Chapter Summaries

Fleet Admiral Sengoku received a birthday cake from Yaen and revealed that the Gorosei had ordered Yaen to invite Hancock to become a Shichibukai, a mission the Navy High Command considered suicidal. As Sengoku unwrapped the cake, he found Yaen’s insulting birthday message.

• Lieutenant Commander Hope delivered a cake from Yaen, and Tsuru reminded the Navy High Command that it was Sengoku’s birthday.
• Sengoku reacted emotionally to the cake, prompting Tsuru, Garp, and Zephyr to ask whether something had happened to Yaen.
• Sengoku revealed that the Gorosei had ordered Yaen to invite Hancock to become a Shichibukai, and the Navy High Command recognized the mission as extremely dangerous.
• Sengoku explained that the Gorosei had assigned Yaen to win Corazon’s trust and obtain information about a Void Organization member.
• Sengoku unwrapped the cake and read Yaen’s message: “You lecherous old bastard, happy birthday—Teffimoe Yaen.”

After discovering Yaen’s cake, Fleet Admiral Sengoku beat him and sent him on a dangerous mission to invite Boa Hancock to become one of the Shichibukai. Sengoku secretly urged Yaen to act boldly if he wished, then watched the warship sail away, knowing they might meet again as enemies.

• Fleet Admiral Sengoku read Yaen’s message on the cake, angrily rushed home, and beat Yaen after finding him there.
• The next morning, Fleet Admiral Sengoku gave Yaen orders to invite Boa Hancock to become one of the Shichibukai.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku hinted that Yaen should pursue what he wanted, despite the mission’s danger and the Navy’s ignorance of his relationship with Boa Hancock.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku hurled Yaen onto a warship and ordered it to sail before Yaen could respond.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku watched Yaen’s warship disappear, and Vice Admiral Tsuru suggested they could ask the Gorosei Lords to assign someone else.

Yaen took a Marine warship toward Amazon Lily Island, suspecting Sengoku had arranged his escape to protect his own position. Hancock learned Yaen was coming and ordered preparations that revealed she intended to welcome him, rules against men notwithstanding.

• Yaen wondered why the World Government wanted him dead and suspected the Gorosei might be involved.
• Lieutenant Commander Hope asked Yaen where to go, and Yaen ordered the warship toward Amazon Lily Island.
• Yaen decided not to defect with the admiring Marines aboard and settled in to sleep as the ship sailed.
• Hancock heard that Yaen was on his way to Amazon Lily Island and ordered preparations for a lavish welcome.
• Hancock dismissed Marigold’s reminder that men were forbidden from the island, declaring that Yaen could come because it was her territory.

Hancock ordered the Kuja Pirates to discard their treasure and hurry back to Amazon Lily Island to welcome Yaen. As Yaen approached the island, he contacted Marine Headquarters and planned to let Hancock capture him so he could investigate the World Government’s intentions.

• Hancock told Marigold and Sandersonia to throw away heavy treasure and speed up the voyage to Amazon Lily Island.
• Yaen considered cutting expenses while resting aboard his ship with Little Gold.
• Lieutenant Commander Hope told Yaen they were about ten miles from Amazon Lily Island and asked whether to prepare for battle.
• Yaen ordered Hope to contact Marine Headquarters and report that they were approaching the island to meet Hancock.
• Yaen put on his Marine justice cloak and decided he might let Hancock capture and detain him to learn what the World Government was plotting.

After Sengoku learned that Yaen had entered the Calm Belt to contact Hancock, he watched Yaen’s message and realized the Marine had chosen to risk his life rather than burden him. Yaen reached Amazon Lily and invited Hancock to become a Shichibukai, but her Love-Love Fruit captivated the Marines as tensions rose.

• Sengoku received confirmation that Yaen’s warship was approaching Amazon Lily, and Tsuru showed him a projection of Yaen’s message.
• Yaen apologized to Sengoku and said he would try to survive before the Kuja Pirates arrived near the warship.
• Marigold threatened the Marines, and Yaen introduced himself to Hancock as a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral.
• Yaen told Hancock he had come to invite her to join the Shichibukai, and she rejected the idea of serving under anyone.
• Hancock used her charm to ensnare the Marines, while Yaen told her to put her ability away.

Hancock petrified the Marines aboard the warship, leaving Yaen alone with her and the Kuja Pirates. She freed Xiao Jin and released Robin and baby-5, then invited Yaen and his companions to Amazon Lily.

• Hancock used Perfume Femur to petrify the Marines on the warship, while Yaen remained unaffected.
• Sengoku and Tsuru watched the transmission cut off, and Sengoku ordered Tsuru to leave him alone.
• Hancock embraced Yaen, and he asked her to undo Xiao Jin's petrification; she eventually restored the bird.
• Hancock released Robin and baby-5 from the Castle inside Xiao Jin, giving them a rare chance to walk outside.
• Robin questioned whether Amazon Lily lived up to its reputation, and Hancock invited Yaen and his companions to meet the Kuja people.

Yaen arrived on Amazon Lily with Hancock and struggled to handle the attention of the island’s women. Hancock brought him to the Kuja Palace bathhouse, where she waited outside and secretly tried to peek in, only to be caught by two voices behind her.

• Hancock ordered the Kuja Warriors to secure the petrified statues and escorted Yaen into Amazon Lily amid the citizens’ excited reactions.
• Yaen crossed the island’s red carpet, overwhelmed by the crowd of women and nervous about facing his weakness around them.
• Hancock sent baby-5 and Nico Robin away to rest, then invited Yaen to bathe and attend a feast and performances.
• Hancock brought Yaen to her private bathhouse, assured him it had been cleaned, and stationed herself and guards outside.
• Hancock listened to Yaen bathing, tried to peek through the door, and heard two voices ask what she was doing.

Hancock and her sisters tried to peek at Yaen bathing, but Yaen detected Hancock on the roof and accidentally blasted her into the bathroom pool. When Palace Guards rushed in, Yaen hid Hancock against him and claimed the damage came from his power, leaving them on the verge of discovery.

• Hancock denied peeking at Yaen, then asked Marigold and Sandersonia if they had found a place to watch from.
• Hancock climbed onto the bathroom roof and lifted a tile to look down at Yaen.
• Yaen sensed Hancock watching him and sent a swarm of cherry blossoms through the roof, knocking her into the pool.
• Hancock apologized to Yaen as the Palace Guards burst into the bathroom, and Yaen pulled her into his arms to hide her.
• Yaen told the suspicious guards that his power had caused the damage while Hancock hid against his abdomen.

Yaen avoided being exposed after the bathhouse roof collapsed, but Hancock became dizzy and fell on top of him in the bath. Meanwhile, Sengoku ordered Borsalino to invite Hancock to join the Shichibukai or execute her if she refused, believing Yaen needed revenge.

• Sandersonia convinced the Palace Guards that Yaen’s power had leaked out accidentally and escorted them from the bathhouse.
• Yaen worried that the guards’ rumors would damage his reputation, while Sandersonia and Marigold stood watch outside.
• Hancock became flushed and unsteady, then fell into Yaen and pushed them both into the bath.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku ordered Borsalino to invite Hancock to join the Shichibukai and execute her if she refused.

Borsalino accepted Sengoku’s order to deal with Hancock while privately vowing to recover Yaen’s remains. At a lavish Kuja feast, Yaen learned from Corazon that the World Government had declared him dead and weighed how to keep the Void Organization’s strength concealed.

• Sengoku ordered Borsalino to eliminate Hancock and bring back Yaen’s statue or body if he found it, and Borsalino agreed.
• Borsalino left Sengoku’s office and vowed to bring Yaen home, despite believing he had died.
• Hancock hosted a grand feast for Yaen, who praised the Kuja performances while Hancock imagined their future together.
• Robin answered Corazon’s call and told him Yaen’s soul was almost gone, but Yaen interrupted and took the Den Den Mushi.
• Corazon told Yaen that the World Government had reported his death, and Yaen realized it was trying to curry favor with Corazon and learn about the Void Organization.
• Yaen decided that revealing more about the Void Organization would gain him nothing and concluded that it and the Revolutionary Army could not defeat the World Government within ten years.

Yaen decided to preserve the Void Organization’s mystery to protect its growth and secretly shield the Revolutionary Army, while weighing how to avoid further dangerous Marine assignments. He planned to keep Robin and baby-5 on Amazon Lily Island for Haki training, but Robin’s knowledge of his maid books left him flustered.

• Yaen remembered his promise to take Robin to decipher the Poneglyphs, but Robin agreed it was too early to search for them.
• Yaen resolved to maintain the Void Organization’s mysterious reputation so it could distract the World Government while the Revolutionary Army expanded.
• Yaen worried that the World Government would keep assigning him dangerous missions and considered using an outside force to balance its influence without breaking with the Marines.
• Yaen told Robin they might remain on Amazon Lily Island, where she could learn Haki and baby-5 could study important knowledge.
• Robin listed several maid-training books, and Yaen nervously asked how she knew about them.

Yaen settled into life on Amazon Lily while training the Void Organization and overseeing its work, but the arrival of Marine Admiral Borsalino brought a new threat to the island. The Navy's five warships approached as the Kuja prepared their defenses, and Yaen recognized the island's disadvantage in firepower.

• Robin offered to help Yaen teach Little Gold, while Yaen wondered whether she had memorized the contents of the books he collected.
• Hancock secretly watched Yaen and Robin, misinterpreted their conversation about a maid, and vowed to compete with Robin.
• Yaen oversaw the Void Organization's development as Law began preliminary research, Robin studied Haki, and Baby 5 learned weapons-related knowledge.
• Borsalino arrived near Amazon Lily Island with four additional warships, prompting the Kuja Guard Soldiers to take defensive positions.
• Yaen judged that the Navy's superior range and firepower threatened the island, while the Kuja's strength lay in close combat and Haki.

Borsalino arrived at Amazon Lily Island to invite Boa Hancock to join the Shichibukai, while demonstrating his power by killing a Super Giant Sea King with a single beam. Hancock confronted him at the port, and Borsalino cited her attack on Marines as he explained the invitation.

• A Marine warship fired a cannon toward Amazon Lily Island, drawing a Super Giant Sea King to the surface.
• Borsalino rode the cannonball, then killed the Super Giant Sea King by piercing its eye with a golden beam.
• Borsalino reached Amazon Lily Island's port and asked for the Pirate Empress Hancock.
• Hancock introduced herself and challenged Borsalino, while her beauty captivated the Kuja Warriors and briefly affected him.
• Borsalino invited Hancock to join the Shichibukai on behalf of the World Government and Navy, then noted that she had defeated a Marine Major General and several Marines.

Borsalino attacked Hancock after she refused to become a Shichibukai, and the two fought while the Kuja warriors defended Amazon Lily's port. The battle left Hancock charging at Borsalino in midair as he raised Ama no Murakumo to meet her strike.

• Hancock refused Borsalino's offer, so he attacked her with Light Speed Kick, but she blocked it and counterattacked.
• Borsalino evaded Hancock's Perfume Demon: Fleur and kicked her into the mountainside.
• Sandersonia ordered the Kuja warriors to fire Armament Haki arrows at Borsalino, who escaped with Elementalization and unleashed Yata no Kagami across the port.
• Hancock returned and used Slave Arrow to intercept Borsalino's light bullets while the Kuja warriors withdrew from the port.
• Enraged by the bombardment, Hancock released her Conqueror's Haki and charged at Borsalino, who formed Ama no Murakumo and prepared to slash her.

Hancock knocked Borsalino down with Conqueror's Haki Coating, but struggled to use the technique again as he pressed his speed advantage. Yaen's sudden appearance and Hancock's insistence that she would marry him left Borsalino bewildered.

• Hancock shattered Borsalino's Ama no Murakumo and knocked him into the Port with a kick coated in Conqueror's Haki.
• Borsalino recovered and attacked Hancock again, gradually gaining the upper hand as she failed to use her immature Haki coating in their fast-paced fight.
• Yaen appeared at the island gates, pinned down by Marigold while Sandersonia held an ax to his neck.
• Hancock ordered Marigold and Sandersonia not to hurt Yaen and declared that she intended to make him her husband.
• Yaen rejected Hancock, saying his loyalty belonged to the Marines and justice, while Borsalino watched in confusion.

Hancock held Yaen hostage and demanded that he become her husband, while Borsalino refused to risk Yaen’s life to rescue him. Yaen rejected Hancock’s advances, but paused when she offered to restore his petrified subordinates, leaving their recovery as a possible way forward.

• Borsalino tried to rescue Yaen, but Hancock blocked him and Sandersonia threatened to kill Yaen if he came closer.
• Yaen urged Borsalino to attack the pirates, but Borsalino refused to endanger him and asked Hancock what she wanted in exchange for his release.
• Hancock declared Yaen her husband and offered him wealth, status, her kingdom, and her love, but Yaen rejected her and vowed to send her to Impel Down.
• Hancock asked whether Yaen could forgive her if she restored his petrified subordinates, and Yaen was surprised that they might recover.

Yaen rejected Hancock’s demand to marry him, but Hancock unexpectedly welcomed Borsalino’s offer to ask Fleet Admiral Sengoku for permission. Sengoku misunderstood Borsalino’s report that Yaen was being held hostage and thought Yaen had been killed and defiled, before learning Hancock was trying to marry him.

• Yaen told Hancock to release him and restore the petrified Marines, insisting their opposing positions made marriage impossible.
• Borsalino offered to ask Fleet Admiral Sengoku whether he would approve the marriage, and Hancock eagerly agreed to hear his opinion.
• Borsalino contacted Sengoku, who was mourning Yaen in his room at Marine Headquarters.
• Borsalino said Yaen might not return to Marineford and described him as possibly “dirty,” leading Sengoku to think Yaen’s corpse had been defiled.
• Borsalino clarified that Hancock was holding Yaen hostage and forcing him to marry her, leaving Sengoku stunned.

Borsalino explained to Fleet Admiral Sengoku that Hancock had fallen in love with Yaen and wanted to marry him. Sengoku approved the marriage if Hancock became a Shichibukai, leaving Yaen protesting while Hancock looked forward to their future together.

• Borsalino told Fleet Admiral Sengoku that Hancock was pursuing Yaen and asked whether he would approve their marriage.
• Hancock nervously spoke with Sengoku, who ordered her to release Yaen; she refused unless he agreed to the marriage.
• Sengoku offered to approve the marriage if Hancock accepted the Shichibukai position, and Hancock agreed.
• Sengoku told Hancock to marry Yaen on Amazon Lily Island and have a baby before releasing him, then ended the call despite Yaen's objections.
• Borsalino congratulated Hancock on joining the Shichibukai and left, while Sengoku privately looked forward to having a grandson.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku returned to his office and told Vice Admiral Garp that Yaen was marrying Hancock, then recruited Garp to deliver a wedding gift to Amazon Lily Island. The story left Garp agreeing to go in exchange for leave, with Sengoku insisting the leave depended on Hancock becoming pregnant.

• Fleet Admiral Sengoku caught Vice Admiral Garp eating his treasured Senbei, but surprised Garp by calmly forgiving him.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku offered Garp a mission to Amazon Lily Island, and Garp accepted when he heard he could visit Luffy in East Blue.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku told Garp that Yaen was marrying Hancock and that he wanted Garp to deliver betrothal gifts.
• Vice Admiral Garp congratulated Sengoku and mentioned taking years of leave to visit his grandson.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku made Garp’s leave contingent on attending Yaen and Hancock’s wedding and ensuring Hancock became pregnant.

Yaen learned from Hancock how Conqueror's Haki Coating worked and tried to adapt its techniques to his Reiatsu. Garp arrived at Amazon Lily Island to supervise Yaen's wedding to Hancock, leaving Yaen stunned by Sengoku's plans and the betrothal gifts aboard Garp's ship.

• Yaen asked Hancock about Conqueror's Haki Coating and learned it could channel Conqueror's Haki into tangible destructive force.
• Yaen compared the ability to Shanks's clashes with Whitebeard and began trying to control his Reiatsu using the coating techniques.
• Yaen sensed Garp approaching Amazon Lily Island and returned to Kuja Palace because he could not hide from the Marine Vice Admiral.
• Garp arrived at the port and congratulated Yaen and Hancock on their wedding.
• Garp told Yaen that Sengoku had sent him to supervise the wedding, collected wedding gifts in Yaen's name, and sent a ship full of betrothal gifts to Amazon Lily Island.