Recaps

Boer and Robin vacation aboard the Blossom, where Robin learns that Senina was enslaved and secures Boer's promise to free her at the Sabaody Archipelago. As they approach Hananabar Island, Boer prepares to disrupt a pirate Death Race and carry out a request from Sengoku.

• Boer and Robin relaxed aboard the Blossom, and Boer explained that Deep Sea Shipping had granted him the ship's permanent use and a two-percent equity stake in exchange for flying his flag and handling certain problems.
• Robin asked Senina how she had come to work on the cruise ship, and Senina revealed that pirates had kidnapped her and Deep Sea Shipping had bought her at a slave auction.
• Robin asked Boer to help Senina return home, and Boer promised to free her when they reached the Sabaody Archipelago and handle her debt.
• Boer told Robin that Sengoku had asked him to clear out pirates near Hananabar Island, where crews were gathering for a Death Race.
• As Hananabar Island came into view, Boer declared that he would not enter the race but would give the pirates a brutal ending.

Boer turned Hannabal’s Death Race into a deadly hunt, forcing the island’s pirates to compete while he destroyed ships and contestants along the route. After Robin questioned whether the slaughter made him happy, Boer stopped the chase and left Hannabal with her to resume their vacation.

• Doflamingo, Umit, and Du Feld discussed Boer’s arrival at Hannabal, and Boer told Doflamingo he would make every pirate join the Death Race and decide whom to kill as the race unfolded.
• Boer and Robin explored Hannabal, where King of Hearts welcomed them before Boer incinerated Hyena and his men and flew with Robin to the central peak.
• Boer announced that participation was mandatory, destroyed the fleeing Black Feather, and declared a 300-million-Beli prize and a one-hour head start before his chase began.
• Seventy-four pirate ships started the race, and Boiling Sea Cliffs, Boer's lightning strikes, and Poison Sting Jellyfish reduced the fleet by more than half as Boer continued attacking ships.
• Robin asked Boer whether slaughtering the pirates made him happy; Boer did not answer directly, embraced her, and left Hannabal with her to return to their vacation.

Boer, Robin, and Senina joined the Sea-Herding People’s festival on Long Ring Long Land, where Boer gave the tribe a Sea King as a gift. After Headman Amur asked for help protecting the tribe’s migration, Boer drove the sea predators away, and the people crossed safely before the trio returned to the Blossom.

• Robin persuaded Boer to take Senina to the festival, and they arrived at a settlement on Long Ring Long Land.
• Boer lifted a Nearshore Sea King from the sea and gave it to the festivalgoers, who welcomed the visitors with songs and dancing.
• Senina sang for the crowd, and Headman Amur showed the visitors the tribe’s warrior contests and explained the coming migration.
• Amur asked Boer to protect the tribe from sea predators during its migration across the exposed sandbar.
• Boer sent a vibration through the shallows that drove away the predators, allowing the tribe and its livestock to cross without losses.
• The tribe bowed in thanks as Boer, Robin, and Senina flew back toward the Blossom.

Boer took Robin and Senina to swim with a pod of whales, using his magnetic powers to protect Robin from the seawater. After their joyful outing, the Blossom's voyage continued, and Boer’s playful teasing lifted the gloom he had felt over the world’s ancient history.

• Boer reflected on the possibility that an ancient war had sunk continents and reshaped the world, a truth he felt unable to share with anyone.
• Seeing Senina watch a pod of whales, Boer offered to take her to play with them, and Robin asked to join.
• Boer carried Robin and Senina through the air and dropped them into the sea, where his magnetic field shielded Robin from the water.
• Senina guided Robin to the whales, and the friendly pod played with them while Boer maintained Robin’s protective field.
• After nearly two hours, Boer brought Robin and Senina back to the Blossom, where Robin scolded him for his teasing as the whales bid them farewell.

Boer and Robin visited Shanglaso Island, where Boer demonstrated his power to the Marines and the pair explored the island’s food and music. As night fell, Robin told Boer about surviving after Ohara’s destruction, and his comfort helped her face her past before they went to find cake.

• Vice Admiral Gion Ryota inspected the Blossom and welcomed Boer and Robin to Shanglaso Island, while Boer silently transformed the Marines’ standard sabers into stronger blades.
• Boer and Robin toured the island’s food street, sharing unusual snacks as the Marine escort paid for their purchases.
• Robin and Boer watched Jennina perform with her Mink friends, and Boer shaped Robin’s gold hair rings into a rose for Jennina.
• On a quiet seaside bench, Robin confessed how she had survived after Ohara’s destruction, including stealing, killing in self-defense, and working as an assassin.
• Boer comforted Robin without judging her, and she regained her cheer and ran toward the shopping district to find cake with him following.

Jinbe and Arlong's argument over Fisher Tiger's legacy was interrupted when Hachi reminded them to rescue Senina. As the Sun Pirates reached the surface, Boer prepared to meet them, leaving the crew tense and suspicious of the powerful human waiting aboard the Blossom.

• Arlong attacked Jinbe's call for peace and argued that the Fish-Men should retaliate against humans, prompting Jinbe to seize him before Hachi stopped the fight by reminding them that Senina needed rescuing.
• On the Blossom, Robin asked Senina about Merfolk having children and learned that Senina had once loved a palace guard before human slave traders captured her.
• Boer sensed the Sun Pirates approaching and warned Senina that their handover might involve an accident.
• Boer reversed a section of the magnetic field beneath the Sun Pirates' ship, sending it surging toward the surface and nearly destabilizing its coating.
• The Sun Pirates surfaced, and Boer appeared on their gunwale to greet them as Jinbe, Arlong, and the rest of the crew tensed.

Boer returned Senina to Jinbe and then fought him in a fierce contest of martial arts and endurance. The battle ended with both men recognizing each other’s strength, as a banquet for the Sun Pirates began aboard the Blossom.

• Arlong attacked Boer, but Boer swiftly redirected his blows and sent him crashing through the cabin door.
• Senina called out that Boer had saved her, and Jinbe ordered Arlong taken to the infirmary before asking Boer to return her.
• Boer used his magnetic powers to transfer Senina’s tank to the Sun Pirates’ ship, where she reunited with Jinbe and explained that Boer had been helping her get home.
• Boer invited Jinbe to a contest of physical combat, and the two exchanged powerful Fish-Man Karate techniques, Haki blows, and throws.
• Jinbe and Boer traded punches until Jinbe collapsed to one knee, and both men smiled with mutual respect as a banquet was prepared aboard the Blossom.

Boer healed Jinbe and the Sun Pirates’ wounded Guijiu, earning the crew’s gratitude before inviting them aboard the Blossom for a feast. The humans and fish-men gradually relaxed together, while Arlong began a drinking contest with a human chef.

• Boer used his strange ability to heal his own injuries and Jinbe’s, then offered to treat the Sun Pirates’ wounded crew.
• Aladdin explained Guijiu’s dangerous abdominal injuries and infected, necrotic leg, and Boer removed the embedded fragments without harming him.
• Boer summoned a Sea King from the deep, reshaped one of its ribs into a replacement tibia, and repaired Guijiu’s leg; Jinbe thanked him and pledged the Sun Pirates’ support within limits.
• Boer brought the Sun Pirates aboard the Blossom for a lavish feast, where Senina’s singing and the food helped ease the crew’s distrust of the human hosts.
• Jinbe and Boer shared drinks and conversation as humans and fish-men began celebrating together, while Arlong accepted a drinking challenge from the ship’s chef.

After parting from Jinbe and the Sun Pirates, Boer and Robin encountered Kuzan, whose arrival revived Robin’s trauma over Ohara. Boer confronted Kuzan to protect her, and the encounter ended with Kuzan departing after silently asking Boer to take care of Robin.

• Jinbe bid farewell to Robin and Boer as the Sun Pirates prepared to descend beneath the sea, while Arlong struggled with the questions Boer had raised about his hatred of humans.
• Boer explained to Robin why they had declined Jinbe’s invitation to Fish-Man Island, and the two shared a tender moment before Boer sensed an approaching guest.
• Kuzan rode a bicycle across the sea on an ice path, and Robin panicked when she recognized the Marine who had survived Ohara’s destruction.
• Boer comforted Robin and flew with her to meet Kuzan, who asked whether she would betray her new companion as she had in the past.
• Boer attacked Kuzan with heat and lightning to defend Robin, while Kuzan countered with ice and then withdrew after silently asking Boer to take care of her.
• Boer carried Robin back toward Bernia as the Blossom resumed its route and the ice field began to melt.

Boer demonstrated his electromagnetic powers, then fought King, who had escorted a shipment of Seastone ore to Bernia. After Boer declined Kaido’s offer to join the Beasts Pirates, he and King agreed to cooperate on Seastone processing, leaving their partnership officially underway.

• Boer used ionized energy from the sky to practice controlling electric Flood Dragons, then spotted King approaching Bernia aboard a freighter carrying Seastone ore.
• Boer challenged King to a contest and fought him in the sky, matching his speed, firepower, and close-combat attacks before both acknowledged the other’s strength.
• King offered Boer the position of vice-captain in the Beasts Pirates, but Boer declined and expressed interest in visiting Wano Country.
• Boer described his team’s three approaches to processing Seastone, and he and King sealed their cooperation with a handshake.
• The freighter’s Seastone ore was unloaded for research, while Boer received payment from the Donquixote Family and forged swords for upcoming auctions.

King toured Bernia and saw how its orderly prosperity contrasted with Wano Country’s poverty and tyranny, then left after Boer offered to visit Wano and advise on reforms. Later, Boer reassured Kuma that Bernia’s agreement with the Navy had not changed his openness to cooperation with the Revolutionary Army, leaving their partnership intact.

• King saw Bernia’s factories, neighborhoods, and poor district, and his anger at Wano Country’s suffering briefly surfaced as killing intent.
• King renewed his offer for Boer to join the Beasts, but Boer declined and offered to visit Wano Country in a week to prepare preliminary reform proposals.
• King accepted Boer’s offer and departed Bernia for Wano Country.
• Boer, Ginny, Robin, and Kuma shared a rooftop dinner, with Boer preparing seafood using his magnetic powers.
• Kuma asked whether Boer’s agreement with the Navy had changed his support for the Revolutionary Army, and Ginny protested that he had raised serious matters so soon after arriving.
• Boer told Kuma that his stance remained unchanged and that Bernia would continue to welcome Revolutionary Army cooperation; Kuma accepted his answer with respect.

Boer traveled to Wano Country and confronted Kaido while Yamato attacked her father in an attempt to drive him out. After stopping Kaido from striking a serious blow against Yamato, Boer proposed turning Wano into a functioning kingdom, and Kaido agreed to hear him out.

• Robin declined to accompany Boer to Wano, and he promised to bring back the answers she sought.
• Boer surveyed Wano with his Extrasensory Vision and released a wave of Conqueror’s Haki and electromagnetic force across the region.
• Boer met Kaido in Onigashima’s hall, where he deflected Kaido’s Wind Scythe and King and Queen arrived.
• Yamato ambushed Kaido while disguised as Kozuki Oden, and Kaido knocked her through the palace walls when she attacked again.
• Boer freed Yamato from her Seastone shackles and intercepted Kaido’s serious punch as Yamato transformed and fought back.
• Boer asked Kaido to discuss Wano’s future, and Kaido agreed to hear his proposal for making it a productive kingdom.

Aaron Boer confronted Kaido and Yamato about their feelings and convictions, then proposed that Yamato use the identity of Kozuki Oden to overthrow Orochi and govern Wano. Kaido accepted the idea as a possibility, leaving Yamato’s future and Wano’s political transformation uncertain.

• Boer asked Kaido whether he loved Yamato and learned that Kaido would give her Wano, his crew, or even his life if she embraced her identity as his daughter.
• Boer challenged Yamato to explain what she meant by protecting Wano and questioned whether Kozuki Oden’s example truly served its people.
• Yamato attacked Boer with Genzo and Conqueror’s Haki, but he caught the club and overwhelmed her Haki, shattering her mask.
• Boer proposed killing Kurozumi Orochi, finding Kozuki Hiyori, rallying the samurai, and having Yamato govern Wano while the Beasts Pirates supported the country behind the scenes.
• Kaido found Boer’s proposal interesting and agreed to see what changes it could bring.

Boer and Yamato seized the shogun's residence and publicly declared Yamato the new shogun, Kozuki Oden. After Yamato killed Kurozumi Orochi despite his deceptive attempts to survive, the people of the Flower Capital celebrated, and Boer claimed the first piece of their puzzle.

• Orochi worried over the Haki coming from Onigashima while Kyoshiro secretly welcomed the possibility that Kaido had abandoned him.
• Boer brought Yamato to the Flower Capital, where she burst into Orochi's residence and struck him down with Genzo.
• Boer broadcast the scene across the city and announced Yamato as the new shogun, Kozuki Oden, prompting the people to cheer as Yamato battered Orochi.
• Orochi feigned surrender and tried to ambush Yamato, but she used Thunder Bagua to smash one of his serpent heads.
• Boer recognized Kyoshiro as Denjiro and revealed that Orochi still had seven lives; Yamato froze his transformed body and destroyed all seven heads.
• Boer displayed Orochi's severed head to the broadcast and told Yamato that they had claimed the first puzzle piece.

Boer forced Denjiro to acknowledge Yamato as a potential Shogun Kozuki Oden and reveal Kozuki Hiyori’s location by threatening her safety. They found Hiyori, who was posing as the courtesan Komurasaki, and Denjiro exposed her identity, leaving her terrified.

• Denjiro admitted he was himself but refused to pledge loyalty to Boer, and Yamato declared that she was Kozuki Oden.
• Boer challenged Denjiro’s loyalties and presented Yamato’s sacrifices as grounds for her claim to lead Wano Country.
• Boer threatened Hiyori, forcing Denjiro to guide him and Yamato to the Violet Fragrance House.
• Yamato drew an adoring crowd in the Flower Capital by accepting its food offerings while Boer located Hiyori in the Moon-Viewing Pavilion.
• Boer, Yamato, and Denjiro entered the pavilion, where Yamato embraced Hiyori and claimed to be her father, Kozuki Oden.
• Denjiro confessed that Hiyori’s identity had been exposed, and she dropped her shamisen in shock and fear.

Boer forced Yamato and Kozuki Hiyori toward an alliance by proposing their marriage as a way to unite Wano Country and pursue the goal of opening its borders. The chapter ended with Denjiro agreeing to contact the former Kozuki retainers and regional daimyo for a wedding ceremony in two days.

• Kozuki Hiyori denied being anyone important, causing Yamato to lose faith in her identity as Kozuki Oden.
• Boer told Yamato that she could become a new Kozuki Oden by pursuing the ideal of opening Wano Country’s borders, then challenged Hiyori’s belief that her father had been a flawless hero.
• Boer presented Hiyori with three choices: die, accept Yamato as her father, or marry Yamato; he argued that the two could support each other and their shared goals.
• Denjiro reluctantly promised to assist Hiyori, despite warning that other former Kozuki retainers might reject the marriage.
• Black Maria, Ulti, and Page One joined Boer, who ordered the Beasts Pirates to stop directly administering Wano Country and instead provide protection and deterrence.
• Boer ordered Denjiro to announce a ceremony in two days celebrating the end of Kurozumi tyranny and the wedding of Yamato, as the new shogun, to Kozuki Hiyori.

News that Yamato had become Shogun Oden and would marry Princess Hiyori spread through Wano, prompting hope among commoners and fury among Kozuki loyalists. Kawamatsu collapsed after learning of the wedding, while Ashura Doji rallied his bandits to ride to the Flower Capital and stop it.

• Hakumai tavern patrons argued over Yamato’s rule and marriage, while former Kozuki retainers secretly mobilized and Orochi’s officials sought to protect their positions.
• Hirakura Jun freed Kawamatsu from Udon’s prison and told him that Kurozumi Orochi was dead and Yamato would marry Princess Hiyori.
• Kawamatsu denounced the marriage as blasphemy and collapsed before he could leave for the Flower Capital.
• Ashura Doji learned of the wedding, flew into a rage, and ordered his bandits to prepare for a rescue mission.
• Ashura Doji led his men toward the Flower Capital to rescue Princess Hiyori and smash the wedding.

Kawamatsu arrived at the shogun’s residence intending to rescue Hiyori, but she persuaded him that she had chosen to work with Yamato for Wano’s future. After reading Boer’s reform proposal and hearing Hiyori’s plea, Kawamatsu pledged his service to her, and Denjiro joined him in kneeling.

• Queen sent Kawamatsu from Udon to the Flower Capital to meet Yamato, and Kawamatsu rushed to the residence fearing for Hiyori’s safety.
• Kawamatsu attacked Yamato, but Hiyori stepped between them and explained that Yamato had killed Orochi and wanted to rebuild Wano with her.
• Yamato challenged Kawamatsu’s assumptions about Oden’s rule and gave him Boer’s practical reform proposal for Wano.
• Yamato offered Kawamatsu a role in building a strong, open Wano, while Hiyori begged him not to abandon her.
• Kawamatsu pledged his service to Hiyori, and Denjiro emerged from the shadows and knelt beside him.

Yamato and Hiyori launched Wano’s new government with a public ceremony, aid for the poor, and a plan for rebuilding the country. Yamato won Ashura Doji’s submission and confronted Kaido, who agreed to let her rule her way, while Boer secured Kaido’s support and kept his future favor owed.

• Yamato and Hiyori scattered meat and salt over the Flower Capital as Boer guided the supplies to the poor, winning cheers from the people.
• Denjiro read the proclamation announcing Yamato and Hiyori’s union and the new government’s plans, including land grants, martial arts institutes, and reconstruction.
• Boer and Black Maria discussed converting workshops into state-run saltworks and granaries, withdrawing most Beasts Pirates forces, and recruiting masterless samurai into the Expeditionary Corps.
• Ashura Doji denounced the new government and attacked Yamato, but she defeated his sword strike and offered him a post leading the new army in Kuri; he bowed to Hiyori and laid down his sword.
• Kaido arrived in dragon form and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, but Yamato ordered him to support Wano from a distance; he accepted her terms and returned to Onigashima.
• Boer told Kaido that Yamato had found her own path and accepted Kaido’s offer to owe him a favor, while reflecting that he had already memorized the red Poneglyph.

Cipher Pol Aigis Zero raided the East Army base, where Canterbury died helping Betty escape, and seized documents linking the Revolutionary Army to Boer. After Kuma took Ginny away from Bernia, Boer faced World Government pressure and a warning from Sengoku, while preparing Robin to escape if the crisis worsened.

• Seven led Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents into the East Army headquarters, where they discovered Ginny had already left and attacked Canterbury and Betty.
• Canterbury shot Blueno with a Seastone bullet, sent Betty out a window to escape, and died by suicide after holding off the agents.
• The Five Elders reviewed seized documents tying Boer’s Wano Country plans and Bernia’s supply routes to the Revolutionary Army, then ordered pressure against Bernia and prepared the Holy Knights.
• Kuma warned Boer that the East Army raid had exposed Ginny’s presence, and Boer immediately sent Kuma and Ginny away from Bernia.
• Boer told Kuma and Ginny not to part again and urged them to build a life together; Ginny and Kuma then vanished with the Paw-Paw Fruit’s power.
• Sengoku warned Boer that the World Government wanted Ginny and could send a Buster Call, while Boer urged Robin to prepare an escape route and she refused to leave him.

Aaron Ball’s economic ties to West Blue’s Marine branches withstood a World Government attempt to replace their commanders and curb his influence. Sengoku and the Five Elders recalled the new commanders and accepted renewed cooperation, leaving the branches even more dependent on Boer.

• The Five Elders and Sengoku sent Rear Admiral Carl von Eisenberg and Commodore Richard Stone to reduce the West Blue branches’ dealings with Bernia and Aaron Ball, but the Marines’ rank and file quietly obstructed their orders.
• Aaron Ball suspended support, bonuses, medical services, and merchant traffic tied to the branches, triggering hardship and protests at G-101 and G-44.
• The Five Elders and Sengoku debated the crisis, and Sengoku argued that suppressing the soldiers would risk chaos and damage the World Government’s strategic relationship with Boer.
• The Five Elders ordered Eisenberg and Stone recalled, called for more tactful commanders, and directed Sengoku to negotiate with Boer.
• Boer restored key payments and services under new agreements, and the branches returned to calm with their soldiers’ dependence on him strengthened.

Boer convened Bernia’s leaders to plan for possible World Government pressure, but Saint Figarland Garling arrived with an ultimatum: accept recruitment, kill Moria to earn a Shichibukai position, or become a target. Boer refused recruitment and planned to attend a Marine Headquarters symposium to assess the situation, while warning Robin they might need to flee.

• Boer, Prince Locke, Master Hokushin Ichiteru, Robin, and the other attendees discussed the threat of World Government action and prepared security, evacuation, and supply contingencies.
• Robin revealed that the World Government and Marines had replaced senior commanders at nearby Marine branches, though Bernia had secured a second adjustment by influencing soldiers’ benefits and supply chains.
• Saint Figarland Garling arrived at the meeting and offered Boer direct recruitment into the World Government, which Boer declined.
• Garling offered Boer the chance to kill Moria and inherit his Shichibukai position, warning that refusal would make Boer a target for elimination; he also delivered an invitation to a Marine Headquarters symposium.
• After Garling left, Boer told Robin he would attend the symposium to probe the World Government’s intentions, rejected the plan to kill Moria, and said they might need to prepare an escape route.
• Boer and Robin embraced and confessed their love as they faced the danger ahead.

Boer rejected the World Government’s demands to make Bernia a subordinate, leaving Marineford after Sengoku warned that a storm was coming. Meanwhile, Cipher Pol agents took control of Elena with a parasitic substance, leaving an impostor in her place at the lord’s residence.

• Boer entered Marineford’s meeting room and challenged Zephyr’s recruitment offer by suggesting the World Government might have been behind the murder of Zephyr’s family.
• Boer confronted Akainu and Sengoku over the Marines’ justice and defended Bernia’s trade and ties, while Sengoku presented the World Government’s demands that Boer join the Shichibukai or the Holy Knights.
• Boer refused both offers and declared that Bernia would not surrender its independence; Sengoku allowed him to leave after the afternoon Commendation Conference and warned him of the coming storm.
• Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents sent a disguised gift box to Elena’s room, where its contents incapacitated her and entered her body.
• An impostor wearing Elena’s appearance dismissed the maid and examined herself in the mirror.

Boer discovered that Cipher Pol Aigis Zero had taken over Elena’s body and told Robin they had to separate so he could remain in Bernia to protect its civilians. After spending the day together, Boer destroyed the parasitic ability user inside Elena, and he and Robin spent one last night together before their expected parting.

• Boer sensed the foreign life-form inside Elena and went to the Steel Club to tell Robin that they had to part ways.
• Boer explained that the World Government would attack Bernia and revealed that Elena was dead, though her body remained occupied by an ability user.
• Boer arranged for Robin to move their funds and belongings and said he would take her to the Revolutionary Army, while he stayed behind to resist the World Government.
• Boer and Robin spent the afternoon wandering Bernia together, and Robin wept before he carried her back to the Earl's Estate Residence.
• Boer exposed the white worms inside Elena's body with Conqueror's Haki and burned them and her remains to ash.
• Boer and Robin held each other through their final night together before their expected separation.

As Boer prepared to face the World Government, he sent Robin and Bernia’s allies away and gave up the ties and enterprises he had built. Sengoku feared Boer had become an unrestrained threat, while Kizaru met him in Bernia and left with him on unexpectedly friendly terms.

• Cipher Pol Aigis Zero concluded that Boer could continuously sense life signatures and identify ability users within fifteen kilometers, then ordered future operations to rely on veteran agents without Devil Fruit abilities.
• Kuma teleported Robin away from Bernia, and Boer said goodbye as he felt himself let go of his attachments.
• Boer transferred the Steel Heavy Industry Consortium shares to Bernia’s royal family, arranged protection for the Kent Family, and urged the sword school and Germa 66 researchers to leave.
• Sengoku learned of Boer’s preparations and sent Kizaru to Bernia to keep him calm and negotiate on the Marines’ behalf.
• Kizaru told Boer that Sengoku hoped he would remain rational, and Boer promised not to attack Marines unless they attacked him first.
• Boer and Kizaru laughed together and walked into Bernia to have dinner.