Chapter Summaries

After defeating Boa Hancock, Naito returned her jacket and learned that she was willing to accept the government’s orders. Hancock joined Naito’s warship with her sisters, while the Marines reacted to her beauty and Naito recognized the Love-Love Fruit’s influence.

• Naito explained that he had lent Boa Hancock his jacket after damaging her clothes, provoking Binz’s jealousy and Ain’s quiet relief.
• Gloriosa returned to the palace and found Hancock being treated for her injuries.
• Hancock told Gloriosa that Naito had seen the brand on her back but had shown no interest in her past or treated her differently as a pirate.
• Gloriosa urged Hancock to trust Naito, and Hancock agreed to leave with him and brought her younger sisters to the shore.
• Hancock boarded the warship, leaving the Marines stunned by her beauty, and Naito recognized the effect of her Love-Love Fruit.

Boa Hancock boarded Naito’s ship and showed an unexpectedly affectionate attachment to him, while Ain challenged her by kissing Naito and claiming she would become his wife. Naito sent Hancock to her room with Ain, leaving Binz wondering whether Naito had used an Illusion-Illusion Fruit to make the Empress fall for him.

• Boa Hancock said goodbye to Sonia and Mari before boarding Naito’s ship alone.
• Hancock greeted Naito warmly, and Naito told Ain to show her to her room and warned her to behave aboard the ship.
• Ain kissed Naito in front of Hancock and declared that she would become his wife, leaving Hancock distraught and then relieved when she heard Ain was not his wife yet.
• Naito ordered Hancock to follow Ain to her room, and Hancock reluctantly went with her after asking Naito to escort her himself.
• Binz questioned whether Naito was secretly an Illusion-Illusion Fruit user after seeing Hancock’s attachment to him.

After Boa Hancock collapsed from her feelings for Naito, the warship sailed away from Amazon Lily and Ain called Naito to examine the seemingly sick empress. Hancock quickly recovered when Naito appeared, and the doctor began an examination while Naito and Binz left the room.

• Naito explained that he was more interested in the island of giant beasts than in staying near Amazon Lily.
• Ain told Naito that Boa Hancock had fallen ill after Ain warned her to give up on him.
• Naito found Hancock feverish and weak, but she sat up and recovered when she heard his voice.
• The ship's doctor arrived and asked Naito and Binz to leave while she examined Hancock.
• Hancock begged Naito not to go, and he told her to wait until the examination was over.

Naito discovered that Boa Hancock’s condition rapidly worsened whenever she thought he did not care about her, and that his words could revive her. As the warship continued its mission to deliver her to Marineford, Hancock stayed close to Naito while Ain struggled to tolerate her.

• After the ship's doctor found no illness beyond Hancock's injuries, Hancock collapsed again, and a second examination revealed that she was close to dying from organ failure.
• When Naito told Hancock she was not allowed to die, she immediately sat up and declared that she would live, leaving Ain and the doctor astonished.
• Binz told another officer that Hancock might die if separated from Naito, and the officer joked about Naito being caught between Hancock and Ain.
• At Naito's office, Hancock tried to feed him while Ain tried to stop her, and Hancock warned Ain that she had spared her only for Naito's sake.
• Hancock said she had promised Naito not to act as she pleased, while Ain resented that Naito could not even speak harshly to her without making her collapse.

Naito trained his Conqueror's Haki Coating while Hancock stayed devotedly at his side, prompting Ain to resolve to win him over. After the warship reached Marineford, the Shichibukai Hanafuda arrived and mocked Hancock's obedience to Naito.

• Naito practiced Conqueror's Haki Coating by directing his Haki into punches against an iron ingot while Hancock admired him.
• Ain grew jealous of Hancock's closeness to Naito and decided she would win him over once they returned to Marineford.
• After nearly a week at sea, Naito and the others arrived at Marineford as Hanafuda docked at the harbor.
• Hanafuda praised Hancock's beauty, and she angrily threatened to turn him to stone.
• Naito ordered Hancock and Hanafuda to behave, and Hancock obeyed him while Hanafuda laughed and asked how Naito had made her so obedient.

Naito escorted Boa Hancock and Hanafuda to the Shichibukai meeting at Marine Headquarters, where Hanafuda’s arrival immediately provoked Gecko Moria. Naito stopped Moria’s surprise attack, and the other Shichibukai took notice of the young Marine hero as Moria confronted Hanafuda.

• Naito used his Conqueror’s Haki to force Hanafuda to behave, then continued toward Marine Headquarters with Hancock.
• Crocodile, Gecko Moria, Jinbe, and Mihawk waited in the meeting room for the Shichibukai gathering to begin.
• Vice Admiral Momonga met Naito and escorted him, Hancock, and Hanafuda toward the meeting room after Hancock refused to leave Naito’s side.
• Moria hurled a shadow spear at Hanafuda, but Naito caught and shattered it before it could reach him.
• Moria confronted Hanafuda, while Crocodile and Mihawk watched and Mihawk focused his interest on Naito.

Naito subdued Moria after he attacked Hanafuda, and Hancock defended Naito from Moria and Crocodile. Sengoku announced that the Marines and Shichibukai would target Golden Lion Shiki, leaving Mihawk asking Naito about his earlier fight with the legendary pirate.

• Moria accused Hanafuda of secretly working with Kaido and launched shadow spears at him.
• Naito shattered Moria's spears, slammed him into the floor, and told him to stay in his place.
• Hancock kicked Moria away when he tried to attack Naito again, then confronted Crocodile over his comment about Naito.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku ordered the Shichibukai to help the Marines crush Golden Lion Shiki and the Flying Pirates.
• Mihawk asked Naito whether Golden Lion's sword was still sharp after their fight.

Naito and the Shichibukai agreed to join the Navy’s operation to defeat Golden Lion, which was set to depart for the New World the next day. Sengoku then told Naito that Zephyr would command the rebuilt G-14 Base, with an Admiral stationed there in rotation, leaving Naito concerned about his three seniors being tied down.

• Sengoku assured Naito, Crocodile, and Hanafuda that the Navy and government knew where Golden Lion was, and the Shichibukai agreed to take part in the operation.
• Hancock agreed to join as long as she could stay with Naito, while Moria demanded Golden Lion’s corpse and eagerly accepted the mission.
• Sengoku ordered the group to prepare to leave for the New World the next day, then asked Naito to come with him while Hancock promised to wait for his return.
• Sengoku told Naito that Zephyr would command the rebuilt G-14 Base and that an Admiral would rotate through it, prompting Naito to worry that all three of his seniors would be tied down.

Sengoku appointed Naito Admiral and commander of the Marine Guerrilla Unit, then briefed him on the coming operation against Golden Lion and World's group. Naito received a house in Marineford and met the transferred unit members, who learned Zephyr was leaving and Naito would lead them.

• Sengoku appointed Naito Admiral of the Marine Guerrilla Unit, and Naito learned Princess Viola had joined the Marines and could help locate Golden Lion.
• Sengoku assigned Borsalino to lead the operation against Golden Lion and World's group, with Naito, Gion, and Zephyr assisting alongside the Shichibukai.
• Sengoku gave Naito keys to a house in Marineford and explained he would later receive another house at G-1 Base.
• Naito arrived at the villa with members of the Marine Guerrilla Unit, where Zephyr announced he had been transferred out and Naito would take command.
• Gion, Simon, Binz, Ain, and the other officers reacted with surprise and admiration at Naito's new post.

Naito celebrated moving into his new home with the Marine Guerrilla Unit while Hancock and Ain competed to feed him. Smoker, Hina, Grus, and Drake arrived after Sengoku transferred them to Naito’s command, and Hina reunited with Gion.

• Doll teased Naito about his promotion, then confronted Hancock for clinging to him.
• Naito explained that Sengoku had asked him to look after Hancock, and Zephyr accepted her presence.
• Sanji served the food, and Hancock and Ain kept piling food onto Naito’s plate.
• Naito had Binz admit four newly transferred Marines: Smoker, Hina, Grus, and Drake.
• Gion greeted Hina, who was surprised to find her at Naito’s home.

Zephyr introduced Hina, Smoker, X Drake, and Prince Grus to Naito as his new Marine Guerrilla Unit subordinates, and the group shared a meal with Naito, Hancock, and Ain. After the guests agreed to meet early the next morning, Binz asked Naito to let him and Sanji stay at his home.

• Gion told Hina that they had come to celebrate Naito’s move, and Hina and Smoker greeted their former teacher Zephyr.
• Drake and Prince Grus told Naito they saw him as their goal, while Naito said they had mistakenly thought they could catch up to him.
• Hina, Smoker, Drake, and Prince introduced themselves and their Devil Fruit abilities to Naito, who told them to join him when they set sail the next day.
• Hancock and Ain continued feeding Naito during the meal, leaving the four newcomers bewildered about the Pirate Empress’s relationship with him.
• Zephyr and the others said goodbye after arranging to meet early the next morning, but Binz asked Naito to let him and Sanji stay at his home.

Naito wondered whether to rescue the Golden Lion and decided to send World to help him, while Ain prepared to win Naito over that night. The chapter ended with Ain reaching Naito’s locked bedroom door.

• Naito decided that the Golden Lion might be worth rescuing and considered drawing him into the Dream World.
• Naito chose to send World to help the Golden Lion and remotely directed him from bed.
• Ain prepared for the night by bathing, applying makeup, and putting on a black dress.
• Ain went to Naito’s bedroom, reached for the handle, and discovered that the door was locked.

Ain tried to enter Naito’s room, but Hancock dragged her away and locked her in her own room. After Ain and Hancock glared at each other, Gion kissed Naito and pushed him into his room, declaring that he was hers for the night.

• Ain and Hancock argued outside Naito’s room until Naito opened the door, while Gion watched from the hallway.
• Hancock rejected Ain’s attempt to enter Naito’s room, dragged her into her own room, and locked the door.
• Ain and Hancock settled in to watch each other, each determined to stop the other from reaching Naito.
• Gion told Naito she had realized her feelings for him and kissed him for the first time.
• Gion lunged into Naito’s arms and knocked him into his room, insisting that he was hers for the night.

Ain realized that Gion had spent the night with Naito, then watched Gion openly kiss him the next morning while Hancock reacted furiously. The group boarded a warship and sailed toward Red Port as the main force prepared to confront the Golden Lion.

• Ain left Hancock's room and found red marks on Naito's neck as Gion spoke from inside his room.
• Ain followed Naito to breakfast, where she and Hancock competed to feed him while Sanji asked whether to save food for Gion.
• Gion arrived late, kissed Naito in front of everyone, and provoked Hancock into unleashing her Conqueror's Haki.
• Naito led the group to Crescent Harbor, where they joined Zephyr and others aboard a warship bound for Red Port.

The Marines launched an operation to capture Golden Lion, with Viola aboard to track his moving sky island. Naito led one of three warships, while Hancock and the other Shichibukai joined the mission.

• The group reached Mary Geoise, where Hancock confronted her fear of returning and took Naito's words as encouragement to face it herself.
• At Marine G-1 Base, Akainu ordered the forces to depart immediately after Golden Lion's position was confirmed in the sky over two thousand nautical miles away.
• Akainu assigned Kizaru as the operation's main force and told Naito to keep Viola safe and conceal her tracking ability from the Shichibukai.
• Zephyr, Naito, and Kizaru each took command of a warship, and the six Shichibukai were divided among them.
• Viola greeted Naito aboard his ship and thanked him for helping her in Dressrosa, while Hancock watched her closely.

Naito and the Marine force sailed toward the Golden Lion’s floating island, while Viola and the others watched Naito train and bickered over his attention. After Zephyr sensed the island above the clouds, the officers and Shichibukai prepared to ascend and confront the Golden Lion.

• Viola felt encouraged by Naito’s words and resolved to join the Marine Guerrilla Unit after training, but she noticed Ain, Hancock, and Momousagi competing for his attention.
• Crocodile teased Naito about the women surrounding him, then went inside the cabin after Naito told him to leave.
• Naito trained aboard the warship while Drake, Grus, Smoker, and Binz discussed the coming battle and the Marines’ strength.
• Viola alerted Naito that they had reached their destination, and Naito ordered Ain to notify Zephyr and Borsalino.
• Zephyr sensed the Golden Lion’s island overhead and ordered Crocodile to use his sand ability to transport the group upward, while Gion and Simon’s group remained at sea.
• Kizaru transformed into light and flew upward, Naito soared into the sky, and Crocodile formed a vast sand platform for the others.

Golden Lion celebrated the fortune his Flying Pirates had extorted from non-member nations, but Kizaru attacked his sky island and revealed that the Marines had tracked him down. Zephyr, Naito, and the Shichibukai arrived to surround him, leaving Golden Lion facing an overwhelming force as he tried to escape.

• Golden Lion and Dr. Indigo celebrated the Flying Pirates’ treasure and planned to use it to recruit more men.
• Kizaru’s beam struck the treasure, destroying the building and provoking Golden Lion to attack him.
• Kizaru called for Zephyr and Naito, who arrived and forced Golden Lion to flee.
• A green slash blocked Golden Lion’s escape, and he spotted Hawk-Eyes and the Shichibukai approaching on Crocodile’s sand platform.
• Hawk-Eyes urged Crocodile to move faster as Golden Lion darted away again.

Golden Lion tried to escape Kizaru and Zephyr, but Naito used illusions to overwhelm his Future Sight and knock him down. Surrounded by the Marines and Hawk-Eyes, Golden Lion had nowhere left to flee.

• Golden Lion used Future Sight to evade Kizaru, but he could not outrun him and turned back toward the island.
• Golden Lion planned to take Naito hostage, but Naito surrounded him with illusions after Kizaru and Zephyr warned him that Golden Lion could see the future.
• Naito created illusory versions of Golden Lion being beaten, confusing his Future Sight and allowing Naito to strike him down onto the island.
• Kizaru asked how Naito had fooled Golden Lion, and Naito explained that he had used his own Future Sight to create illusions that matched Golden Lion’s perspective.
• Zephyr and Kizaru closed in on Golden Lion as Hawk-Eyes and others landed behind him, leaving him with no escape.

The Marines and Shichibukai overwhelmed Golden Lion Shiki, with Hawk-Eyes, Zephyr, Kizaru, and Naito striking him in succession. As Shiki lay battered on the shattered island, Byrnndi World suddenly appeared, possessed by Naito, and addressed him.

• Golden Lion Shiki smoked a cigarette from Crocodile before challenging Hawk-Eyes to a sword fight.
• Hawk-Eyes struck Shiki back, and Zephyr followed with a powerful blow that sent them both flying.
• Kizaru shot Shiki through the chest, Naito hit him with a serious punch, and Kizaru kicked him into the island.
• Smoker brought Hina, Grus, Ain, and Binz to the island, where Ain sent them to deal with the other pirates.
• Byrnndi World appeared at the center of the shattered island, and Naito, possessing World, looked down at Shiki.

World rescued Golden Lion from the government’s ambush, and the two escaped after World proved too fast for the Marines to stop. The failed operation left the Shichibukai and Marines behind, while Hanafuda reflected on how dangerous World’s speed made him.

• Zephyr, Kizaru, and the Shichibukai prepared to fight World and Golden Lion after World arrived to save him.
• Naito ordered Golden Lion to deactivate his power, causing the shattered island to fall and leaving the Shichibukai unable to join the battle.
• World moved Golden Lion out of Zephyr’s reach and fought Kizaru in the sky, matching the Admiral’s strength.
• World fled with Golden Lion, and Golden Lion and World’s sword attacks forced Kizaru to break off his pursuit.
• Crocodile mocked the failed operation, while Hanafuda noted that World’s speed made him exceptionally difficult to defeat or capture.