Chapter Summaries

Boer confronted Crocodile at Rain Dinners over Robin, suppressed his Sand-Sand powers, and severely wounded him before Robin stopped the fight. Boer departed after Robin held to her business agreement with Crocodile, and Robin left to go shopping with Paula while Crocodile vowed revenge.

• Boer summoned rain over Alabasta and admired a rainbow with Robin as Crocodile watched them through surveillance footage.
• Boer met Crocodile at Rain Dinners and declared that he and Crocodile both wanted Robin by their sides.
• Crocodile tried to drain Boer’s moisture, but Boer shattered his hand and then suppressed his Sand-Sand powers.
• Boer pulled Crocodile toward him with a magnetic field and punched him into a wall, but Robin stepped between them and demanded that he stop.
• Boer embraced Robin, said goodbye, and disappeared; Robin reaffirmed her agreement with Crocodile and asked Paula to go shopping with her.
• Crocodile watched Robin and Paula leave and swore revenge against Aaron Ball.

Carina brought Boer a letter from CID and received the Mythical Zoan Ice Fox Fruit, which transformed her into a white fox. As she settled into Boer's arms, his grief over Robin softened, and life began to feel brighter again.

• Carina told Nami that Boer had returned from Alabasta heartbroken and guessed that he had gone there to see Robin.
• Carina brought Boer a letter from CID, which was actually a message from Red-Haired Shanks asking for Uta to meet Luffy.
• Boer burned the letter without reading it and told Carina to take the Devil Fruit in his desk drawer.
• Carina found Robin's photograph in the drawer, vowed to take care of Boer, and ate the Ice Fox Fruit.
• Carina transformed into a small white fox, and Boer gently lifted her onto his chest and stroked her.
• Boer smiled as Carina nestled against him while Luffy and Ace ran along the beach.

Garp arrived at the G16 16th Branch while Boer watched Ace train Luffy on the coast and agreed to teach Luffy Armament Haki. After testing Luffy’s Devil Fruit resistance and using magnetic energy to control his movements, Boer noticed Garp approaching and revealed that the Marine Hero was Luffy and Ace’s grandfather and an old friend.

• Garp docked at the G16 16th Branch, sent Bogard and the soldiers to sweep the nearby waters for pirates, and ignored Strawberry and Snake as he left the port.
• Ace repeatedly threw Luffy during their sparring, while Boer and Carina watched from a nearby reef.
• Ace asked Boer to teach Luffy Armament Haki, and Carina revealed herself as the white fox, rejecting Luffy’s request to pet her.
• Boer tested Luffy’s resistance to intrusion and found that the consciousness of Nika repelled his magnetic arm.
• Boer used deep-blue energy threads to control Luffy’s movements, and Luffy excitedly played along as Ace watched.
• Boer noticed Garp approaching along the coast and told Carina that Garp was Luffy and Ace’s grandfather and an old friend.

Boer controlled Luffy in a teaching match against Garp, demonstrating how Luffy could use his Devil Fruit and Haki to fight the Marine hero. After the exhausted Luffy returned to normal, Garp took him and the others back to the villa, where he told Boer that there had been movement in Mary Geoise.

• Boer took control of Luffy’s body and guided him through an Armament Haki challenge against Garp while explaining ways to develop his Devil Fruit abilities.
• Luffy used enhanced speed, shock absorption, and stored force to trade attacks with Garp, impressing Ace and prompting Ace to aspire to greater strength.
• Boer ended the match when Luffy’s body neared its limit, and Garp urged Luffy to remember the speed, strength, and timing he had experienced.
• Boer transported Garp, Luffy, Ace, and Carina to the villa, where Ace went to get Luffy meat.
• Garp told Boer that there had been movement in Mary Geoise.

Garp visited Boer to ask him to stop the coming war between the World Government and Kaido’s alliance, but Boer explained why neither side would back down. Boer then offered to reclaim land from the sea as a World Hero, giving Garp a reason to return to Mary Geoise with a new proposal.

• Luffy ate Garp’s crackers, and Garp teased Boer about Robin before explaining that the World Government was mobilizing Marines for war.
• Garp told Boer he hoped he could prevent the war and admitted he could no longer protect young Marines as he once had.
• Boer said both sides needed the war and that he could not stop it, so Garp prepared to leave with Ace and Luffy in his care.
• Boer asked Garp to tell Mary Geoise that Aaron Ball would reclaim land from the sea and raise the continental framework.
• Garp understood the value of Boer’s offer, agreed to return to Mary Geoise, and left after saying goodbye to Ace and Luffy.

The Five Elders debated Aaron Ball’s offer to create land and the political threat it posed to the World Government, especially if it revealed buried history. They decided to investigate his abilities, use Akainu to destroy any recovered ruins, and prepare a strike against Kaido and Linlin before reporting the matter to His Excellency.

• Saint Garling told the Five Elders that Garp had relayed Aaron Ball’s offer to create land and let them choose the site, except on the Red Line.
• Saint Mars explained that the World Government’s land reclamation had been tiny, and the Elders considered how Aaron Ball’s power could draw nations away from the World Government and expose buried records.
• Saint Nusjuro warned that Aaron Ball could become either an asset or a wild card in the Genesis Plan, while Saint Garling argued they should try to win him over.
• Saint Mars proposed sending Akainu to erase any Poneglyphs or ruins uncovered by land creation, and Saint Warcury and Saint Garling supported the plan.
• Saint Nusjuro ordered Garp to gather the Admirals and other officers for a surprise attack on Kaido and Linlin, and directed Saint Garling to have CID verify Aaron Ball’s abilities.
• Saint Nusjuro said the Elders should report Aaron Ball’s offer to His Excellency because the situation was beyond their control.

Imu dismissed the Five Elders’ concerns about Boer creating new land, insisting that his purge would come and that Boer would eventually understand his choice. Meanwhile, Carina struggled to transform from a fox into a human, and Boer prepared to take her on a date.

• Imu told the Five Elders to let Boer continue creating land, believing he would eventually despair and accept Imu’s plan to purge the world.
• Carina, now accustomed to living as a fox, agreed to transform after Boer promised to take her to a sea restaurant for Sea King dishes.
• Carina transformed into a naked woman with fox ears and a tail, panicked, and knocked documents off Boer’s desk.
• Boer covered Carina with his coat, reassured her, and told her to get dressed for their date.
• Carina eagerly followed Boer toward the door, stumbling over his oversized coat.

Sengoku ordered a surprise attack on Kaido and Linlin to force them back into their territories before Aaron Ball’s land reclamation became public. The Marines overwhelmed both pirate forces and left the story with Kaido and Linlin retreating.

• Sengoku briefed the Marine leaders on the operation and assigned Garp and Aokiji to lead separate teams against Kaido and Linlin.
• Kizaru’s lasers destroyed patrol boats and sounded the alarm as Garp’s team stormed Kaido’s base.
• Garp fought Kaido while Akainu attacked Queen and Kizaru repeatedly blasted King back to the ground.
• Aokiji froze Big Mom’s ship and sea, while Fujitora, Chaton, and Ryokugyu combined their powers to restrain her.
• Katakuri’s Earth Dragon helped Linlin break free from her restraints, while Kaido’s officers were driven back by the Marines.
• Kaido ordered his surviving pirates to retreat, and the Big Mom Pirates withdrew as the Marines chose not to pursue them.

Carina dressed in her new foxlike form and asked Boer on a date, which he accepted. At Baratie, Boer created a calm, solid dining spot on the sea for them, and the chapter ended with him thanking Carina in return.

• Carina showed Boer her Shinto attire, silver hair, fox ears, and tail, then asked whether she looked pretty.
• Boer invited Carina to dine with him at Baratie, and she embraced him and insisted they make it a date.
• Boer and Carina appeared at Baratie, where Patty recognized Boer and Sanji welcomed him as an old acquaintance.
• Zeff arranged for Boer and Carina to dine outside, and Boer froze the surrounding sea and softened the sunlight overhead.
• Sanji served their aperitifs, and Carina thanked Boer for accepting their date before Boer thanked her in return.

Boer created a towering wall of solidified seawater so Carina could choose fresh ingredients for a meal at the Baratie, then shared a romantic dinner with her. When he admitted he already had someone else in his heart, Carina said she did not care, and Boer promised they could be together forever before filling the sky with a display of lights and fireworks.

• Boer raised a wall of seawater around the Baratie, trapping marine life inside it for the diners to see.
• Boer selected seafood for Carina and Zeff, and the chefs prepared a meal from the ingredients.
• Carina enjoyed the food and asked Boer if they could keep returning together.
• Boer told Carina he was not a good person and that someone else was already in his heart, but Carina said she did not care.
• Boer promised Carina they could be together forever and created a display of flowers of light and fireworks around the restaurant.
• Zeff sent Sanji back to the kitchen, while Carina thanked Boer and leaned against him as the lights faded.

Kaido and Linlin discussed their losses in the Marines’ devastating battle and the threat posed by Boer, while Monet visited Boer to restore cooperation with the Donquixote Family and offered to become his lover. Boer declined her offer, accepted Golden Lion’s swords, and received a Letter of Introduction from CID, leaving the nature of the Marines’ next move unclear.

• Kaido and Linlin sailed toward Totto Land, recovering from their injuries as they discussed the Marines’ overwhelming strength and ordered their informants to investigate what had happened.
• Linlin and Kaido noted that Doflamingo had kept his Shichibukai title and suspected he had hidden dealings with Mary Geoise.
• Monet visited Boer with Buffalo, proposed restoring the Donquixote Family’s cooperation with him, and offered to become his lover.
• Boer declined Monet’s offer, saying he would still protect Doflamingo if necessary, and Carina reacted possessively from his arms.
• Monet returned Oto and Kogarashi to Boer as his spoils from Golden Lion, then left after bidding him farewell.
• Nami gave Boer a Letter of Introduction from CID, and Boer remarked that they had acted quickly.

Carina sensed another woman would visit Boer the next day, then admitted she wanted him to marry her someday. Boer hesitated as memories of Robin surfaced, but Carina kissed him and they shared a tender moment.

• Carina sniffed the visit request, grew jealous, and discovered that another woman would come the next day.
• Carina told Boer that his ambitions made him feel far away and that she wanted him to protect her.
• Boer encouraged Carina to develop her Mythical Zoan powers and explore her ice fox form.
• Carina asked Boer whether he would marry her, and his memories of Robin left him unable to answer at first.
• Boer reassured Carina after she said she would stay with him, and she kissed him for the first time.
• Carina asked to kiss Boer again, and he agreed.

Eirika visited Boer on behalf of the World Government to discuss land reclamation, its limits, and the role of Admirals Sakazuki and Aramaki. After Eirika and Reina left, Carina teased Boer about Eirika’s flirtatious manner, and Boer pulled the embarrassed fox-eared girl onto his lap.

• Eirika arrived at Boer’s villa with her nervous secretary, Reina, and introduced herself as head of the CID East Blue Branch.
• Eirika explained that the World Government wanted details about Boer’s land reclamation, and Boer said he could create around a hundred kilometers of land in a month or two.
• Reina revealed that her coastal hometown suffered from typhoons and hoped Boer could protect its children from losing their homes.
• Eirika asked whether Boer’s land would collapse if he died, and Boer explained that it would remain as part of nature.
• Eirika told Boer that the World Government wanted Admiral Sakazuki to assist with geological shaping and Admiral Aramaki to purify and accelerate the rock strata; Boer agreed.
• After Eirika and Reina departed, Carina mocked Eirika’s flirtatious manner, and Boer called her a green-eyed monster before drawing her onto his lap.

Boer demonstrated to Carina that he could create land by raising more than ten hectares of seabed off the Oykot Kingdom’s coast. After the Five Elders reviewed the report, they ordered Akainu and Aramaki to proceed with their plan while awaiting the exalted one’s decision.

• Carina asked Boer if he could raise a continent, so he took her to the Oykot Kingdom’s coast to show her what he could do.
• Boer cleared the shoreline, parted the sea, and used his Magnetic Skeleton Mode to raise a new stretch of land from the seabed in under five minutes.
• Carina praised Boer as amazed onlookers watched, while Strawberry recorded how quickly and extensively the land had appeared.
• A hidden camera recorded the demonstration, and the footage and report reached the Five Elders in Mary Geoise.
• Saint Nusjuro told the Five Elders that Boer had understated his abilities, then ordered Akainu and Aramaki to proceed with the original plan and await the exalted one’s decision.

Boer reassured Carina that she was his girlfriend and listened as she shared her painful past and her worries about Nami. He planned to take Nami, Luffy, and Ace back to Mel before heading to the Sabaody Archipelago with Carina, who left to prepare and say goodbye to Nami.

• Boer told Carina that he liked her and considered her his girlfriend, easing her fear that he would leave her.
• Carina told Boer that Mel had asked Nami to return to the village and help prepare the orange soda factory, and she explained her worries about Nami's dream.
• Carina shared that pirates had taken her parents, Granny Xika had raised her, and she had later fled to the Royal City; Boer recounted how pirates had captured him before he survived on an island and ate a Devil Fruit.
• Boer told Carina to get ready to take Nami home and drop Luffy and Ace off at Mel's, then said they would go to the Sabaody Archipelago and make a major move.
• Carina kissed Boer, declared that she liked him, and ran inside to prepare and say goodbye to Nami.

After discovering and eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Kid used its lightning powers to overthrow Kutsk Island’s major underworld bosses overnight. He declared that he and Killer now ruled the island, while Killer watched with pride and unease.

• Kid celebrated taking over Gear Alley with Killer and the gang, then drunkenly wondered whether Victoria would accept his confession.
• Kid found a Devil Fruit in a supply barrel, ate it, and discovered that he could transform into and control golden lightning.
• Kid flew over Kutsk Island and decided to unite its underworld, attacking the Black Pump Gang, the Colosseum, and the Stolen Goods Den.
• Kid defeated Sakud and Berg and forced Marina to submit, then brought them back to the gang’s courtyard.
• Killer woke to find the defeated bosses and Marina in the courtyard as Kid announced that they were Kutsk Island’s biggest gang.

Boer left Oykot with Carina after saying goodbye to Nami, Ace, and Luffy, who planned to train and eventually set out to sea. He brought Carina to the Sabaody Archipelago, where she learned more about his power and began exploring the place with him.

• Nami, Ace, and Luffy prepared to leave Oykot with Boer, while Carina finished handing over the salt business and its future operations.
• Boer and Luffy exchanged a promise to meet again, and Carina and Nami said goodbye in the Orange Grove in Cocoyasi Village.
• Boer departed with Carina, while Nami suggested Ace and Luffy work as bodyguards at the orange soda factory; Ace agreed and said he planned to go to sea the following year.
• Boer told Carina they were heading to the Sabaody Archipelago to wait for the meeting of the Affiliated Nations and then travel with a king to help build land in his country.
• Boer showed Carina Mary Geoise and Marineford from above and revealed that the World Government had named him 'World Hero' after he disrupted Mary Geoise and repelled its attack.
• Carina chose to follow Boer as he descended toward the Sabaody Archipelago to explore it with her.

Boer took Carina into the Celestial Dragons’ exclusive territory on Sabaody to steal money, where the CID agents and shopkeepers submitted to him. After a green-haired Celestial Dragon tried to claim Carina as a slave, Boer struck him down and Carina killed him, then Boer took her away.

• Boer carried a frightened but curious Carina through the barrier into the Celestial Dragons’ territory, where he disabled the defenses and the CID agents prostrated themselves before him.
• Boer demanded money from a Pulminge Family clothing store and used his powers to take Beli from its underground safe after the shopkeeper refused.
• A senior CID officer welcomed Boer and offered to cover his expenses as Boer prepared to explore Sabaody with Carina.
• A green-haired Celestial Dragon ordered the CID to seize Carina, so Boer hurled him into a building and returned to her side.
• Carina transformed into her giant white fox form, disarmed the injured Celestial Dragon, and stomped him to death while the agents watched.
• Boer wiped the blood from Carina’s hands, suggested they find a hotel, and vanished with her as the CID chief ordered agents to check whether the Celestial Dragon could still be saved.

Boer and Carina booked the bubble hotel’s heart-shaped honeymoon suite in Sabaody and explored its unusual features. As sunset fell over the Archipelago, Carina told Boer she liked him and was glad she had met him.

• Carina asked Boer to visit the bubble hotel, and he transformed into a fox-man to match her fox ears and tail.
• Carina carried their case of Beli into the hotel, where Boer paid for the heart-shaped suite and identified himself as Aaron Ball, telling the receptionist to seek his credentials from Mary Geoise.
• Boer and Carina used a flash of electricity to reach the suite, and Carina explored its transparent walls, amenities, and drawer of adult items.
• Boer entered the suite’s warm pool, and Carina joined him after asking him to turn around.
• Carina rested in Boer’s arms as they watched sunset over the Sabaody Archipelago, told him she liked him, and thanked him for bringing her there.

Boer and Carina spent a playful day in Sabaody, sharing a meal and teasing each other at the Rain Curtain restaurant. They ended the chapter laughing together, with their plans for the evening still unresolved.

• Boer dressed Carina in a cool outfit and took her from the bubble house down to Sabaody’s streets.
• Two bodyguards sent from Mary Geoise greeted Boer, but he ordered them to stay back and not spoil his mood.
• Boer brought Carina to the Rain Curtain restaurant, where they sampled local dishes and listened to the music.
• Carina blew a bubble using soup made from Mirage Pearls, and it showed an intimate vision of her and Boer before she popped it.
• Boer teased Carina about playing a thrilling game, and they both laughed instead of acting on the flirtation.