Summit War Saga

The Whitebeard War Saga is the fifth saga in the anime and manga series One Piece. It follows the Straw Hat Pirates after their adventures at Water 7, and their trials to reach the Red Line and the New World. It has three arcs thus far. The major focus of the saga is the impending war between the World Government and Whitebeard set in motion after Ace was captured and sentenced to death.

With Robin and Usopp back in the crew and Franky newly joined, the Straw Hats sail forth for the New World on their new ship, Thousand Sunny. Along the way, the crew are detoured in the forbidding Florian Triangle, where a megalomaniacal Shichibukai, Gecko Moria, is amassing an army of zombies to claim the Pirate King title for his own.

After defeating Moria and evading the clutches of his associate, Bartholomew Kuma, the Straw Hats pick up a wandering skeleton named Brook as the crew musician, and then set their sights under the sea, to Gyojin Island. But first, they must help a mermaid named Camie rescue their old enemy Hatchan from a criminal named Duval, who has a grudge against Sanji due to being wanted. They then must head to the Sabaody Archipelago and find someone to coat their ship with a special resin to enable it to travel underwater to Fishman Island. However, Luffy's attacking one of the World Nobles leads to an incident in which the Marines deploy Admiral Kizaru to the island to defeat the pirates.

After an unexpected move by Shichibukai Bartholomew Kuma, the entire Straw Hat crew is sent in every direction away from Sabaody Archipelago. The Straw Hats were sent all along the Grand Line and the Calm Belt with the exception of Robin and Chopper who were sent to West and South Blue respectively. Luffy's story is the first to be shown and it is revealed he has landed on the island of female warriors, Amazon Lily. There, he is poisoned by a mushroom that causes mushrooms to grow out of his body. Since he is covered in mushrooms, the inhabitants of Amazon Lily thinks he is a woman. When he is discovered to be a man, he is sent on a chase with the female warriors angrily going after him as it has been a rule that a man must never lay a step on Amazon Lily. The chase comes to an end after the empress of the island, Boa Hancock, arrives. It is soon revealed that Hancock is one of the Shichibukai and that she has the power of the Mero Mero no Mi. Upon learning that a man is on the island, Hancock punishes three of the islanders for helping the him. Hancock then sets a battle off between Luffy and her sisters. Though the sisters are both devil fruit users, they are defeated by Luffy when he uses a strange burst of haki. During the battle, Hancock begins to realize that Luffy is not a bad person and she soon falls in love with him. He then requests that Hancock take him to Impel Down to rescue Ace before his execution takes place.

Meanwhile, the locations of the others are revealed. Nami has landed on Weatheria, a sky island that studies weather. Franky has landed in a futuristic snow island known as Barjimoa. Sanji has landed in the island of "pure- hearted maidens", Momoiro. Usopp was sent to a forest island called Greenstone. Brook has fallen to the land of poverty, Namakura Island. Robin has been sent to an island of labor in West Blue known as Tequila Wolf and Chopper has landed on an island ruled by birds in South Blue, the Torino Kingdom. Lastly, Zoro was sent to the Ruins of the Shikkearu Kingdom.

Chapters: 442- (Volume 46-)

Episodes: 337-

Year Ran: 2007-


 * Thriller Bark arc 2007-2008
 * Sabaody Archipelago arc 2008
 * Amazon Lily arc 2008
 * Impel Down arc 2008