Even If It Means Death! Luffy vs. The Navy; The Battle Starts!

As the field marvels at Luffy, he warns Whitebeard that the Marines mean to execute Ace ahead of schedule. Whitebeard thanks him, and onlookers are struck that the two speak as equals. Luffy throws himself into the assault, plowing through Marines, while Jozu sends his division to back him and Jinbe, Ivankov, and the Newkamas leap in. Kizaru strikes the charging Fourteenth Division and turns toward Luffy, but Ivankov shoves him clear with a Death Wink. Kuma then attacks Ivankov, who is baffled at being targeted by an old comrade, and tells Luffy to leave Kuma to him.

Fullbody and Jango move to stop Luffy, who barely recalls them until their past humiliations come back; he dodges Jango's hypnosis by chance and the pair fall to it themselves before Hina kicks them aside.

Luffy slips past Hina's cage using Gear Second and pushes deeper into the field. Ace, alarmed at the danger, screams for Luffy to retreat and berates him for meddling in others' affairs, but Luffy insists they are brothers and rejects any pirate code. Moria sends a horde of zombies after Luffy to claim his shadow for Oars Jr., and Jinbe scatters them with seawater, taking Moria for himself. Sengoku then announces to all that Luffy is Dragon's son and an adoptive brother of Ace, ordering his death and shocking the crowd at Sabaody. Luffy crushes a giant with Gear Third and vows to save Ace even at the cost of his life, moving the Whitebeard Pirates and prompting Whitebeard to tell Marco they cannot let him die.

The anime adds the Jango and Fullbody fight against Luffy, absent from the manga, and has Luffy battle Moria's zombies before Jinbe steps in, whereas the manga had Jinbe subdue them first. Speed Jiru is named as the Fourteenth Division commander here, a detail Oda only confirmed later via SBS. The manga also gave Mihawk and Doflamingo lines during Sengoku's reveal, which the anime omits, and hinted more clearly at a third cup foreshadowing Sabo. Epoida, Amadob, Karma, and Kinga debut.