## One Piece Chapter 552: Ace and Whitebeard - Chapter: 552 - Pages: 0-20 - Characters: Whitebeard, Luffy, Portgas D. Ace, Jimbei, Marco, Jozu, Vista, Whitebeard Pirates, Eiichiro Oda, Nami, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, Straw Hat Pirates, Shanks, Dracule Mihawk, Donquixote Doflamingo, Bartholomew Kuma, Gecko Moria, Boa Hancock, Sengoku, Aokiji, Akainu, Kizaru, Monkey D. Garp, Emporio Ivankov, Crocodile, Mr. 1, Buggy, Mr. 3, Gol D. Roger, Oars Jr., Squardo, Tony Tony Chopper, Tanuki Hotpot pursuers, Monkey D. Dragon, Marines, Impel Down prisoners, Spade Pirates, Pirates, Thatch, Marshall D. Teach, Doma, Royal Shichibukai, New World pirate fleet ### Summary Page 0: Color front cover for One Piece volume 57, "Ultimate Showdown." Whitebeard dominates the composition with his crescent mustache and cape, while Luffy charges forward in the foreground. Around them are many Marineford War figures and Whitebeard-affiliated pirates, including Ace, Jinbe, Marco, Jozu, Vista and other combatants. The Japanese cover text identifies the volume and Eiichiro Oda as author. This is not a story page for chapter 552 itself, but it is official volume artwork introducing the war-focused volume that begins with this chapter. Page 1: Full wraparound-style volume cover image for One Piece volume 57. The left side repeats the volume's Marineford artwork with Whitebeard looming over Luffy, Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates, while the spine shows the One Piece title and a small crop of the cover art. The right side is a pale map-like background with Jump Comics and Shueisha markings. The page functions as book packaging art rather than narrative content, but it preserves the official volume presentation around chapter 552 and the beginning of the "Ultimate Showdown" volume. Page 2: Additional volume 57 cover or frontispiece art in grayscale. Luffy rushes forward through a forest-like scene with a large fist extended and a piece of meat in his mouth. Nami sits behind him, Zoro rests with his swords, and other Straw Hat crew members are arranged among leaves, food and giant animal-like forms. The page is labeled "Volume 57: 'Ultimate Showdown'" with Eiichiro Oda's name. It is not part of the Marineford story sequence, but it is official volume artwork associated with the start of this volume. Page 3: Volume recap and cast guide page titled "The Story of One Piece, Vol. 1 to 56." It summarizes that Luffy infiltrated Impel Down to rescue Ace, learned Ace had already been taken to Marine Headquarters, teamed up with escaped big-name pirates, and headed for Marine HQ. It also explains that Ace is revealed as the Pirate King Gol D. Roger's son, causing the Marines to commit to total war with Whitebeard and his fleet. Character panels identify the Four Emperors and Whitebeard Pirates, the Royal Shichibukai, Marines, Luffy's group, and Ace, including Whitebeard, Marco, Jozu, Shanks, Mihawk, Doflamingo, Kuma, Moria, Hancock, Sengoku, Aokiji, Akainu, Kizaru, Garp, Ivankov, Jimbei, Crocodile, Mr. 1, Buggy and Mr. 3. Page 4: Contents page for One Piece volume 57, "Ultimate Showdown." It lists the chapters contained in the volume: Chapter 552, "Ace and Whitebeard"; Chapter 553, "Ultimate Showdown"; Chapter 554, "Admiral Akainu"; Chapter 555, "Oars and the Conical Hat"; Chapter 556, "Justice Will Prevail!"; Chapter 557, "Luffy and Whitebeard"; Chapter 558, "Brother"; Chapter 559, "Karma"; Chapter 560, "The Prisoners of Impel Down"; Chapter 561, "Luffy vs Mihawk"; and Chapter 562, "Pirate Whirlpool Spider Squardo." A note says that because one chapter had fewer pages, the volume will have eleven chapters. Page 5: Chapter title page: Chapter 552, "Ace and Whitebeard." The cover begins Chopper's short focused serial, "Chopper's 'I'm Not Food, Damn It!'" with No. 1 titled "The Tanuki Hotpot Flees." Chopper runs in panic from several large birds or tanuki-like island dwellers carrying long spears, while huge trees and round shapes fill the strange forest around them. This cover is separate from Marineford's war, but it starts Chopper's separated adventure and suggests that the locals are chasing him as if he were something to cook. Page 6: At Marineford, Whitebeard's ships stand inside the bay while the Marines stare from the plaza. Ivankov tells Luffy, "We're through the gate!! Now then, my concern is whether your and Ace's father is going to show up here or not!!!" Luffy is confused and asks, "Mine and Ace's?" When Ivankov says Ace's father is Gol D. Roger, Luffy answers that Ace and he do not have the same father. He casually explains that Dragon would do nothing when his own son is about to be executed because Ace has never met him and gets mad if Luffy brings it up. The ship then crashes through the waves, startling the escapees. Page 7: Whitebeard makes his first move. The sea heaves into an enormous wave around Marineford, and Marines scream as they realize the scale of the attack. One asks what the explosion was, another says it is...