Summary:
Luffy receives the key to Ace’s bonds from Hancock, who then dreams of a wedding ceremony between her and Luffy taking place on the Amazon Lily, with the entire Kuja tribe to witness. Ivankov battles Kuma while Luffy continues to advance on the battlefield. Crocodile defeats a number of Whitebeard’s lesser men to get to him, but is attacked by Jozu, who is then stopped by Doflamingo. The episode ends with Mihawk blocking Luffy’s path.
The Marines are surprised that Boa Hancock protected Luffy from Smoker. Hancock then gives Luffy the key to Ace’s handcuffs. Luffy hugs Hancock to thank her. Hancock is so happy that she falls to her knees in a swoon. Nearby marines mistook this interaction for Luffy throwing his weight at Hancock and defeating her. Hancock then imagines that she is marrying Luffy and has a red string of fate binding them together, but is soon brought back to reality when Smoker attacks Luffy again, prompting Hancock to interrupt his nervousness. Smoker angrily asks her if she knows what happens when she messes with the marines, but she replies that “she can do anything because she’s beautiful”. Ivankov confronts Donquixote Doflamingo about Bartholomew Kuma being “dead”. Luffy soon joins Ivankov, and Doflamingo explains that while the cyborg is indeed Kuma, he is not the one they once knew, as Dr. Completely modified by Vegapunk, it is now a full human weapon, much to Ivankov’s surprise.
Doflamingo then tells Ivankov that Kuma is now just a weapon following the orders of the World Government, so it’s better for him to forget about their friendship. Kuma then shoots beams at Ivankov and Luffy. Kuma then charges at the Newkamas and blows them away with his Pad Cannon. An angry Ivankov attacks him with Face Specter and Galaxy Wink, which blasts Kuma away, followed by a kick that knocks Kuma down. Ivankov decides that he will “not hold back any longer”. At this point, he becomes depressed about how no one ever forgot about him, but quickly recovers and claims that he will make Kuma remember how scary he is.
He then orders the Newkamas to follow Luffy while he deals with Kuma. Meanwhile, Buggy and his followers formulate a plan that they will soon put into action, but Galdino has his doubts. Daz Bonez and Crocodile fight Whitebeard’s pirates, who try to protect Whitebeard from him, but are easily defeated. Jozu then confronts the Crocodile and is able to harm him. Just before Jozu could attack the Crocodile again, Doflamingo saves the Crocodile by holding Jozu back with his power. Crocodile threatens to kill Doflamingo if he gets in his way, but Doflamingo suggests an alliance. Luffy continues to advance, only to find Mihawk standing in his way. Mihawk thinks as he “apologizes” to Shanks because he won’t hold back and fight Luffy to see if fate is on Luffy’s side or not.
he anime adds the following:
After interpreting Luffy’s hug as marriage, a sequence of Hancock’s dream wedding is shown.