## One Piece Chapter 581: The Approaching Future - Chapter: 581 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Shanks, Buggy, Marshall D. Teach, X Drake, Whitebeard, Marines, Marine Headquarters, broadcast listeners, Eustass Kid, Killer, Basil Hawkins, Scratchmen Apoo, Urouge, Trafalgar Law, Jewelry Bonney, Monkey D. Luffy, Supernovas, Kaido, Big Mom, Kid Pirates, newsboys, pirates, civilians, Foodvalten residents, Brownbeard, Boa Hancock, Bepo, Salome, Kuja Pirates, Heart Pirates, Emporio Ivankov, escaped prisoners, Portgas D. Ace, Jimbei, Sengoku, Magellan, Impel Down prisoners, Shiryu, Catarina Devon, Sanjuan Wolf, Vasco Shot, Avalo Pizarro, Level 6 prisoners, World Government, Donquixote Doflamingo, Gecko Moria, Pacifistas ### Summary Page 0: Chapter title page: Chapter 581, "The Approaching Future." The cover illustration shows Shanks, Buggy, Blackbeard, and an older-looking man gathered around a dining table or kitchen counter. Shanks sits with a drink and food before him, Buggy laughs noisily with a cup and a bottle, Blackbeard looms from the left in shadow, and dishes, bottles, and cooking tools fill the room. There is no story dialogue beyond the chapter title. Page 1: Breaking news spreads across the sea: "The war is over!!!" Crowds cheer as Marine Headquarters announces to the world, "The Marines have won!!!" and "The legendary pirate Whitebeard was defeated!!!" The page calls this a message from Marine Headquarters to the entire world. Elsewhere at sea, the report reaches X Drake's ship: "We're announcing... zaza... from Marineford Bay..." His crew calls, "Captain Drake!!" and the narration says that at the stage for the battle at the summit, there are seven ships on the waters of Marineford's bay. Page 2: The narration says these men who will carry the new pirate age would not have missed this juncture in history for anything. The Supernovas and other pirates watch the smoke rising from Marineford as proof of the establishment of a new age, feeling the age's frenzied flow upon their skin. One pirate says, "Looks like it's over..." while X Drake notes, "The Marines have won out... and things will change!" Another voice warns that in a little while Whitebeard's territories will become seas of blood. The page frames the end of the war not as peace, but as the start of a violent scramble. Page 3: The Supernovas discuss what the war means. Urouge says, "Blackbeard was the key. Make no mistake, he's going to become the eye of the storm!!!" Apoo is stunned that Trafalgar Law saved someone who would become an enemy one day, shouting, "What the hell is he thinking!? Trafalgar Law!! Isn't he supposed to be known for his brutality!?" Bonney cries that everything is "his fault" and says, "We have to find him!! Let's go!! To the New World!!!" Hawkins studies his cards and says, "Strawhat Luffy's chances of survival... No matter how many times I check... it never comes out to be zero!!" Page 4: Eustass Kid reads the shape of the coming era. He admits, "Honestly, I was scared when the war broke out... But now, Whitebeard is dead!!" He says Blackbeard has been born as a great power, and that the new world is ruled by the Four Emperors: Red Hair, Kaido, Big Mam, and the missing Whitebeard seat. With that balance broken, Kid says nobody knows what will happen. He grins and declares, "A new age is dawning!!! The likes of which we've never seen!!!" His crew stands behind him as the war's end becomes a call toward the New World. Page 5: The news is carried to the East Blue, West Blue, South Blue, North Blue, and the Grand Line, spreading as if it had already been written in history. Though the Marines' victory is reported, people seize on Whitebeard's final words instead. Crowds shout, "Whitebeard said it!!!" "One Piece is real!!! Let's go find it!!!!" and "The sea still holds unseen dreams!!!" Newsboys cry "Extra!" while others yell, "Whitebeard is dead!!" The narration says the news was whittled down as it spread until the only word carried throughout the oceans was the Marines' "victory," but Whitebeard's confirmation of One Piece stirs the world more deeply. Page 6: The world grows restless at the news. In some places people cheer, "The Marines have won!! Thank God!!!" and "The Marines are invincible!!! Salute the heroes!!!" Young boys wave Marine flags and one says, "Someday... I'll become strong enough to get called to headquarters!!" But elsewhere people do not notice the danger rising. On Foodvalten Island, civilians scream, "Don't come any closer! Don't come into the town!!!" and "Th-this island is...!!!" Pirates stand before Whitebeard's flag and sneer, "Whitebeard's territory? Yeah, it was! But what is it now? You've heard the news, right?" Page 7: With Whitebeard gone, pirates invade the islands he protected. A raider tears down Whitebeard's flag and shouts, "That flag doesn't mean a damn thing now!!! He's dead!!! With Whitebeard gone, the world is ours for the taking!!!" Brownbeard and his crew announce, "Burn this im...