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The season focuses on Monkey D. Luffy as he and Whitebeard's pirates fights against the Marines and tries to save his adoptive brother Portgas D. Ace from the execution. It contains two story arcs . The first is titled "Marineford" ( マリンフォード , Marinfōdo ) , which mainly adapts the 56th to 59th volumes of the material from the One ...
Along with Buggy and members of the Revolutionary Army, Luffy frees the prisoners, but Ace is transferred to Marineford for his execution. Luffy and Buggy lead the prisoners into the war in Marineford between the navy and Whitebeard's forces. Whitebeard is eventually impressed by Luffy's spirit and orders his men to support Luffy directly.
Luffy's group managed to enter the lab with the aid of Law, and they opened the gate, allowing the G-5 Marines to get in before closing the gate, but the rest of the Straw Hats were still outside. Seeing their only chance of hope closing, Zoro and Kin'emon effortlessly cut the gate open, getting everyone inside safely.
Magellan orders Sadie and the rest of the Demon Guards to guard the stairway to Level 5 while Hannyabal gets assigned to Level 3. Luffy and the others land in Level 4, managing to avoid being boiled in the sea of blood. Luffy and Mr. 2 fight their way through the guards in search of food until Magellan intercepts them.
Robin and Franky are brought before Spandam, while Luffy blasts through waves of marines. The Galley-La foremen and the Franky Family eventually slip by Oimo and open the second gate. However, their joy is short-lived, as a group of marines closes the first gate behind them.
The remaining 4 episodes give insight into the fates of Luffy's crew, while Luffy with Hancock's help, who fell in love with him, travels to Impel Down, the world's largest prison, to save his adoptive older brother, Portgas D. Ace, from execution. The season initially ran from July 5 through October 11, 2009 on Fuji Television in Japan.
As the Marines are summoned to the archipelago to capture Luffy, Nico Robin discovers Brook's concert pamphlet and a recruitment notice with two World Government agents in hot pursuit, Franky waits with the coated Thousand Sunny, and Chopper is excited at the Straw Hats' reunion. Just as the fake Straw Hats try to find Nami and Usopp, the real ...
Robin is frozen by Aokiji and Luffy tells the others to escape with her. In the Going Merry, Usopp and Chopper try to thaw her in the shower. Luffy gets defeated, but his life is spared as Aokiji believes he must repay the debt the marines incurred from Crocodile's defeat at Luffy's hands. With the crew defrosted, they continue sailing as usual.