## One Piece Chapter 557: Luffy and Whitebeard - Chapter: 557 - Pages: 0-13 - Characters: Brook, kidnapped woman, villagers, Luffy, Jinbe, Crocodile, Emporio Ivankov, Buggy, Mr. 3, Impel Down escapees, Portgas D. Ace, Marines, Whitebeard Pirates, Whitebeard, Aokiji, Sengoku, Monkey D. Garp, Mihawk, Gecko Moria, Boa Hancock, Helmeppo, Coby, Kuma, Kizaru, Donquixote Doflamingo, Marco, Smoker, Tashigi, Akainu, Monkey D. Dragon, Shanks, Tsuru ### Summary Page 0: Chapter title page: Chapter 557, "Luffy and Whitebeard." The cover starts Short-Term Focused Serial 17, "Brook's Lodgings and Panties Repayment," with Vol. 1 titled "People Who Do Not Fight." Brook runs through a village carrying a young woman while armed villagers chase after him with a question mark hanging over the group behind them. This cover is separate from the Marineford battle, but it begins Brook's separated cover story after the Straw Hats were scattered. Page 1: Luffy and the Impel Down escapees are still trapped in a falling battleship inside the giant frozen wave. Someone screams, "What the heck just happened!!?" and another shouts, "What are we doing up here!!?" A prisoner explains, "I don't know!! We suddenly got picked up by some stupidly huge wave and then the ocean surface suddenly froze over and the ship got stuck in it!!" Jinbe tells them, "Take a look down there. You'll see the answer." They realize, "Old man!! It would seem the war is already underway!!!" Luffy refuses to stop, saying, "Listen up, guys!!! I have an idea, and it's gonna get us out of this!! We can't let this stop us when we've got this far! There are only three hours left until Ace's execution!!!" Page 2: Luffy's plan is to ride the ship down the frozen wave. The escapees yell, "Whaaat!!? Slide down this frozen wave, ship and all!?" and ask if he is out of his mind because this is a battleship and there is no way to move it. Luffy answers, "It's our only chance!!! First of all, we've gotta get the ship unstuck from this ice!! If we all work together, we can do it!!!" Buggy suddenly takes heart and says, "I...!! I suddenly have the feeling I can do this...!!" while his followers shout, "Yeah! We have Captain Buggy, the man who's going to rule the world, on our side!!!" At the same time, a Marine strategy transmission calls all ships and troops: "Objective TOTTZ! Change formation and prepare for General Strategy 3! Preparations are to be executed flawlessly! Once preparations are made, we will be executing Ace before the scheduled time!" Luffy hears only fragments and reacts, "Wha?" Page 3: Luffy and the escapees shout, "We've gotta hurry~!!!" as the ship finally breaks free with huge cracking SFX. The battleship slides down the frozen wave, but the descent goes wrong. The passengers panic, crying "Aaaa-aaghhh...!!" and shouting, "The other way! The other way!!" and "We're gonna fall--!!" The page is driven by motion and sound effects as the ship tips away from the intended path, turning Luffy's improvised rescue plan into a barely controlled plunge toward Marineford. Page 4: Ace looks up from the execution platform and sees the falling ship. The Marines and pirates below also notice the shadow and the screaming voices from above. The battleship drops between the ice, the warships and the frozen wave, landing with a tremendous splash and impact SFX. The huge crash splits the water open and sends waves and broken ice outward. The page contains little dialogue beyond Ace's alarmed reaction, but it marks Luffy's chaotic entrance into the Marineford battlefield. Page 5: Fighters on both sides stop to stare at the crash site. Marines yell, "What just happened!?" and "Did a battleship just fall out of the sky!?" while Whitebeard and Aokiji silently register the impossible arrival. In the water, the escapees cough and complain: "Th... the ocean!!! Thank god, we fell into the ocean!" "I thought we were gonna smash straight into the ice and die!!" and "Why is this the only spot not covered in ice!?" The ship floats in the narrow open-water gap, battered but intact, with the prisoners still alive after their wild descent. Page 6: The escapees begin climbing from the water, with someone yelling, "Up! Get up on the ice!" and another comparing the ocean to prison: "This water's nothing compared to the water torture back in hell!" Crocodile mutters, "Honestly, these fruit users..." as Devil Fruit users struggle in the water. Luffy spots the execution platform and roars, "A~~ce~~~!!! ...!!! I finally found you!!!" Ace cries back, "Luffy!!!" Marines nearby shout, "No time to be dwelling on just him!! Who the hell are these guys!?" and someone recognizes Crocodile, saying, "Oi!! That can't be... Crocodile!!?" Page 7: Luffy and the Impel Down escapees stand revealed before Marineford. Ivankov, Crocodile, Jinbe, Buggy, Mr. 3 and the prisoners gather around Luffy as he declares to Ace, "We're here to save you!!!" Buggy laughs, "Gyahahahaha!!! Are you ready for me, world!!?" while ano...