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Zoro's attempt to reunite with his friends leads him a massive tomb and a host of shadowy swordsmen. Elsewhere, Brook uses his status as Satan to get an eyeful of undergarments!

Nico Robin lends her many hands to an overmatched gang of revolutionaries in a frigid land of eternal suffering, and Usopp bulks up to avoid becoming a snack for a hungry, hungry island!

Sanji tries to fight his way off a most peculiar island, but his frilly battle costume threatens to awaken his inner maiden. Elsewhere, Chopper tries to avoid being served in a hot pot!

While Luffy continues his rescue mission, Nami learns a lesson about how to turn rain into cash, and Franky wakes up in a freezing forest full of ferocious cyborg animals!

Luffy and Ivan mourn the loss of Bon Clay, and Captain Buggy's reputation gets a boost when a phone call from the Marines reveals the secrets of his past.

Luffy and his merry band of escapees are safely onboard the rescue ship, but they're not out hot water just yet. A fleet of marines is bombarding them with cannon balls, and an impenetrable gate looms on the horizon!

Magellan takes his toxic attack to the next level by unleashing the hideous and deadly Venom Demon! If Jimbei and Crocodile don't return with a rescue ship soon, Luffy won't survive long enough to save Ace!

Luffy dons a suit of waxy armor in preparation for his rematch with Warden Magellan. Outside the prison walls, Jimbei turns a door into a boat, so Crocodile and Buggy can commandeer an escape vessel!

Ace is to be executed in a matter of hours, and Magellan's toxic breath is singeing the back of Luffy's neck. Ivan uses a devastating Death Wink to buy some time, but the warden's Poison Hydra may be more than he can handle!

Even in Second Gear, Luffy is no match for Blackbeard's vortex, but the rubber-man rebounds by knocking out a Demon Guard with one ferocious pistol-punch. Elsewhere, Warden Magellan vows to finish Luffy once and for all!

Luffy's bone-crushing battle with the Vice Warden of Impel Down is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Blackbeard. When the rubber-man hears what the warlord has to say - heads will roll!

Ivan undergoes a curvaceous transformation to better battle sadistic Sadie, the commander of the Demon Guards. Meanwhile, Blackbeard and Shiryu head for a showdown on Level 1!

Luffy and his gang of outlaws cause a commotion on Level Four, Blackbeard's arrival leads to the release of the prison's most feared inmate, and Ace gazes upon the great blue sky for what could be the very last time!

Luffy's desperate attempt to rescue Ace is bolstered by two powerful new allies: the murderous Crocodile and the honorable fishman Jinbei. Meanwhile, Ivan sparks a prison riot to create a diversion for the rubber-man.

The quest to rescue Ace tuckers out thanks to a blast of sleeping gas! Ivan's scissor-handed sidekick puts an end to nap time, but Luffy will have to join forces with a scar-faced foe from the past if he wants to complete his mission!

Luffy miraculously survived his brush with death, but he's far too weak to finish rescuing Ace. Ivan is reluctant to lend a hormonal hand to the doomed rescue mission - until he learns of Luffy's lineage!

Ace is scheduled to be executed in a matter of hours, and Luffy's still hovering on the verge of death. It will take a miracle to save them both, but Bon would rather die than give up on his friend!

Bon is overjoyed to hear that Luffy is still alive, but his happiness quickly turns to shock when he learns that Ivan's agonizingly painful "Healing Hormones" will cost the rubber-man ten years of his life!

No existing antidote can save Luffy from the poison coursing through his veins, yet Bon Clay refuses to give up. His final, fleeting hope is a mysterious miracle-worker rumored to have vanished into the Gates of Hell!

Luffy is at the end of the line - the only thing that can save him now is true friendship. But in a place like Impel Down can true friendship be found?