Chapter 576

Chapter 576 is called "The Great Pirate Edward Newgate".

Cover
Franky, with the help of Brook, is building a multiple housing bird complex, while Robin watches on.

Short Summary
Blackbeard arrives at Marineford with several new crew members. Whitebeard attacks, but Blackbeard and his crew gang up and attack the wounded pirate. Edward Newgate, the most powerful man in the world, dies standing up.

Long Summary
After the escaped Level 6 inmates of Blackbeard's crew have been quickly highlighted, Whitebeard and Blackbeard begin to fight each other. Blackbeard's Yami Yami no Mi powers negate Whitebeard's Gura Gura no Mi powers but Whitebeard still gains the upper hand as he exclaims that he could never call Blackbeard "son" after everything he has done. There is a flashback of a conversation between Whitebeard and Roger in which Roger offers to tell Whitebard how to get to Raftel to claim One Piece. Whitebeard turns him down saying treasure isn't what he is after. Roger notes that everyone is calling him Gold Roger when he is Gol D. Roger. Whitebeard inquires about the D and its meaning and Roger tells him off panel.

Meanwhile, as Whitebeard nearly kills Blackbeard by using his quake powers at point blank range. He cryptically says that Blackbeard isn't the person Roger was waiting for but rather someone who will bear the weight of all those centuries upon his back (of people passing their will to the next generation) to challenge the world in a massive war. There is another flashback conversation where a much younger Whitebeard tells an unknown pirate that he isn't interested in treasure. He just wants family. He apologizes to his sons for leaving Blackbeard for them to deal with, thanks them and bids them a final farewell. Whitebeard is eulogized by the narrator listing all the injuries he had taken in this war yet his back, where his jolly roger is tattooed, bears no marks or scars of retreat as Whitebeard dies standing up.

Chapter Notes

 * The names of the pirates that joined Blackbeard's crew are revealed.
 * It is revealed how Luffy and his fellow Impel Down escapees were able to pass through the Gates of Justice.
 * It is confirmed by Whitebeard that One Piece exists.
 * It is revealed that Roger told Whitebeard the meaning of the initial "D".
 * A gigantic war is predicted to come that will engulf the entire world once One Piece is found.
 * The Strongest Man in the World, Edward Newgate, also known as Whitebeard, dies, making this the second death of a major character outside of a flashback.

Characters
1: first introduction

Anime Episode
pag. 1-3: episode 484

pag. 3-16: episode 485

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