## One Piece Chapter 561: Luffy vs Mihawk - Chapter: 561 - Pages: 0-14 - Characters: Luffy, monkeys, Mihawk, Portgas D. Ace, Marines, Whitebeard Pirates, Impel Down prisoners, Newkama, Impel Down escapees, Crocodile, Donquixote Doflamingo, Buggy, Buggy's followers, Vista, Emporio Ivankov, Jinbe, Sengoku, Akainu, Den Den Mushi viewers, Whitebeard, Pacifista, Bartholomew Kuma, World Government ### Summary Page 0: Chapter title page: Chapter 561, "Luffy vs Mihawk." The cover shows Luffy on a tropical island with large monkeys, hanging upside down from a branch and stretching his arm while the monkeys watch him. One monkey sits smiling beside him, another peers from behind foliage, and palm trees fill the background. The page functions as a cover illustration separate from the Marineford battle, with no story dialogue beyond the chapter title. Page 1: Luffy faces Mihawk and says, "This is no time for me to be fighting a guy as strong as that!! I'm here to save Ace!!!" Mihawk stands in his way without hesitation. Luffy tries to rush past him, but Mihawk's blade flashes through the battlefield, cutting down the space around him. The slash forces Luffy back and makes clear that Mihawk will not simply let him run to the execution platform. Page 2: Mihawk continues attacking Luffy at range. Luffy dodges through the huge slashes but is struck and grunts in pain. Mihawk calmly states, "You remain within my range." Another sweeping cut tears across the ice and battlefield, sending debris and fighters flying. Luffy realizes that even distance does not put him safely beyond the world's greatest swordsman's reach. Page 3: Luffy is hit again and nearby fighters cry that Mihawk cut them. A group of Impel Down prisoners rushes in front of Luffy, shouting, "Out of the way, Strawhat!! We'll stop him for you!!!" They call to Mihawk, "Hawkeye! Do you remember us!? We once faced you in battle, but we are newkamas now, far stronger than we once were!!!" Luffy is startled by their sudden help, while the prisoners confidently try to hold Mihawk back for him. Page 4: Mihawk cuts down the prisoners without even recognizing them, saying, "I do not recall the face of every insect I crush!!!" Luffy tries to counter with "Gomu Gomu... Jet..." but stops himself at the last instant when he realizes his stretched arm would have been sliced off. He admits, "Haa... that was close...!! Just now... if I'd stuck my arm out... it would've been sliced off!!" Mihawk observes, "You seem unusually calm..." recognizing that Luffy's instincts are sharpening under pressure. Page 5: Mihawk swings again, and his slash cuts a massive section from the frozen wall. The huge glacier begins falling toward the ships and battlefield, while fighters below shout, "The glacier is falling this way!!!" Luffy and the surrounding pirates stare in shock at the scale of the cut. Mihawk's casual attack becomes a hazard for the entire battlefield, not just for Luffy. Page 6: Crocodile rejects Doflamingo's offer of alliance. When Doflamingo says, "Join forces with you...!?" Crocodile answers, "How arrogant of you to consider yourself on my level. Did you perhaps mean to say 'make me your subordinate'?" Doflamingo laughs that he thought Crocodile might have grown more reasonable, but Crocodile replies, "Would I be here now if I had?" He attacks with "Sables!!" and blows Doflamingo away, shouting, "You damned flamingo!!! Out of my sight." Page 7: Crocodile's sandstorm sweeps Buggy and others into other people's battles. Buggy's men yell, "Captain Buggy! You're getting caught up in other people's battles now!?" as he is carried through the chaos. Mihawk, meanwhile, resumes pressing Luffy and asks, "What now, hm!?" He points out, "You are moving farther and farther from your brother!!!" Luffy curses and tries to find an opening while the fight with Mihawk continues to push him away from Ace. Page 8: Luffy uses Buggy as a shield against Mihawk, yelling, "Jet Substitute!!!" and then "Gomu Gomu Substitute!!!" Buggy screams, "The heck was that for, huh!? Strawhat!!!" while Luffy answers that it was Mihawk who cut him, not Luffy. Buggy recognizes his opponent and shouts, "You... you're Hawkeye, right!? Unforgivable~!!!" He throws, "Take this... Special Buggy Ball!!! That'll blast you away!!!" turning his anger and panic into an attack against Mihawk. Page 9: Buggy's Special Buggy Ball explodes, and his followers cry, "Captain Buggy!!?" Luffy uses the distraction to escape, shouting, "Thanks, Buggy!! I'll never forget you!!!" Mihawk steps through the smoke and says, "This is far from over." As he prepares to continue, someone calls, "Vista!!! Lend him a hand!!" and Vista answers, "Roger that!" The swordsman from the Whitebeard Pirates cuts in, saying, "Leave it to me!!" and blocks Mihawk's pursuit. Page 10: Vista confronts Mihawk. Marines shout, "Whitebeard Pirates!" and identify him as "Fifth Division Commander, Floral Blade Vista..." Vista says, "A pleasure, Hawkeye Mihawk." Miha...