Chapter 580 · The End of the Battle

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Chapter title page: Chapter 580, "The End of the Battle." The cover illustration shows Nico Robin and Usopp in a forest. Robin sits calmly on a stump while holding a sword, and Usopp kneels beside piles of books or papers, reading with a startled expression. Several small raccoon-like animals hang from branches, peek from the ground, and carry tools nearby. There is no Marineford story dialogue beyond the chapter title.

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Marineford freezes in shock at the arrival of the Red Hair Pirates. A Marine cries, "Red Hair!?" and another explains, "The man who dragged Luffy onto the pirate's path!" The bay fills with Red Hair ships and someone shouts, "It's the Red Hair Pirates!!!" The Marines are stunned that Shanks has appeared so quickly: "He was fighting one of the other Four Emperors, Kaido, just yesterday! And now he's already here!!?" The page establishes Shanks as a force strong enough to change the whole battlefield simply by arriving.

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Shanks stands on the battlefield holding Luffy's straw hat. He throws it to Buggy and calls, "Buggy!!" then orders, "Get that to Luffy!!" Buggy panics, "Straw Hat!!?" and Shanks adds, "I have this treasure map I was going to give you..." Buggy immediately softens: "Really!!? Wait just a second, I'll get it to him!" His followers protest, "Boss! It's been ten years, aren't you going to see Luffy even once!" Shanks answers with a smile, "Yeah... I'd sure like to..." The page also recalls Shanks giving Luffy the hat and promising, "I'll give you this hat. Make sure you return it to me when you've become a great pirate."

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Shanks chooses not to see Luffy because it would break their promise. A Red Hair pirate says, "Captain! I know it's rare to see one of the Four Emperors, but if we don't go, the gate will close!!" Another notices, "Yeah... wait, something's flying this way!" Shanks remembers telling Luffy, "Make sure you return it to me when you've become a great pirate." He thinks, "But... if I saw him now, you would be breaking your promise. Right, Luffy?" On Law's submarine, Luffy lies unconscious and badly wounded while the Heart Pirates prepare to leave with him.

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Akainu glares at Shanks and asks, "Why you, Red Hair!!? Dragon's son!!!" while Luffy remains the target. Aokiji attacks the fleeing submarine and freezes the sea with "Ice Age!!!" as Marines shout, "He's going after the submarine!! The ocean is freezing!!!" The ice races across the waves and someone cries, "Look out!!!" The Heart Pirates' submarine dives through the narrowing opening, narrowly avoiding being trapped by the freezing sea. The admirals are still trying to stop Luffy's escape even after Shanks has appeared.

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Kizaru also attacks the fleeing submarine. He sees it go and says, "Crap... Looks like he still wants to go..." then uses "Yasakani no Magatama," sending a storm of light blasts into the water. Inside the submarine, Law's crew yells, "It's gonna hit us!! Full speed ahead!!!" and "Get to the sea floor!!!" The vessel dives as explosions erupt behind it. On the surface, pirates cry, "Ace's brother!! Jimbei!!" and one asks, "...!! That couldn't have hit them, right!?" Aokiji observes, "If they survived that, then we'll just have to accept that luck was on their side." Hancock urgently says they are on the sea floor and orders pursuit, while a Marine admits it is hard to imagine they evaded the admirals' attacks.

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Hancock uses her Shichibukai position to justify chasing Luffy herself. She tells the Marines, "Report this to the Marines! As a member of the Shichibukai, I will track down and finish off Strawhat Luffy!!" A Marine answers, "Y-yes!" and calls her reckless but beautiful. In truth she sails after him out of devotion, saying, "Whatever, forward!!" and her crew sighs that she is reckless. Meanwhile Shanks talks to Buggy, saying, "Yup. Long time no see, Buggy." Buggy rages, "You lied about the treasure map!! Why, you...!! What do you mean by that!? Did you forget I've got a bone to pick with you, Shanks!!? How dare you use me!!?" Escaped prisoners see Shanks answering Buggy and worship him even more: "He's talking back to one of the Four Emperors, the Red Hair!! Captain Buggy...!! We'll follow you for our entire lives!!!!"

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Shanks turns to the Whitebeard Pirates and tells Marco, "Marco, quickly withdraw your men, and don't retaliate." Marco looks at him and says, "Red Hair!!!" Nearby, Hawkeye begins to leave and someone calls, "Hawkeye!! Where are you going!?" Mihawk explains, "I agreed to fight with Whitebeard, but Red Hair wasn't in the agreement." Across the ruined battlefield, Shanks says any further conflict will only increase casualties on both sides. He makes the challenge clear: "But if anyone still wants to go," preparing to put the Red Hair Pirates between the two armies.

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The Red Hair Pirates stand together behind Shanks and answer the challenge. Shanks says, "Bring it on!!!" and his crew declares, "We'll be your opponents!!!" The page shows the central Red Hair commanders lined up, ready to fight anyone who continues the war. Blackbeard considers the offer and laughs, "Zehahaha... I'll stop for now...!! I got what I came here for. It's still a little early to be fighting you guys!!!" He turns away with his crew and orders, "Zehahaha... let's go, men!!" Buggy nervously wonders whether sticking with the escaped prisoners will get him out of Marineford safely, while his followers still look ready to follow him.

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With Blackbeard withdrawing, Shanks addresses everyone on the battlefield: "Everyone... right now, help me save some face." He asks to take responsibility for the dead, saying through the surrounding silence that he wants to handle what remains of Whitebeard and Ace. The page shows Trafalgar Law watching from the edge, the Whitebeard commanders and allied pirates standing wounded and exhausted, Sengoku and Garp looking on, and Shanks facing the Marines with his sword at his side. This moment shifts the battle from combat to the question of how to honor the fallen.

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The battlefield answers Shanks's request with silence and hard looks. Whitebeard's enormous body and Ace's body are shown among the ruins, surrounded by stunned pirates. Doflamingo grins, Mihawk watches calmly, and Buggy reacts in panic while the escaped prisoners crowd behind him. On the Marine side, Akainu scowls, Kizaru stands motionless, and Aokiji watches with a grave expression; Blackbeard, now leaving, looks back with a wide grin. The page has almost no dialogue, but it gathers the emotional weight of the entire war before Sengoku's decision: everyone understands that Shanks is asking for the dignity of the dead.

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Shanks states his request plainly: "Whitebeard, Ace... We'll take care of their burials." He says the battle was broadcast to the entire world and adds, "I won't allow anyone to desecrate their memories!!" Some Marines protest, "What!!? Taking their heads will show the Marines' victory!" and "Fleet Admiral!?" Sengoku decides, "No matter!! Since it's you, Red Hair... I'll take responsibility for it." Shanks replies, "Thanks." Sengoku then orders the wounded treated: "Quickly, attend to the wounded!!" Finally he declares across Marineford, "The war is over!!!" Narration closes: "Thus ended the greatest battle since the opening of the Great Pirate Age. The Battle of Marineford was carved deeply into history."

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SBS extra page, specifically the MMK corner for collecting quick questions. Oda says, "It's the MMK corner!! (Collecting quick questions) Let's get started!" and jokes that readers keep giving characters birthdays, but he has attachment to the characters too and will not give in so easily. A reader asks whether Trafalgar Law's birthday can be 10/6 because his name starts with "to" (10) and "ro" (6); Oda answers, "Sure." Another asks for Marshall D. Teach's birthday to be 8/3 because he has the Ya (8) Mi (3) Yami Fruit; Oda answers, "Sure." A Whitebeard Nurse Squad Medical Records Division reader suggests Marco's birthday as 10/5 because "Maru" and "Co" fit; Oda says it feels right. Another reader suggests Crocodile's birthday as 9/5 for Ku (9) ro ko (5) dair u and jokes that Oda answers birthday requests like he was injected with Iva's Emporio Tension Hormones; Oda replies, "HIIHAA!! SURE!! HIIHAA!!" Another suggests Iva's birthday as 1/8, and Oda again answers, "SURE!! HIIHAA!!!" Finally a reader suggests making the three admirals' birthdays match their models: Aokiji 9/21 (Matsuda Yuusaku), Kizaru 11/23 (Tanaka Kunie), and Akainu 8/16 (Sugawara Bunta). Oda says, "DO WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT, HIIHAA!!"

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