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Chapter 412: You Missed Your Chance

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

Summary

Inside the Tower of Law at Enies Lobby, Nami finishes her duel with the bubble-powered Kalifa. Kalifa boasts that her Six Powers training and her control of the room’s “climate” (her soap/bubble field) make her untouchable, but Nami counters that a navigator’s weather forecast is never wrong: she has staged Weather-Egg mirages, a Soap-Sheep dark cloud, and a high-pressure black-cloud “tempest,” and she blows the bubbles away with a Cyclone Tempo before driving home the Thunder Lance Tempo — a lightning lance that finally hits the real Kalifa and drops her. Nami demands the key. Franky arrives, reunites with Nami, and the two compare notes on the numbered keys (Kalifa held Key No. 2). The reunion is cut short by a rampaging horned monster crashing through the tower: it is Tony Tony Chopper, who has taken too many Rumble Balls and lost himself in a giant, animalistic form that no longer recognizes his crewmates and is visibly draining his own life force. CP9/government fighters note the Buster Call has already been made and that the monster’s “form must be draining too much energy.” Franky resolves to “dial it down” and blow Chopper out to sea with a Coup de Vent to stop him before he burns out. Elsewhere Kaku — now in a giraffe-shaped transformed form — taunts Zoro into their fight.

New reveals

• Nami beats Kalifa. Nami’s Sorcery Clima-Tact climaxes with Thunder Lance Tempo, exploiting the black cloud built earlier to land a lightning strike on the true Kalifa.
• Chopper’s monster transformation. Overdosing on Rumble Balls pushes Chopper past his three-form limit into a giant horned monster that does not recognize Nami, Franky, or the crew, attacks indiscriminately, and is rapidly draining his own life force (“It’s like he’s losing his life force fast… who looks like he’s gonna die!!”).
• Franky/Nami reunion inside the tower; the numbered keys matter (Kalifa carried Key No. 2), and the crew must find Key No. 2 for the cuffs.
• Buster Call already called. A CP9/government fighter states flatly, “The Buster Call’s been made,” raising the stakes of the whole rescue.
• Kaku’s giraffe form shown. Kaku’s transformed body is drawn as an unmistakably giraffe-shaped figure (long spotted neck) as he provokes Zoro — the on-page visual debut of his transformed shape. (The Devil Fruit is NOT named on-page this chapter.)

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Nami — defeats Kalifa; reunites with Franky.
• Kalifa — bubble/Six-Powers fighter; defeated by Thunder Lance Tempo. (Devil Fruit still unnamed on-page.)
• Franky — arrives, reunites with Nami, moves to stop the rampaging Chopper.
• Tony Tony Chopper — rampaging horned monster form (Rumble Ball overdose), draining life force.
• Kaku — in a giraffe-shaped transformed form, provokes Zoro.
• Zoro — squaring off against the transformed Kaku.
• CP9 · Enies Lobby · Buster Call (named on-page as “made”).
• Cover story: “Ms. Golden Week’s Big Plan, A Baroque Reunion, Vol. 41: ‘Misters 0, 1, 2 and 3’” — featuring Crocodile (Mr. 0), Mr. 1, Bon Clay (Mr. 2), and Mr. 3 (slumped/captured), with Miss Goldenweek’s plan ongoing (1 cover page).

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Chapter splash / cover-story header: Crocodile and Mr. 1 seated against a stone wall, Mr. 2 (Bon Clay) and a fallen Mr. 3 below (“Misters 0, 1, 2 and 3”).
• Pages 2-3 — Kalifa’s “I’ve taken control of the humidity and temperature” boast vs. Nami’s “It’s not a forecast… it’s not a prediction” / “This room’s climate belongs to me!!”
• Pages 6-7 — Soap Sheep / Sheep Cloud Tidal Wave (Kalifa’s bubble attack) vs. Nami’s mirage decoys.
• Page 8 — Cyclone Tempo blows the bubbles away.
• Pages 10-11 — Thunder Lance Tempo connects: “No matter how strong you are… my forecast is never wrong!!”
• Pages 12-13 — Franky/Nami reunion; “Where’s Key No. 2?!”
• Pages 14-16 — Chopper’s monster transformation: giant horned form, “He’s losing his life force fast,” “The Buster Call’s been made.”
• Pages 17-18 — Franky’s plan: “A power user has one weak point… I’ll blow him into the sea!!” (Coup de Vent build-up); “Coup de… Vent!!” sploosh.
• Page 19 — Kaku (giraffe-shaped form) to Zoro: “Are you finally free to fight?… You won’t get another chance to beat me… World Government goons!!”

Open questions raised

• Will the monster-form Chopper survive, and can Franky’s Coup-de-Vent-into-the-sea actually stop him without killing him?
• Where is Key No. 2 now (the key to Robin’s cuffs), and which key matches the cuffs?
• With the Buster Call already called, how much time does the crew have before the island is annihilated?
• What exactly is Kaku’s giraffe-shaped power (unnamed here)?