitebeard’s body in a quiet room and told the gathered crew to return to Hachinosu.

Roy returned Whitebeard’s body to the Moby Dick, where the Whitebeard Pirates mourned their captain and began choosing a successor. Rayleigh planned to train Luffy in Haki as Roy revealed that Saint Saturn was dead, setting the stage for conflict with the World Government.

• Roy placed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in a box, brought Whitebeard’s body to the Moby Dick, and told the Ark Maxim’s crew to return to Hachinosu.
• Ace emerged from the cabin, collapsed beside Whitebeard’s body, and mourned him as Marco thanked Roy for bringing Pops back.
• Rayleigh told Roy he intended to train the unconscious Luffy in Haki, and Roy revealed that Saint Saturn had been killed.
• Rayleigh warned Roy that the World Government would retaliate, and Roy said he had been preparing for the coming chaos for ten years.
• Marco nominated Ace to succeed Whitebeard as captain, and Vista, Jozu, and the other division commanders supported him.

After Whitebeard’s funeral, Ace became captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and agreed to an alliance with Roy. Back on Hachinosu, Roy gave Morgans complete footage of the Paramount War, including Whitebeard’s battle and Roy killing Saint Saturn.

• Ace accepted the Whitebeard Pirates’ captaincy after Marco and the other commanders urged him to honor Whitebeard’s choice and protect their family.
• The Whitebeard Pirates brought Whitebeard’s body to Sphinx Island and buried him in a simple funeral attended by the islanders.
• Roy proposed a military alliance, and Ace agreed to stand with Hachinosu against the World Government and the Marines.
• Roy returned to Hachinosu three days later and agreed to Morgans’s request for exclusive footage of the Paramount War.
• Roy gave Morgans a Visual Den Den Mushi containing clear footage of the battle, including Whitebeard fighting the Admirals and Roy severing Saint Saturn’s head.