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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?

Luffy's daring assault on the venomous warden of Impel Down leaves him struggling to stand up, but despite the lethal poison breaking down his body, the rubber-man kicks his rescue mission into second gear!

Warden Magellan is a monster of a man with a penchant for poisoning prisoners. To rescue Ace, Luffy must go toe to toe with this toxic terror, but how do you defeat a foe who's deadly to the touch?

Luffy narrowly avoids a deadly dip in a boiling pool of blood, only to find himself face to face with Warden Magellan. Meanwhile, outside the prison walls, the marine fleet prepares for Whitebeard's onslaught!

Luffy and Bon are on the verge of reaching Level 4, but they didn't count on fighting a demonic, lightning-fast, devastatingly powerful Minotaur! To defeat this beast, they'll need help from a human candle and a deranged clown!

Boa Hancock uses her ample assets to buy some private time for a clandestine chat with Ace. Meanwhile, Luffy needs help from a graceful friend to escape the jaws of a hungry Sphinx!

While the guards struggle to squelch a violent prison uprising, Luffy and his fellow fugitives try to keep their cool in a level of Impel Down known as Starvation Hell!

Luffy struggles to stay a step ahead of a prison patrol made up of hungry lions and poisonous scorpions! Meanwhile, Ace spends what could be his final hours swapping stories with a pirate who hates pirates.

Luffy kicks into second gear for his rematch with Largo, and Nami leads the islanders as they lay waste to the Amigo Pirates. Boss the Beetle may be safe for now, but someone sinister lurks behind the scenes.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepare to do battle on behalf of Boss the beetle, but Captain Largo of the Amigo Pirates counters with a deadly arsenal of nets to put the Straw Hat brawlers on lock down!

The citizens of Little East Blue throw a feast in honor of the Straw Hats, but when the Amigo Pirates try to capture Boss the beetle, Luffy and his crew will have to defend their new friends.

Luffy and his crew stumble upon a most peculiar village when they hitch a ride on a fire-breathing beetle. The natives are petrified of pirates, but they welcome the Straw Hats with open arms!

Luffy and Buggy the Clown could end up as hippo food if they aren't careful in Impel Down's Wild Beast Hell. Of course, the rubberman might find that a better fate than dealing with the prison's putrid warden!

Luffy must part ways with a priceless treasure map before Buggy the Clown agrees to lead him through the bloody tangle of Blade Trees and Spike Needle Grass that make up Impel Down's Crimson Hell!