Episode 485

"Settling the Score - Whitebeard vs. The Blackbeard Pirates" is the 485th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Blackbeard and his pirates arrive in Marineford, as they are taken down from the execution platform by Whitebeard. In order to avenge his two sons (Ace and Thatch), Whitebeard fights Blackbeard. Even with Blackbeard's powers to cancel Devil Fruit abilities, Whitebeard deals a critical blow with his bisento, and then proceeds to pin Blackbeard down, grabs him by the throat, and uses his devil fruit to crush him and throw him back. Teach still survives, and with his crew, all cowardly attack Whitebeard. In his final moments, Whitebeard remembers his last meeting with Roger and his path as a pirate in order to have his family. Whitebeard dies standing, right after telling Blackbeard that he is not the one Roger is waiting for, saying that the will of people like Ace will not die and there will be one that will challenge the world in the future, and then telling the world that One Piece is real.

Anime and Manga Differences

 * The following are seen in the anime version:
 * The fight between Whitebeard and Blackbeard is extended. Blackbeard manages to land punches on Whitebeard's torso and chin.
 * Even after the initial strike proved Whitebeard's quake punch has no effect on Blackbeard, Whitebeard continued to punch several more times before using his bisento.
 * When Blackbeard was cut by the bisento, the wound wasn't as graphic as it had been in the manga.
 * Whitebeard was unable to move after his last attack on Blackbeard.
 * Whitebeard was shown with his body turned red with smoke coming out of it similar to Luffy in Gear Second. This was likely done to signify his fury.
 * Whitebeard's speech was longer.
 * Jinbe turned around for a brief moment when Whitebeard died.
 * A recap of Whitebeard's injuries and successful damage to people such as Akainu was shown.

Trivia

 * As of this episode, the opening adds the new Blackbeard Pirates while the opening in the previous episodes only had the original Blackbeard Pirates and Shiliew.
 * In this episode, the introduction and the short narration of events of the previous episode were not shown.
 * In a flashback of Whitebeard, Ace was shown with the shoes that the Marines gave to him before his execution instead of his boots.