## One Piece Chapter 516: The Pirate Empress Boa Hancock - Chapter: 516 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Nami, Sanji, Franky, Brook, Zoro, Nico Robin, Tony Tony Chopper, Usopp, Marguerite, Borsalino, Sentomaru, Bartholomew Kuma, Yuda sea snakes, Kuja warriors, Vice Admiral Momonga, Marines, Kuja Pirates, Boa Hancock, kitten, Boa Sandersonia, Boa Marigold, petrified Marines ### Summary Page 0: The chapter opens with a full-color title spread reading "ONE PIECE" and "A casual discovery," with the chapter caption at the bottom: "Chapter 516: \"THE PIRATE EMPRESS BOA HANCOCK\"." The Straw Hats fill the illustration in bright casual poses: Luffy laughs with both arms thrown up, Nami smiles from a balcony-like ledge, Sanji stands in a black suit holding a stick, Franky grits his teeth in a loud floral shirt, Brook holds a musical instrument, Zoro glares in the foreground, Robin rests calmly near him, Chopper peeks from a doorway, and Usopp shouts while pointing from a cart-like spot. The image is not part of the Amazon Lily action, but it frames the chapter as a title page and keeps the crew visually present after their forced separation. Scanner-hosting boilerplate below the spread is unrelated and ignored. Page 2: In the jungle of Amazon Lily, Marguerite looks over Luffy's altered outfit and says, "HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE FRILLS? MEN ARE SUCH STRANGE CREATURES...!!" Luffy, now stripped of the decorative frills, answers simply, "WELL... WHATEVER. THANKS FOR TAKING THEM OFF." He decides, "WELL THEN, I'LL BE ON MY WAY," but admits his real anxiety: "IF I DON'T MEET UP WITH MY FRIENDS, I WON'T BE ABLE TO CALM DOWN." Marguerite notices, "YOU LOOK RESTLESS." Luffy clenches his fist and thinks through the scattered Straw Hats: "IF THEY'RE ALL ALIVE LIKE I AM... THEN EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE!! AS LONG AS WE'RE ALIVE, WE CAN FIGHT THEM AS MANY TIMES AS WE NEED...!!!" The enemies who overwhelmed them flash through his mind, including Kizaru, Sentomaru, and Kuma, as he vows, "WE'LL SURPASS THEM ALL!!!" The page turns panic into determination: the crew is gone, but Luffy refuses to treat separation as defeat. Page 3: Luffy prepares to leave immediately, shouting "HWOO OOH!!!" and declaring, "ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE SHABONDY ARCHI-PELAGO WHILE WALKING ON MY HANDS!!! THAT WAY, I'LL GET STRONGER!!!" Marguerite watches him run off and says, "YOU REALLY ARE RESTLESS, HUH..." Luffy then asks the obvious logistical question: "AH!! WILL YOU GIVE ME A BOAT?" Marguerite answers with disbelief and concern as the jungle opens toward the sea: "YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BOATS!?" She explains the trap he has fallen into: "THIS IS... THE CALM BELT!!" A distant view shows Amazon Lily isolated in still waters, with a huge sea monster carcass or skull-like body near the island. Marguerite says, "THAT'S RIGHT. THIS ISLAND OF WOMEN IS IN THE CALM BELT. GIANT SEA KINGS LIVE IN THE WATERS AROUND THE ISLAND. THAT'S WHY SAILORS NEVER COME BY." Even if a castaway reached shore, she adds, by the time they arrived, "THEY'RE JUST A CORPSE." Page 4: Marguerite describes the only safe route through the Calm Belt: "LADY HEBIHIME'S PIRATE SHIP IS DRAWN BY FEROCIOUS BEASTS CALLED \"YUDA.\" THEY'RE POISONOUS SEA SNAKES, SO EVEN SEA KINGS WON'T ATTACK. THAT IS THE ONE AND ONLY SHIP IN AMAZON LILY." A note explains that the kanji reads "play snake." Luffy lies thinking and proposes, "THAT'S A PROBLEM...!! THERE'S NO WIND... MAYBE I SHOULD MAKE A RAFT AND PADDLE OUT?" Marguerite flatly calls it stupid. Luffy ignores the warning, cheers, "ALL RIGHT!! I'LL MAKE A RAFT AND PADDLE OUT!!!" and Marguerite screams, "YOU'RE NOT EVEN THINKING TWICE!!?" He quickly assembles a crude log raft and declares, "DONE!!!" but it immediately breaks apart in the surf with "BUKU BUKU..." and heavy crashing sounds. Marguerite yells, "THAT'S TERRIBLE!!! IT'S ALREADY COMING APART!!!" while Luffy tumbles down the cliffside with "GYAAA-AAAH..." Page 5: On the shore, Luffy lies defeated beside the broken raft pieces and admits, "AHH, THAT WAS CLOSE, DAMN IT! IF ONLY FRANKY WAS HERE... THIS IS BAD... I'M THE ONE IN TROUBLE HERE...!! IF ONLY YOU COULD RUN FAR, FAR AWAY..." Marguerite wrings out cloth nearby and tells him, "... I'M NOT OBLIGATED TO HELP YOU...!!" She asks a basic question born from Amazon Lily's isolation: "CAN YOU \"MEN\" EVEN SWIM?" Luffy is still thinking through the problem when Marguerite adds, "IF I GET TOO FRIENDLY WITH YOU, THEN I MIGHT GET ATTACHED." She suddenly whips out or swings her snake weapon toward him, and Luffy shouts, "HEY, STOP THAT!!!" The next instant the ground explodes around him with a violent crash and flying splinters as he cries, "WAH!!" Marguerite yells back, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!?" The page leaves the exact danger unfolding fast: whether she is attacking, warning, or yanking him clear, arrows and pursuit have reached them. Page 6: A barrage of arrows tears through the jungle, punching through stone and wood with h...