Ace is freed at last as he and Luffy fight their way back to escape from Marineford.

Luffy unwillingly hits Garp, who is blocking his way to Ace. As Garp falls, the bridge crumbles.

Luffy uses Haki unintentionally just as Ace is about to be executed.

Luffy with his newly restored strength continues on to the execution platform to save Ace and is warned by Ivankov that the hormones only trick his body.

Whitebeard falters for a moment as a result of his age and physical condition.

Ace thinks back to his childhood, when he fought with anyone who spoke ill of Roger, and wondering if he should ever have been born.

Luffy attempts to slip past the admirals, but Kizaru easily catches up to him and knocks him to the ground.

Akainu's Meteor Volcano melts the nearly all the ice and destroys the Whitebeard Pirates' ships, dropping them into boiling water, enabling the cannons on the wall to bombard them while the Pacifistas block the way out.

In a desperate attempt to stop Whitebeard from advancing to the execution platform, the Marines activate walls to block Whitebeard's path, but gets stopped by the ice.

As Squard stabs Whitebeard, the pirates and even marines in the war are shocked due to his betrayal.

The Pacifista enter Marineford as part of Sengoku's plan to win the war against Whitebeard.

Luffy stumbles upon Mihawk, whom he tries to avoid.

Luffy receives the key to Ace's handcuffs from Hancock, who then fantasizes about a wedding ceremony held on Amazon Lily.

One battle after another, it is complete chaos out on the battlefield.

With Luffy as their inspiration, the other pirates fight back with renewed vigor.

Luffy finally shows up together with his formed alliance from the escaped prisoners of Impel Down.

Koby and Helmeppo attempted to flee from the war after feeling too overwhelmed by the deaths and chaos, but stumbled upon Akainu and an apparent plan by Sengoku.

Oars Jr. goes straight for Ace, but the Giant Squad attempts to stop him without much success.

All the various Whitebeard Commanders show off their skills and abilities, as do some Marines.

The sea-quakes made by Whitebeard cause a tsunami to come upon Marineford.

Whitebeard reveals his Devil Fruit powers in front of the Marines.

The world is shocked by the revelation of Ace's father's identity.

Only three hours remain until Ace's execution. Luffy reaches Marineford but finds the Gates of Justice closed.

While Luffy's on his way to rescue Ace, everyone at Marine Headquarters gets ready for the execution.

Luffy recalls his childhood with Ace and meeting Marshall D. Teach in Jaya without knowing who he was.

While heading to the sea to return to the Sabaody Archipelago, Zoro and Perona stumble upon an enormous tombstone. Brook decides he has to wait to find Luffy and the others until he can fulfill his debt to the people of Harahettania.

Robin was captured by the guards of Tequila Wolf and was sent to the Prison Tower.

Sanji is chased by okamas to Caroline - the queen's stand in.

As Luffy's ship heads to the Marine Headquarters, the scene shifts to a point some time in the past.

Shiryu saves Blackbeard and his crew by giving them antidotes to Magellan's poison before taking the opportunity to join with them.

Bentham puts himself on the line to save Luffy and the others, by disguising himself as Warden Magellan.

Jinbe, Crocodile and Daz Bones finally secure a Marine vessel to escape with. Meanwhile, Luffy continues his fight against Magellan, with the assistance of Galdino's Doru Doru no Mi powers.

Luffy becomes enraged after learning about Magellan defeating Emporio Ivankov and Inazuma, but Mr. 2 and Jinbe persuade him that escaping takes priority.

Luffy and the other prisoners are getting closer to the surface, having made it through levels 3 and 2.

Although Luffy wants a proper battle with Blackbeard, Jinbe reminds him there's no time for that as Ace's execution will occur in only a few short hours.

Luffy fights Hannyabal who tries to stop the escapees, but then Blackbeard shows up and breaks up the fight between Luffy and Hannyabal.

The Jailer Beasts arrive and overpower many of the prisoners, but Luffy, Jinbe and Crocodile defeat them in a single attack each.

While Luffy and his allies continue fighting on Level 4 of Impel Down, Buggy and Mr. 3 reach Level 2 and release the prisoners there to cause a riot to cover their escape.

Luffy is reluctant to free Crocodile, but Ivankov offers to keep him in line by blackmailing him with a weakness he knows about.

When Luffy made it to Level 6 with Ivankov and Inazuma, they met up with the former cellmate of Ace, Jinbe.

As Luffy is finally revived, he is informed by Emporio Ivankov about Iva's background.

Bentham learns that Ivankov has the ability to control hormones.

Emporio Ivankov displays some of his powers, including stopping a vengeful pirate's cannon shot merely by winking.

Mr. 2 apologizes for abandoning Luffy and searches for Ivankov.

Luffy is thrown into a cell where he is left to die of poisoning.

Magellan has Luffy backed into a corner and is using his devil fruit powers to poison Luffy.

Luffy begins fighting Magellan despite Bentham's warnings to flee, and finds that he is unable to go on the offensive because of Magellan's poisonous body and long-range poison attacks.

Luffy and his team fall to the hot fire while Magellan works out the plan to capture them.

Magellan finally receives word of Luffy's break-in, and decides to gather his forces to Level 4, to cut off Luffy and his allies.