Recaps

Luffy and the escaped Impel Down prisoners arrived at Marineford and fought through the battlefield as Luffy pressed toward Ace. Whitebeard began to admire Luffy, while Vic watched for Akainu’s chance to attack him.

• Whitebeard killed a masked Giant Vice Admiral who tried to ambush him, and Luffy and the escaped prisoners crashed down from the frozen tsunami onto the battlefield.
• Luffy stopped Crocodile from attacking Whitebeard, spoke with Whitebeard about Shanks and his determination to become Pirate King, and then led the Impel Down group toward the front plaza.
• Kizaru moved to stop Luffy, but Marco blocked him; Luffy continued through the Marines, while Ace urged him to leave and Luffy refused.
• Jinbe intercepted Moria and drove out the shadows Moria had absorbed, while Luffy later ran from Smoker until Hancock broke Smoker’s Jitte and took over the fight.
• Vic kept watch over Luffy and prepared to intervene if Akainu attacked him.

Vic watched Luffy struggle toward the Execution Platform as the Marines tightened their encirclement and prepared to execute Ace. When Squard tried to stab Whitebeard, Vic struck him down with lightning, and Whitebeard turned his cold gaze toward Sengoku.

• Vic secretly freed Jozu from Doflamingo's Parasite String, allowing Jozu to punch Doflamingo and injure him.
• Luffy awakened Observation Haki briefly while dodging Hawk-Eye, then Jinbe and Vista held Hawk-Eye off so Luffy could continue.
• Sengoku ordered the Marine broadcast shut down and sent executioners to the platform, while Sentomaru led twenty cyborgs to encircle the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Vic recognized Squard as the pirate about to betray Whitebeard and struck him with lightning before he could stab his adoptive father.
• Whitebeard looked down at the charred Squard, then fixed his icy gaze on Sengoku.

Vic stopped Squard from wounding Whitebeard, then spoke with him privately and learned that Whitebeard intended to die while asking Vic to save Ace and look after his sons. Vic left the Moby Dick, and Whitebeard attacked Marine Headquarters, opening a passage toward the plaza after the Three Admirals blocked his second strike.

• Vic appeared beside Whitebeard after striking Squard, and the two spoke privately while the surrounding pirates and Marines wondered about his intentions.
• Whitebeard asked Vic to save Ace and help protect his sons, and Vic agreed before leaving the Moby Dick as lightning.
• Whitebeard jumped from the ship, determined to open another route into the plaza and furious over Sengoku's scheme involving Squard.
• Whitebeard slashed with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, shaking and splitting Marine Headquarters and the sea around it.
• Whitebeard followed with a powerful punch that the Three Admirals stopped together, but his attack opened a passage into the plaza.

Whitebeard’s forces broke into Marineford’s plaza after Akainu’s Meteor Volcano melted the bay ice and the ironclad walls rose, while Luffy tried to reach Ace past the Three Admirals. Sengoku then ordered Ace’s execution, and the chapter ended as the executioners brought their blades down.

• A female pirate’s icebreaker opened another passage, but Sengoku’s plan to raise the ironclad walls failed because Aokiji’s ice pinned them beneath the bay.
• Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano, melting much of the ice and allowing the ironclad walls to rise, though Oars’s weight left one passage open.
• Whitebeard brought a coated ship out from beneath the sea, and Oars boosted it into the plaza, where the Whitebeard Pirates and Marines prepared for a direct battle.
• Luffy charged the Three Admirals, used dust from his attack to slip past them, and was kicked back by Kizaru into Whitebeard’s arms.
• Sengoku ordered Ace’s execution, and the executioners raised their blades as Luffy, Whitebeard, and the others cried out in alarm.

Crocodile saved Ace from execution, while Luffy and Whitebeard fought their way toward the platform amid the Marines’ counterattacks. Mr. 3 returned to the platform disguised as an executioner, leaving Ace’s fate unresolved as Whitebeard pressed forward.

• Crocodile struck down the executioners about to kill Ace, drawing Sengoku’s anger and earning Luffy’s gratitude.
• Doflamingo attacked Crocodile, and the two clashed briefly before Luffy ran toward the Execution Platform.
• Mr. 3 escaped Aokiji’s ice and disguised himself as an executioner headed to the platform.
• Aokiji wounded Luffy, but Marco kicked him away before he could continue; Hancock also rushed to protect Luffy.
• Whitebeard charged toward the platform, broke Aokiji’s ice spears, and was briefly frozen before Jozu drove Aokiji off and Whitebeard resumed his advance.

Whitebeard fought Akainu and Kizaru to clear a path to Ace, while Garp stopped Marco from reaching the execution platform. Luffy unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, and Vic decided it was time to act as Whitebeard neared collapse.

• Whitebeard injured Akainu with a series of attacks, but Kizaru abandoned his fight with Marco to join Akainu against him.
• Whitebeard sent Marco toward the execution platform, but Garp struck Marco down before he could reach Ace.
• Akainu and Kizaru attacked Whitebeard together and left him gravely wounded.
• Sengoku ordered the execution to continue, and Vic noticed that one of the execution soldiers was Mr. 3 in disguise.
• Luffy unconsciously unleashed Conqueror’s Haki across the battlefield, interrupting the fighting.
• Vic decided to act to save Ace and keep Whitebeard alive long enough to see Ace escape danger.

Vic confronted Luffy at Marineford and urged him to become stronger, while covertly helping set up Ace’s rescue. Luffy reached Ace, and Mr. 3 freed him as Sengoku’s attack brought down the execution platform.

• Vic kicked Ivankov and Jinbe aside, then told Luffy he had let him experience despair so he would understand the need to grow stronger.
• Luffy asked about his missing crewmates, and Vic reassured him that Kuma had sent them away to train and keep them safe.
• Vic kicked Jinbe and Luffy, sending Luffy toward Ace on the execution platform, where he embraced his brother.
• Luffy tried to unlock Ace’s Seastone Handcuffs, but Kizaru shot the key in two as Sengoku transformed into his Buddha Form.
• Mr. 3 sheltered Ace and Luffy with a candle wall, then used wax and the surviving key fragment to unlock Ace’s handcuffs as Sengoku’s punch toppled the platform.

Ace escaped his Seastone Handcuffs, and the pirates began retreating as Whitebeard stayed behind to hold off the Marines. Ace and Luffy remained with Whitebeard, and the chapter ended with Ace kneeling before him and confirming that he had been a good father.

• Ace broke free of his Seastone Handcuffs and burned away the incoming cannonballs, raising the pirates’ morale.
• Ace and Luffy fought through the Marines, and Ace’s clash with Aokiji ended in a draw.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to retreat and shattered Marineford to create chaos that would cover their escape.
• Whitebeard held back the pursuing Marines while Ace and Luffy hesitated to leave him behind.
• Ace surrounded himself and Whitebeard with a wall of fire, then knelt before him as Whitebeard asked whether he had been a good father.
• Ace answered that Whitebeard had been a good father and pressed his forehead to the ground in tears.

Ace fought Akainu while trying to escape Marineford with Luffy, but Akainu nearly killed Ace by using Luffy as bait. Vic saved Ace, then confronted Sengoku and prepared to settle his old score with Akainu.

• Whitebeard urged Ace to leave, and Ace and Luffy ran toward the shore before Akainu blocked their path.
• Ace and Akainu fought evenly until Akainu launched Meteor Volcano at Ace and rushed toward the exhausted Luffy.
• Ace intercepted Akainu to protect Luffy, but Akainu burned his back before Vic kicked him away and rescued him.
• Vic told Ace and Luffy to stay close, then refused Sengoku's threat to revoke his Shichibukai status and warned Hancock not to join the fight.
• Akainu challenged Vic, who recalled Akainu bullying him when he was a young Marine and prepared to fight him.

Vic defeated Akainu and insisted that he would save Ace despite losing his Shichibukai status. After Sengoku appeared willing to stop fighting, Akainu launched a surprise attack that pierced Vic's chest.

• Akainu attacked Vic with magma, but Vic's Armament Haki Emission kept the magma from reaching him.
• Vic rushed Akainu with overwhelming speed, struck him repeatedly, and left him badly injured.
• The pirates celebrated Vic's intervention as Whitebeard's crew moved to seize warships and escape.
• Sengoku asked Vic to stop opposing the Marines now that Ace had been rescued, but Vic explained his debt to Garp and declared he would save Ace at any cost.
• Akainu used Hell Hound to pierce through Vic's chest while Vic and Sengoku were talking, then accused Sengoku of compromising with pirates.

Vic survived Akainu’s surprise attack, defeated him, and helped Ace and Luffy retreat from Marine Headquarters. Whitebeard split the battlefield to protect his sons, while Blackbeard and his crew revealed themselves near the Execution Platform.

• Akainu punched a hole through Vic’s chest, but Vic revealed that he had evaded the attack by turning his body into lightning.
• Vic struck Akainu and used Thunder Punishment to knock out attacking Marines without killing them, then left with Ace and Luffy.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to pursue the retreating pirates, so Whitebeard split Marine Headquarters with a powerful Tremor-Tremor Fruit strike.
• Whitebeard held off waves of Marines while his sons escaped across the newly formed gap.
• Blackbeard and his subordinates appeared near the Execution Platform after secretly entering Marine Headquarters with the Five Elders’ help.

Blackbeard arrived at Marine Headquarters with his newly recruited crew and confronted the dying Whitebeard, hoping to take his Devil Fruit ability. Whitebeard badly wounded Blackbeard but could not finish him, and the Blackbeard Pirates attacked him as Ace, Luffy, and the others watched in anguish.

• Vic left the warship and returned to the chasm when he saw Blackbeard confronting Whitebeard.
• Sengoku questioned Shiryu about Impel Down and learned that the Gate of Justice had opened for Blackbeard’s crew.
• Whitebeard shattered the platform beneath Blackbeard and his crew, then fought Blackbeard with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability.
• Whitebeard slashed and pinned Blackbeard, then struck him with his ability, but Blackbeard survived and Whitebeard could not kill him.
• Whitebeard’s body gave out as he approached Blackbeard, so Blackbeard fired at him and ordered his crew to attack.
• Ace, Luffy, Marco, and the others cried out as the Blackbeard Pirates continued attacking the motionless Whitebeard.

Whitebeard died after declaring that the One Piece was real, and Blackbeard tried to take his power by covering his body. Vic stopped him and fought off the Blackbeard Pirates, leaving them battered while Van Augur's bullet failed to harm him.

• Whitebeard used his final strength to proclaim that the One Piece was real, then died standing beside his naginata as his sons mourned him.
• Blackbeard and his crew covered Whitebeard's body with a black cloth to carry out their plan, but Vic intervened and struck the whole crew with Thunder Punishment.
• Blackbeard challenged Vic and used the Dark-Dark Fruit to suppress his power, but Vic resisted the pull, let it drag him close, and kicked Blackbeard away.
• Vic punched Champion Jesus Burgess and sent him flying, then Van Augur shot Vic in the forehead, but the bullet had no effect.

Vic overwhelmed the Blackbeard Pirates at Marine Headquarters, defeating their remaining fighters with speed, Haki, and his abilities. The battle left the onlookers stunned, while Hancock convinced herself that Vic had punched Catarina to defend her.

• Vic knocked Van Augur down, hypnotized Lafitte into attacking Doc Q and the sick horse, and watched Shiryu wound Lafitte.
• Vic overpowered Shiryu, breaking through his defense and knocking him unconscious with a punch.
• Vic kicked Vasco Shot away and punched Sanjuan Wolf out of Marine Headquarters.
• Vic knocked Catarina out of Hancock’s borrowed form, then wiped his knuckles after punching her.
• Hancock grew furious at Catarina and imagined that Vic had struck her lookalike in her defense, while pirates and Marines reacted to Vic’s strength.

Vic stopped Akainu from killing Ace and Luffy, then fought him off with his Conqueror’s Haki. Kizaru and Aokiji blocked Vic from pursuing the injured Akainu as additional figures arrived at the battlefield.

• Akainu tunneled beneath the harbor and attacked Ace and Luffy on their warship while Vic was fighting the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Vic used his Speed Domain to reach the ship and stop Akainu’s magma punch, then mocked him for sneaking through a hole in the harbor wall.
• Ace and Ivankov checked on the unconscious Luffy and found that he needed rest but was not in danger.
• Vic suppressed Akainu’s Devil Fruit power with his Conqueror’s Haki and kicked him away.
• Kizaru and Aokiji stepped between Vic and the injured Akainu, and Vic challenged them when they urged him to stop.
• Someone arriving at the battlefield lamented that they had hurried but were still too late.

Shanks arrived at Marine Headquarters and intervened in Vic’s standoff with the Marines, allowing the battle to end without further casualties. The pirates departed with Whitebeard’s body, while Vic arranged for Luffy to meet Rayleigh and prepare for two years of training.

• Shanks arrived with the Red Hair Pirates and called on everyone to stop fighting, and Vic agreed to give him face.
• The Five Elders discussed Vic’s strength and considered revoking his Shichibukai title and raising his bounty.
• Sengoku allowed Shanks to take charge of Whitebeard’s funeral arrangements, and the Marines began tending to their wounded.
• Vic and Shanks placed Whitebeard’s body aboard the Moby Dick, and the pirate ships left Marine Headquarters.
• Vic had Ivankov take the unconscious Luffy to Rayleigh so Luffy could prepare for the two years of training.

After Whitebeard’s funeral, Vic took Ace away to train him and treated Luffy, who had collapsed from the strain of recent events. He convinced Luffy to train for two years before reuniting with the Straw Hat Pirates at Sabaody, while explaining that Luffy would need to rely on his will as well as gradual Haki growth to face older powerhouses.

• Shanks buried Whitebeard, and Vic took Ace away after Marco and the others agreed that Ace should train for two years and eventually become their captain.
• Vic returned to Sabaody with Ace and used bioelectricity to treat Luffy, who woke up relieved to find Ace alive.
• Luffy wanted to set sail to find his crewmates, but Vic warned him that the Straw Hat Pirates were not strong enough for the New World.
• Luffy accepted that he needed to become stronger and asked how long it would take to defeat a Marine Admiral.
• Vic proposed two years of training before the Straw Hat Pirates reunited at Sabaody, and Rayleigh agreed.
• Vic explained that Haki required time to accumulate, so Luffy would need to rely on his strong will to draw out enough power to challenge older opponents.

Vic arranged for Luffy to train with Rayleigh for two years and made sure Luffy’s friends would learn when to reunite. Before leaving, Vic gave Luffy Seastone handcuffs and ordered him to train until they no longer weakened his fighting ability.

• Vic had Luffy tattoo 3D crossed out and 2Y on his arm, then took him, Ace, and Rayleigh to Marine Headquarters to pay respects at Whitebeard’s grave and publicize the reunion message.
• After reporters printed photographs showing Luffy’s tattoo, Vic and Rayleigh took Luffy to an island in the Calm Belt for two years of training.
• Vic explained that Ace was too strong for the island’s beasts and took him away, while Rayleigh agreed to train Luffy to become the next Pirate King.
• Vic gave Luffy Seastone handcuffs and told him to overcome his weakness to Seastone, and Ace urged Luffy to trust Vic’s advice.

Hancock visited Vic and Luffy on Rusukaina, bringing their wanted posters and food, while Vic learned the World Government had revoked his Shichibukai title and raised his bounty to 3.5 billion Beli. After sharing a meal, Vic left with Ace, and in Foosha Village Dadan and Makino discussed the news and their feelings about Vic.

• Hancock arrived at Rusukaina and told Vic and Luffy that their titles and bounties had changed, giving Vic their wanted posters.
• Vic saw that his bounty had risen to 3.5 billion Beli, while Luffy's and Ace's bounties had also increased.
• Hancock's ship brought food and wine, and Vic shared a meal with Hancock, Luffy, Ace, and Rayleigh.
• Vic told Hancock not to visit Luffy without good reason, then left the island with Ace aboard the warship.
• At Makino's bar, Dadan praised Vic after reading the newspaper, and Makino reflected on her lingering feelings for him.

News of Vic’s new bounty and his connection to Luffy spread across the seas, prompting reactions from his family, former acquaintances, rivals, and crew. The chapter ended with Rebecca and the others on Titan Island wondering whether Vic would return and what their crew would do next.

• Bellemere and Nojiko read a newspaper report featuring Vic, Luffy, and Ace, and Nojiko recognized Luffy as Nami’s captain.
• Students at the Shimotsuki Village dojo compared Vic and Zoro’s strength and bounties with their master.
• Cobra and Vivi discussed Vic’s actions in Alabasta and questioned why his high bounty had not led the World Government to name him an Emperor.
• Kid ordered the Kid Pirates to prepare for the New World, while Law planned to use Luffy in a strategy against Doflamingo and Hawkins chose to wait.
• Drake decided to leave for the New World and told his crew to find a coating mechanic.
• Rebecca, Wendy, Ain, and Barnett discussed Vic’s rising bounty and wondered whether he would return to Titan Island.

Big Mom, Kaido, and Shanks reacted to Vic’s growing power and the possible struggle to replace Whitebeard among the Four Emperors. After entering the New World, Vic began training Ace to produce flames hot enough to overcome Haki.

• Big Mom rejected the idea of seizing Whitebeard’s former territory, while Katakuri warned that Vic was destined to rise and Big Mom vowed to destroy him with an ally.
• Kaido drank on Onigashima while his crew argued about his failure to reclaim Yamato from Vic.
• Shanks told Beckman that he trusted Vic but feared Blackbeard, and he proposed meeting Vic; the bounty posters for Vic and Blackbeard drifted away from the Red Force.
• Vic and Ace reached the New World after passing Fish-Man Island, dismissed the pirates they had forced to handle the ship, and sailed toward Titan Island.
• Vic asked Ace to show his hottest flame, and Ace raised its temperature from about three thousand to nearly four thousand degrees while Vic tested how Haki could counter it.

Ace demonstrated increasingly powerful flames for Vic, culminating in a cyan flame hot enough to exceed ten thousand degrees before it exhausted him. Vic decided to begin Ace’s special training immediately and gave him a Soul Fruit to support his growth.

• Ace raised his flame’s temperature through milky white and pure white stages as Vic assessed the strain and limitations.
• Ace produced a brief cyan flame that exceeded ten thousand degrees, carbonized the deck, and forced Vic to protect himself with Haki.
• Vic praised Ace’s progress and explained that the cyan flame could eventually threaten even a Four Emperor if Ace learned to control and sustain it.
• Vic revised his plan and decided Ace would begin training in the illusion the next day, focusing on developing his Flame-Flame Fruit alongside his Haki.
• Vic gave Ace a Soul Fruit and told him to eat it and rest before training began.

Vic trained Ace in an illusion, where Ace improved his Flame-Flame Fruit abilities, then they shared a meal and discussed developing their powers. As their warship neared an uninhabited island, Vic sensed a fighter as powerful as Big Mom, who called out to him as the Dark Dragon.

• Vic ended Ace's illusion training after three days in reality and invited him to eat.
• Ace praised Vic's cooking and discussed the illusion ability and its potential uses in battle.
• Vic explained how developing a fruit ability in everyday life could lead to powerful applications.
• Ace spotted a lush island and suggested stopping there to restock supplies.
• Vic sensed a powerful fighter on the island and warned Ace to be careful.
• The fighter called out to Vic as the Dark Dragon and invited him ashore for a chat.

Vic and Ace went ashore after a powerful stranger called Vic by his old title, Dark Dragon, and challenged him with Conqueror's Haki. Vic protected Ace and matched the stranger's growing pressure, stopping nearby without yet learning his identity.

• A stranger used Secret Sound Transmission to invite Vic ashore, and Vic recognized that the man had mastered the technique on his own.
• Vic and Ace landed beneath a sheer cliff and walked toward the presence they sensed on the island.
• The stranger unleashed Conqueror's Haki, making Ace struggle until Vic released his own Haki to shield him.
• Vic and the stranger's Haki clashed, flattening trees, incapacitating animals, cracking the ground, and darkening the sky with lightning.
• Vic and Ace stopped about thirty meters from the cloaked man, who increased his Haki to test Vic, and Vic gradually matched him.

Vic confronted the escaped Red Count Redfield, who had sought him out after learning about him through Observation Haki. Redfield failed to read Vic’s memories and discovered that Vic could block his ability.

• Vic and Redfield ended their Conqueror’s Haki clash, and Vic recognized him as the Red Count.
• Redfield asked whether Vic was Garp’s disciple, then used Observation Haki to read Ace’s memories and learned he was Roger’s son.
• Vic explained that he had saved Ace to repay a favor, and Redfield revealed that his memory-reading was a special use of Observation Haki.
• Redfield admitted he had come to test Vic but gave up after sensing that Vic was stronger than him.
• Redfield reached toward Vic to probe his memories, but Vic’s power blocked his Observation Haki.