A Difficult Fight for Luffy! The Snake Sisters' Haki Power!!

Having flattened the panther Bacura, Luffy squares off with Boa Marigold and Boa Sandersonia, who take their snake forms before a crowd screaming for his death. To wound him without touching him, Sandersonia toys with Marguerite's stone statue. The taunt pushes Luffy past his limit, and he unleashes the extremely rare and potent Supreme King Haki, a force that staggers the spectators and astonishes the Boa sisters, who grasp at once the magnitude of what he has shown.

The onlookers insist Luffy cannot beat the snake sisters, and Hancock orders his execution for trespassing and disrespecting her. Luffy calls a brief timeout to carry the petrified women clear of the ring, apologizing for the danger his presence brought them and hoping Chopper might one day cure them as he and Robin recovered from Aokiji's ice. Marigold's poison and Sandersonia's coils press him hard, and he notices his strikes hurt him just as they did against Sentomaru, which the sisters recognize as the bite of Haki they assume he cannot wield. When Sandersonia lifts Marguerite's statue and counts down to shatter it, Luffy's scream releases Conqueror's Haki, knocking out much of the crowd and confirming to a shaken Hancock that he shares her gift.

This installment continues the Amazon Lily Arc and debuts several techniques for the snake sisters, including Marigold's Heavy Stick and Sandersonia's Snake Dance and Snake Slam. It marks the second time Luffy unleashes Supreme King Haki without realizing what it is. The next-episode preview is shortened from its usual length.