## One Piece Chapter 553, pages 2-4: Ultimate Showdown - Chapter: 553 - Pages: 2-4 - Characters: Aokiji, Whitebeard, Sengoku, Marines, Whitebeard Pirates, Moby Dick, Whitebeard allied captains ### Summary Page 2: Aokiji answers the tsunami. Sengoku or another Marine calls, "Aokiji...!!" and Aokiji mutters, "You little tyke...!!!" before launching "Ice Age!!!" He freezes the monstrous waves in place, turning the bay and the water around Whitebeard's ships into an enormous sheet of ice. The frozen sea traps the incoming disaster but also leaves the pirate ships and Marineford surrounded by a new battlefield. Whitebeard watches with a grin, while the huge ice walls and cracking sounds show that an admiral has stopped the disaster with his own overwhelming power. Page 3: The tsunami stops, and the Marines realize Aokiji has frozen the whole bay. Someone shouts, "Partisan!!!" as Aokiji fires spears of ice toward Whitebeard, but Whitebeard cracks the attack apart with a quake-powered strike. Aokiji is knocked down into the bay, and one Marine gasps that he fell into the sea and asks whether anyone will go get him. The frozen water, however, is now solid ground. The sea around the Moby Dick and Marineford becomes a huge ice platform, replacing the water barrier with a route for both armies to charge across. Page 4: The frozen bay changes the entire battle. Pirates shout that their hearts were so hot they almost got overwhelmed, then rejoice, "A frozen sea is just what we needed!!" and charge: "Attaaaack!!!" Marines answer that the whole bay is frozen solid and the ships will not be able to maneuver at all. Orders ring out: "Open fire!!!" and "Destroy the Moby Dick!!!" The Whitebeard Pirates and allied captains rush from their ships onto the ice, while the Marines prepare cannons and guns. The ice gives both sides a road into direct combat.