Chapter 594

Cover
Garp and Sengoku are enjoying themselves eating rice crackers. Garp is stacking them on a little table, creating a structure, and Sengoku's goat is chewing on paper.

Quick Summary
Luffy's recent actions are revealed: he infiltrated Marineford again with Rayleigh and Jinbei and rang the Ox Bell to signal his crew about something. Sengoku and Garp step down from their positions before World Government Commander-in-Chief Kong, with the Fleet Admiral recommending Aokiji as his successor. The whereabouts of many Supernovas are revealed.

Long Summary
In Mariejois the five Elder Stars are talking about Luffy's actions. They wondered about Luffy's connection to Rayleigh and regretted about making Jinbei a Shichibukai. They also speak about Blackbeard taking out one of the Supernovas and that only the Yonkou and remains of the Whitebeard Pirates have a chance against Blackbeard. They discuss about replacing the three Shichibukais that were lost (Jinbei, Teach, and Moria). In the same place, World Government Commander-in-Chief Kong talks to Sengoku about his and Garp's "holding back" in Marine ranks. The now former Fleet-Admiral Sengoku recommends Admiral Aokiji as his successor.

In Marineford, which is being rebuilt, Aokiji and Smoker are talking first about Luffy's actions, and later about Smoker's possible new employment in a New World Marine base, G-5, which is said to be full of problems. The Commodore's wish to be transferred there stems from his will to chase Luffy and the other rookies who have entered the second half of the Grand Line. In the medical center, a doctor informs Coby that what he heard during the battle was surely Haki, and it is revealed that all Marines with a Vice-Admiral rank and up can use Haki. Helmeppo exclaims that Coby has gotten one step ahead of him. Finally it is revealed what Luffy has done from Brandnew: he came with Jinbei and Rayleigh to Marineford. The trio stole a marine ship and circle around Marineford. Luffy proceeds to enter the plaza alone to ring the Ox Bell 16 times, with many photographers taking his picture to put on their newspapers. This deed might be considered both an homage to the ones fallen during the war, but Brandnew concludes that it is a declaration of war.

In the New World, on an unnamed island adorned by strange, pointed rock formations, and inhabited by dark swine-like animals, Kid and his crew are talking about Luffy's behaviour. Killer specifies some details on the Ox Bell, telling the others about the symbolic meaning it has for the Marines, being rung 8 times to conclude the previous year and another 8 times for the start of the next year. Kid then wonders if Luffy is saying that he will make the new era himself. Outside their camp there are a lot of captured defeated men, who are then killed and crucified by Kid using his Devil Fruit power. The Supernova laughed about their low strength and their desire to go back home after their total defeat.

Somewhere else, also in the New World, Capone Bege's ship is pulled towards the sky by a strange structure, similar to a dark globe, with what look like rocky formations protruding from it.

Back in the Grand Line, Luffy is travelling on a Kuja ship with Jinbei and Rayleigh, hoping that his crewmates understood the message he sent them by ringing the Ox Bell. On the various islands they where sent on, all of them (except for Zoro) apparently understand what he wanted to let them know, something that has yet to be revealed.

In the meantime, in Foodvalten, Hawkins and his crew are confronting Brownbeard and his men. The Supernova casually angers Brownbeard asking what his name is. Hawkins ingnores Brownbeard's mumbling about his glory and tells Brownbeard two things. First, he hates jokes and second, he sees the shadow of death upon Brownbeard. He unsheathes his sword and prepares to fight.

The last Supernova shown is Urouge and his crew, unable to dock their ship on an island in the New World because of the continuous lightning being emitted from it. A smaller vessel approaches them, with an old man offering to give them some umbrellas. The chapter ends with the narrator saying that, in comparison to the New World, the first half of the Grand Line is a paradise.

Plot points

 * Kong makes his first full appearance.
 * Both Sengoku and Garp resign from the Marines.
 * Sengoku recommends Aokiji to be the next Fleet Admiral.
 * Coby is revealed to have his Haki awakened. It is also revealed that Haki is used by Vice Admirals.
 * Smoker makes a request to be transferred to the G-5 base in the New World.
 * Luffy's deed that caused the sensation on the newspaper is finally revealed, this being the ringing of the Marine's Ox Bell.
 * In the photo, Luffy appears with a new tattoo on his right arm, similar to Ace's.
 * Some of the Supernovas' whereabouts are revealed: Kid shows off his cruelty by killing and crucifying some prisoners; Bege's ship is pulled into the sky by a strange entity; Hawkins prepares to fight Brownbeard, unsheathing his sword for the first time, and Urouge has problems in docking on an island that emits lightning.
 * Blackbeard has apparently defeated either X. Drake, Trafalgar Law, Scratchman Apoo or Jewelry Bonney.
 * All of Luffy's crewmembers apparently understood the mysterious message Luffy sent them with the Ox Bell's ringing (with the exception of Zoro, who was still trying to figure it out).
 * This is the first time that all of the Strawhats appeared in the same chapter together outside of a flashback since they were separated by Kuma.