## One Piece Chapter 578: The Man Delivered to a New Age - Chapter: 578 - Pages: 0-14 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, Marshall D. Teach, Whitebeard, Portgas D. Ace, Marines, Blackbeard Pirates, Sengoku, Akainu, Jimbei, Emporio Ivankov, Inazuma, Monkey D. Dragon, Whitebeard Pirates, Aokiji, Crocodile, allied pirates, Buggy, Buggy's followers, escaped prisoners, Marco, Vista, Trafalgar Law, Heart Pirates, Bepo, Jean Bart ### Summary Page 0: Chapter title page: Chapter 578, "The Man Delivered to a New Age." The color cover shows the Straw Hat Pirates relaxing on and around a long green dragon or serpent while many bright parrots fly nearby. Luffy sits grinning at the front, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook are spread across the creature's back, and the One Piece logo and title dominate the top of the page. There is no Marineford story dialogue beyond the chapter title. Page 1: Marineford continues to collapse after Blackbeard reveals Whitebeard's power. Marines panic, shouting, "Headquarters is being destroyed!!" and "Get out of here!!! It's done for!!!" Another voice says, "This fortress has stood for hundreds of years protecting the seas..." while others cry, "Look at the state it's in!!!" Someone worries, "To the world!!? What's going to happen to the world?" The page frames Blackbeard as the cause of the war's spiral: "Blackbeard, who captured Ace and started this war, has taken Whitebeard's ability!!!" Page 2: Blackbeard revels in the stolen Gura Gura power while his crew watches from the wreckage. He laughs, "Zehahaha-hahaha!!!" and shouts, "The power!!! It's flowing from within my body!!! What amazing power!!!" As rubble and shock waves spread through Marineford, Teach declares, "I feel like I can do whatever I want to this world!!!" He chooses his first target immediately: "Let's start off... by sinking Marineford into the sea!!!" The Blackbeard Pirates stand behind him as the battlefield trembles. Page 3: Before Blackbeard can unleash more destruction, Sengoku moves. Marines and pirates react with "What!!?" and "Hm?" as the giant Buddha form comes down on Teach and his crew with a massive shock wave. The impact throws the Blackbeard Pirates backward and breaks the ground beneath them. Blackbeard is forced to brace under Sengoku's attack, the page filling with heavy impact lettering and debris as the Fleet Admiral answers Teach's threat directly instead of letting Marineford be swallowed. Page 4: Sengoku stands between Blackbeard and Marineford's destruction. He says, "A fortress... can be rebuilt... But the island of Marineford stands at the center of the world." He explains, "For the good people of the world who fear you villains, there is a deeper meaning to our presence here!! Our justice will never be destroyed!!!" Sengoku snarls, "Don't speak so lightly of sinking this place, you pup!!!" Blackbeard answers with a grin, "Zehahaha... well then... try to protect it!!!" His crew reels from the shock wave while Teach prepares to clash again. Page 5: The chase for Luffy continues away from the Blackbeard clash. Iva and Inazuma are struck down while allies cry, "Iva!!!" and "Inazuma!!!" Akainu presses forward through the battlefield and asks, "Jimbei... won't you give me Dragon's son?" The pirates around him rage, "Why, you...!!!" Jimbei carries the unconscious Luffy through smoke and broken ice, trying to reach the sea while Akainu closes in with lethal persistence. The page keeps Luffy's life as the center of the struggle even after Ace and Whitebeard's deaths. Page 6: Jimbei runs with Luffy, panting, "Haa... haa..." and thinking that if he can reach the sea he will have the advantage: "If we reach the sea, I'll have the advantage!!! We can escape!" But the path is blocked by ice with a hard "Kachin!!" Someone curses, "Damn!! The ice!!!" and another warns, "He's here!!" as Akainu catches up. Jimbei realizes the escape route is failing, and a small voice says, "Sorry, Jimbei..." while Luffy remains limp in his arms and the battlefield closes around them. Page 7: Akainu's magma fist punches through Jimbei from behind and reaches Luffy, throwing blood across the page. Onlookers scream, "Jimbei!!!" and "Damn!!" as Luffy cries, "Aaaahh!!!" Marines and pirates realize the horror of it: "...!! He pierced Jimbei and hit Ace's brother!!!" Someone asks, "Is he still alive!!?" Akainu demands, "You're still resisting, Jimbei!?" Jimbei, still conscious despite the wound, gasps to Luffy, "Uhh!! Luffy... haa... I'm sorry!!!" The attack leaves both protector and protected badly wounded. Page 8: Crocodile interrupts Akainu's pursuit from the side. He asks, "Are you really in a position to be worrying about others right now?" Akainu says Jimbei was in the way and that if he had pierced Luffy's heart it would have been painless. He adds, "Why do you still protect him with his chest gouged out like that? He'll die...