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Chapter 386: Unprecedented

Arc: Enies Lobby · Saga: Water Seven · Released:

Summary

At the Tower of Law on Enies Lobby’s judicial island, Director Spandam lounges with a golden Transponder Snail — possession of which carries the authority to summon a Buster Call, the World Government weapon that can erase an entire island with one button. He boasts of how he “crushed” Robin’s comrades (the giants Oimo and Kashii) and defeated five of his guards, and gloats to a captive Nico Robin about the fate of “Straw Hat Luffy.” His self-congratulation is interrupted by an urgent report from the main island: roughly 60 pirates have invaded, reaching the final point — the square before the courthouse. Meanwhile on the main island, the Franky Family, Galley-La workers, the Square Sisters, and the giant duo Oimo and Kashii (who have switched sides and are advancing up the island’s center) overrun the guard force, with Sanji rallying all soldiers toward the courthouse. The report tallies the catastrophe: over 2,000 World Government forces engaged, more than 1,000 defeated, the giant gate guards turned, and “Straw Hat Luffy” vanished into a search. The chapter closes naming this assault a calamity unlike anything in the entire history of Enies Lobby, with Blueno watching and Robin laughing.

New reveals

• Director Spandam introduced (first appearance + first mention) — the World Government official directing the operation against Robin, headquartered at the Tower of Law on the judicial island.
• Buster Call named for the first time: a World Government weapon invoked by a golden Transponder Snail, granting the holder authority to make “an island disappear” with one button (Spandam, p. 2–3).
• Buster Call authority normally requires permission from “an Admiral or higher at Navy Headquarters”; Spandam claims he obtained his golden snail “from Aokiji for the Buster Call” (p. 2).
• Funkfreed — Spandam’s war elephant — named on-page (p. 2).
• Oimo and Kashii (the giant island-gate guards) have joined the pirates and are coming up the center of the main island (p. 14).
• Casualty tally: of over 2,000 government forces, more than 1,000 defeated; fewer than five of Spandam’s personal guards beaten (pp. 14).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

(None — this chapter plants more than it resolves.)

Mentions / appearances

• First appearance + first mention: Spandam (Director, full surname not yet given on-page), Funkfreed (named, his war elephant).
• First named (World-Building): Buster Call.
• Appears: Nico Robin (captive at the Tower of Law), Sanji, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Blueno (final page), Franky Family, Galley-La Company, Zambai (issuing the three-team plan).
• Referenced / named (not clearly shown): Aokiji (source of the golden snail), Luffy (“Straw Hat Luffy,” vanished), Oimo and Kashii (giant gate guards, now allied), Franky (“Big Bro Franky”), Sodom/Gomorrah (“Gomora,” the Galley-La war-bull).
• Location: Enies Lobby (Tower of Law on the judicial island; the courthouse square on the main island).

Notable panels

• Page 1: Cover side-story — “Ms. Golden Week’s Big Plan, A Baroque Reunion, Vol. 21: ‘Help!’” — a beached/wrecked ship with figures crying for help.
• Page 2 (panel labeled “Enies Lobby — Tower of Law”): Spandam reclining with the golden Transponder Snail; Funkfreed the elephant introduced.
• Page 3: “With this one button, an island will disappear” — the Buster Call’s island-erasing scale stated; Spandam startled, nearly pressing the button.
• Page 5: “BWOOOSH” — wide shot of Enies Lobby’s main island, the courthouse and gate towers.
• Page 6: “AAOM!!” — pirates reach the square in front of the courthouse; Zoro stands amid the rubble.
• Page 7: Sanji rallies “All soldiers to the square by the courthouse!!”; the war-bull “Gomora” praised.
• Page 14: Spandam learns Oimo and Kashii have joined the pirates and over 1,000 of 2,000+ forces are defeated.
• Page 15: “A catastrophe the likes of which we’ve never seen… in the entire history of Enies Lobby!!!”; Blueno watching; Robin laughing (“HA HA HA HA!”).

Open questions raised

• Will Spandam actually trigger the Buster Call with the golden snail? (Chekhov tell planted p. 2–3.)
• Why did Aokiji give Spandam the golden snail “for the Buster Call” — what is the Admiral’s stake in the Robin operation? See True History Ohara Was Killed For.
• What is Spandam’s authority/rank and his connection to Robin’s past at Ohara?