One Piece Episode Guide

Returning the Sake Cup! The Manly Jimbei Pays His Debt!

As the Tea Party begins, the Fire Tank Pirates and Caesar Clown make preparations to commit their assassination attempt on Big Mom. Inside the venue, Big Mom receives the portrait of Mother Carmel as well as presents from her guests, and she reveals that she will be opening the Tamatebako she got from Fishman Island after the wedding. Meanwhile, Sanji struggles to not be fooled by Pudding's facade as the two of them practice their vows before being flown out to the venue.

The Underworld emperors arrive at the Whole Cake Chateau to attend Big Mom's tea party. Bege and his crew act as security for the wedding. When the Vinsmoke Family arrives, they are asked to relinquish their weapons and raid suits. As the Sanji Retrieval Team prepares for Bege's operation, Luffy goes to the Seducing Woods to catch animals. At the venue, an angry guest Jigra is trying to force his way in only to be shot down by Charlotte Katakuri. Shortly afterwards, the Organ Trading Assassin Group attacks the venue but they are easily defeated by Daifuku and Oven. After all the guests arrive at the venue, Big Mom appears and the tea party begins.

The meeting between the Sanji Retrieval Team and the Fire Tank Pirates continues. The groups review their plans for the Tea Party and intend to use a mirror and Brûlée to escape. After the meeting concludes, Sanji returns to his room in the Whole Cake Chateau to prepare for the wedding. Meanwhile, the Sun Pirates prepare to leave Whole Cake Island after tying Pekoms to a rock. The guests arrive and everyone prepares for the tea party, which is due in an hour.

The meeting between the Sanji Retrieval Team and the Fire Tank Pirates begins. Luffy wants to punch Bege for what he did to Pekoms and after a brief quarrel, Jinbe convinces everyone to put their differences aside. Bege reveals that he recruited Caesar for his assassination plot and goes over his plan to assassinate Big Mom. After Bege explains about an incident concerning the photo of Mother Carmel, Luffy agrees to be the bait.

The Sanji Retrieval Team goes to the Fire Tank Pirates' hideout to meet Capone Bege. Meanwhile, the Sun Pirates tend to an injured Pekoms and guard him to prevent him from reporting to Big Mom. While Nami and Carrot are bathing, they have a conversation with Charlotte Chiffon, who explains about Lola's arranged marriage with Loki, the prince of Elbaf, and how Lola running away from the marriage cost Big Mom an alliance with the giants. After finishing bathing and changing clothes, the Sanji Retrieval Team meets Bege in person.

After Luffy and Sanji reconcile, the Sanji Retrieval Team manages to contact them through a mirror shard. Jinbe proceeds to talk about Bege's past before revealing that he plots to assassinate Big Mom during the tea party. Jinbe then proposes forming an alliance with him.

After a harsh struggle, Luffy finally manages to defeat Counter. He then rests besides King Baum's corpse. Sanji later arrives and finds Luffy, who wakes up from the smell of Sanji's bento. Sanji gives the bento to Luffy, relieving his hunger. Sanji once again attempts to convince Luffy to leave without him, but in response, Luffy punches him and forces him to say his true feelings. Sanji then tearfully admits that he wants to return to the Straw Hats but could not abandon his family. Happy to hear Sanji's answer, Luffy decides to help him crash the wedding.

Luffy fights against Charlotte Counter, but despite his best effort, his hunger causes him to be easily overpowered. Meanwhile, Brook reveals to the Sanji Retrieval Team that he successfully transcribed Big Mom's Ponegliffs. As the team prepares to find Sanji, Jinbe states that they should reach him before the wedding, as there is a plot going on behind the scenes that will plunge it into chaos. He reveals that Pekoms was caught up in this scheme, which resulted in him being shot by Bege. In the Whole Cake Chateau, the Vinsmokes celebrate by drinking lots of alcohol, and outside in Sweet City, Bobbin is shot by a mysterious gunman while pursuing Sanji. Sanji reaches the outskirts of Sweet City where Luffy promised to wait for him, but cannot find Luffy. However, he finally locates the unconscious Luffy by the remains of King Baum after hearing his stomach rumble.

After Sanji fled, Bobbin decides to pursue him by himself. The Sanji Retrieval Team finds the mirror leading to Brook but also learns that the mirror also leads to Big Mom's bedroom. While Big Mom is sleeping, the team plans to retrieve Brook and replace him with another skeleton. After three unsuccessful attempts, the team manage to get Brook back. As Sanji hurries towards the place where Luffy promised to wait for him, Luffy is also approaching near his intended destination. However, Charlotte Counter ambushes Luffy.

Having brought Jinbe and Nami into the Mirro-World, the Sanji Retrieval Team begins searching for Luffy, Sanji, and Brook. Inside Big Mom's chamber, Big Mom continues holding Brook captive and goes over the Vinsmoke assassination plan with Pudding. The Charlotte Family and the Big Mom Pirates have a meeting and discuss the statuses of the intruders. Believing the intruders have been dealt with, the meeting adjourned. Inside Sweet City, Luffy battles against two chess soldiers and two members of the Big Mom Pirates. Due to his hunger, Luffy initially struggles but is able to muster enough strength to defeat his opponents. Back inside the chateau, Sanji sits alone in a hallway and decides to accept death. Bobbin runs into him and as he is about to eat a piece of meat from Sanji's bento box, Sanji kicks him and then flees the scene.

As Pedro detonates a string of dynamite at the courtyard, Chopper grabs him into the Mirro-World. While traveling in the Mirro-World, Chopper and Carrot manage to locate Nami and Jinbe, who are evading the Big Mom Pirates. Meanwhile, Luffy continues running through the chateau and is confronted by Cabaletta, who intends to avenge Cadenza. After a furious clash, Luffy manages to defeat Cabaletta and continues onward. Luffy eventually comes across the infirmary, where Reiju hides him from the pursuing Big Mom Pirates. Reiju informs Luffy that Sanji has been made aware of Pudding's deception and Luffy decides to return to the place where he promised to wait for Sanji. After jumping out of the Chateau and landing in Sweet City, Luffy is confronted by Chess Soldiers as he is traveling to his intended destination. While wandering in the hallways of the Chateau, Sanji decides that he will not return to the Straw Hats.

In the Chateau courtyard, Tamago regenerates into a stronger form with chicken features known as Viscount Hiyoko with his Devil Fruit power. Pedro fights Hiyoko and manages to defeat this form, but before Hiyoko regenerates into a stronger form, Pedro lights a string of bombs and attempts to take out all the surrounding enemies in a massive explosion. In the Room of Treasure, Brook's sword is unable to pierce Big Mom's skin, and he is finally defeated, but not before managing to injure Prometheus. Outside the room, Smoothie hears about Luffy's breakout and orders the floors below them to be blocked off so Big Mom does not find out. Pudding then comes in, and Big Mom reveals to Brook that she can awaken the ability to read the Ponegliffs with her third eye. Pudding asks Big Mom if they can talk in the latter's room. Below, Luffy fights against Charlotte Cadenza in his race to find Sanji, and knocks out the pirate after choking him for Sanji's location. In the infirmary, Reiju encourages Sanji to escape and leave their family to die, revealing that she replaced the explosive cuffs on his wrists with duds, which will allow him to leave without repercussions.

Jimbei arrives on the scene and works to free Luffy and Nami. Meanwhile Sanji confronts Reiju with the awful truth of Pudding, and she confides in him the powerful secret of their mother's undying love.

After revealing the truth about the wedding, Pudding removes Reiju's memories of their encounter and has her taken to medical help so she can meet her doom at the wedding tomorrow. In the Room of Treasure, Brook tries to use his speed to attack Big Mom, but she counters his attacks. Her homies prove to be resistant to his soul power, but even after taking multiple attacks from them, Brook keeps getting up. In the Mirro-World, Chopper and Carrot find out that the mirrors can tell them where they lead to, and they work on identifying their comrades to the mirrors. Meanwhile, Luffy gets closer to ripping his arms off as Opera prepares to torture Nami for Lola's location. Suddenly, Jinbe arrives and attacks Opera to free Luffy and Nami.

Luffy continues trying to escape the prison book by tearing off his hands. In a flash back, Pudding reveals to Luffy and Nami that she plans to kill Sanji during the wedding and that Big Mom does not intend to let them leave alive. Elsewhere, Sanji goes to Pudding's room and listens in on Pudding taunting Reiju as she reveals her sinister nature and a plot to assassinate the Vinsmoke Family. After hearing Pudding mocking him, Sanji becomes heartbroken.

Luffy tries desperately to free himself as the risk of his own well-being. Meanwhile, Chopper and Carrot continue to search the Mirro-World as Brook squares off against Big Mom and Pedro’s past is revealed.

Pudding reveals a secret plan to prevent Sanji from marrying her, shocking Luffy and Nami. After she leaves, Luffy attempts to escape from their prison. In the Mirro-World, Chopper and Carrot successfully execute their counterattack and take out Brûlée and all of her henchmen. They then plot to use Brûlée's powers to explore Mirro-World and find all their crewmates. In the Room of Treasure, Brook defeats all the guards in it and begins transcribing the Ponegliffs. However, Big Mom breaks into the room and confronts him. Meanwhile, Tamago confronts Pedro in the third floor courtyard, and it is revealed that Pedro had 50 years of his life removed during his invasion five years ago, after he and Tamago had taken out each other's left eyes. Meanwhile, the Vinsmokes plot to keep Pudding in the Germa Kingdom after the wedding in order to prevent the Big Mom Pirates from taking advantage of their deal. Reiju is sneaking around the chateau, but is suddenly caught outside by someone and shot with a gun. She manages to head back inside, but collapses from her injuries.

Thanks to Pedro's distraction, Brook manages to sneak into the Room of Treasure. With the power of his Devil Fruit, he overwhelms the Chess Soldier homies by the power of soul. In Brûlée's house, it is revealed that she and her henchmen captured a mirror clone of Carrot. The real Carrot then unleashes an ambush on the people in the house and kicks the pot of boiling water onto Brûlée. Chopper then frees himself and activates Monster Point as the two prepare a counterattack. While Sanji picks flowers for Pudding, she goes to the Prisoner Library to visit Luffy and Nami. She confesses her failure to bring Sanji to them like they had agreed, and Luffy and Nami gawk in shock as she continues speaking to them.

Pekoms creates a diversion for Brook to set his plan into action. Meanwhile Luffy continues to goad Big Mom into a fight, and Pudding begins to have stirrings of rebellion herself!

Tamago increases security on the Big Mom Pirates' three Ponegliffs in the Room of Treasure by having Sweet Commander Charlotte Smoothie protect them. Brook spies on the room and goes back to tell Pedro about security, and they hatch a plan to get around it. In the Mirro-World, Brûlée and her henchmen finally capture Chopper and Carrot. However, the two devise a plan. They are taken to Brûlée's house and Carrot is about to be cooked in a pot of boiling water, but Chopper prepares to execute the plan. Big Mom shows the Vinsmoke Family her collection of rare creatures trapped inside giant books. Meanwhile, Luffy wakes up in another part of the library, and he and Nami are bound inside a book together. Big Mom departs from the Vinsmokes and calls Luffy and Nami to discuss their actions, but to her surprise Luffy responds defiantly.

In the Mirro-World, Chopper and Carrot fight against Brûlée and her henchmen, but are subdued by their own reflections. In the Whole Cake Chateau, Sanji makes a deal with Big Mom to spare his friends if he gets married without resisting. In the battle with the enraged army, Amande kills King Baum by bisecting him, Galette immobilizes Nami, and although Luffy continues fighting here, he is eventually caught and defeated. He tries to remain in his waiting spot as the army drags him and Nami away, but is knocked out.

Luffy faces Big Mom's enraged army with determination, and decimates their hordes of Chess Soldiers. He struggles against the higher-ranking Big Mom Pirates, but Nami and King Baum come back to help him and Nami decimates all the Chess Soldiers with a massive lightning strike. As this battle rages on, Sanji talks to Pudding in her room and, in order to make the best of his situation, agrees to marry her tomorrow and make a life together.

After hearing about Cracker's defeat, Big Mom creates a big storm before sending a massive army out to take revenge on Luffy. She then goes to meet with the Vinsmoke Family for lunch, and as they exchange pleasantries, Pudding asks Sanji via note to meet her in private later. Outside, Luffy, Nami, and King Baum watch as the enraged army heads toward them, but a steadfast Luffy refuses to move from his waiting spot.

Luffy refuses to back down from the hostile Sanji, causing Sanji to confront him and attack him with Diable Jambe. Despite Sanji's vicious attacks, Luffy refuses to fight back or retreat, and Nami pleads Sanji to stop to no avail. Finally, Sanji knocks Luffy out with a spinning midair kick, and returns to his family. Luffy yells out to Sanji as he leaves, saying that he will stay at this spot and not eat until Sanji returns, as he cannot become the Pirate King without Sanji. This causes Sanji to break down in tears as he is taken to Big Mom.

Sanji has memories of his escape from the Germa Kingdom, meeting Zeff, and later joining the Straw Hats as his family heads to the Whole Cake Chateau. Luffy and Nami ride King Baum out of the Seducing Woods, and they contact Chopper and Carrot, who reveal where Sanji is headed as they are pursued by Brûlée. They manage to hide again, but Brûlée brings Randolph, his crane, and the Noble Croc into the world to help her hunt the duo down, and Chopper gets the idea to gain control of Brûlée's power. Back in the real world, Luffy and Nami reach Sanji, and Luffy reunites with his crewmate. However, Sanji kicks Luffy out of the carriage, claiming to have accepted his royal heritage and disowning Luffy.

Luffy is full to bursting from eating all of Cracker's biscuit creations for several hours, but refuses to give up, causing an enraged Cracker to attack him directly. However, Luffy activates another form of Gear Fourth known as Tankman: Full Version. Cracker is unable to penetrate Luffy and is instead sucked into his inflated body, getting shot out at high velocity and flying all the way into Sweet City. His unconscious body is discovered by his siblings, who put Sweet City into a state of emergency. Despite Luffy's victory, Pound and King Baum warn him that Big Mom will retaliate with even greater force. Meanwhile, Chopper and Carrot finally discover Sanji through a mirror and learn where he is going, but they are caught by Brûlée. The Vinsmoke Family heads out to meet Big Mom at the Whole Cake Chateau, and Sanji thinks about his crew as he reaches the point of no return.

Nami produces rain to soften Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers, allowing Luffy to eat and disable them. This goes on for several hours, leaving Cracker exhausted and angry, although Luffy's stomach is nearly at its limit. Meanwhile, Brûlée finds Chopper and Carrot in Mirro-World and starts chasing them with a scythe. In the Germa Kingdom, Reiju gives Sanji a face mask to hide his swollen injuries as the Vinsmoke Family prepares to head for the Whole Cake Chateau. Sanji reveals to Reiju how he got his chivalry through Zeff's parental example on the Baratie.

The terrible history of Sanji's family continue to unfold. From a rare moment of compassion he is able to escape, only to face his father's cruelty before setting out on his own.

Nami confronts Cracker and tries to use various tricks against him, but they prove ineffective and he overpowers her. However, Luffy regains his Haki and leaps back into the fray, taking Cracker by surprise with a Gear Second punch. In the Germa Kingdom, Sanji cannot continue fighting Niji due to the threat on Zeff, which allows Niji to pummel him. As his brothers stand over him, Sanji remembers his childhood in the Germa Kingdom. Judge had given him and his siblings superhuman abilities and had them train their skills, but Sanji continuously fell far behind his siblings' performances, causing him to be viciously bullied. Judge discovered that Sanji possessed no superhuman abilities after all, and he faked Sanji's death, locking his third son in a dungeon with an iron mask on to act like he never existed.

Nami saves Luffy from Cracker's Biscuit Soldier with the help of King Baum and the homies she has enslaved, and forces the homies to undergo the suicidal mission of attacking the Biscuit Soldiers. As Luffy rests inside King Baum's mouth, Cracker catches up to the group, and in anger cuts off King Baum's top. Meanwhile, in the Mirro-World, Chopper and Carrot find out Sanji's location by spying through mirrors, unaware that Brûlée is hunting them down. In the Germa Kingdom, Niji beats up Cosette in retaliation for Sanji's actions, and Sanji becomes enraged when he finds Cosette. Yonji offers to take Sanji to Niji, and leads him to the kingdom's secret cloning facility, where he reveals that Germa 66's soldiers are bred through illegal cloning techniques that Judge worked on with Vegapunk. Sanji is appalled, but when Niji and Ichiji walk in, he wastes no time in kicking Niji in the face.

Luffy cannot reach Cracker before Gear Fourth runs out, and he is forced to hide in the Seducing Woods for ten minutes while Cracker sends Biscuit Soldiers to look for him. Meanwhile, Sanji's argument against his family members is shut down when Judge reveals that with a single order, he can have the Baratie destroyed and Zeff killed. Sanji is deeply unnerved by this, as he remembers Zeff giving up his leg for him and acting as a real father figure to him.

Luffy continues struggling against Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers; every time he destroys them, Cracker just makes more, and the Sweet Commander keeps Luffy on his toes with occasional onslaughts. However, Nami has put the homies under her command and forces them to attack Cracker against their will, Chopper and Carrot decide to exploit the Mirro-World and gain access to all the mirrors on Whole Cake Island, and Brook and Pedro hide inside a biscuit soldier homie that is going into the Whole Cake Chateau. The next day, Sanji's older brothers Vinsmoke Ichiji and Niji return to the Germa Kingdom, and the three of them reunite. However, when the Vinsmoke Family eats a meal together, Sanji and Niji quickly get into a fight over Niji's treatment of his food and cooks.

Despite his most valiant efforts, Luffy cannot overwhelm Cracker's defenses. Cracker pins Luffy down, and the Sweet Commander claims that Sanji, as a royal, should appreciate his upcoming wedding and that Luffy is doing him no favors by rescuing him. This enrages Luffy, causing him to activate Gear Fourth, and he finally lands a harmful blow on Cracker. Cracker is powerless before Gear Fourth's might, and his body seemingly shatters after another attack. However, Cracker's body is revealed to just be a puppet made of biscuit, and the real Cracker reveals himself to Luffy, showcasing the powers of the Bis-Bis Fruit as he creates several of the biscuit puppets that Luffy had taken so long to bring down just one of. Meanwhile, Brook and Pedro encounter some Biscuit Soldiers as well in Sweet City, but as homies, and Pedro plans to use them to get into the Whole Cake Chateau. In the Mirro-World, Chopper and Carrot struggle to move around with chain balls around their feet, but they try to look into one of the mirrors. Elsewhere in the Seducing Woods, Nami decides to use the power of her Vivre Card to force the homies to attack Cracker, much to their shock.

Cracker overpowers Luffy in battle, revealing that he can multiply his limbs and weapons just by tapping on his body. Meanwhile, Nami and Pound are confronted by Brûlée and King Baum, and Brûlée tells Nami that other members of the Worst Generation had invaded their territory before, only to be quickly dealt with without even meeting Big Mom. Urouge had managed to defeat one of their Sweet Commanders, but was later taken out by Cracker. Brûlée then attacks Nami and tries to drag her into the Mirro-World, but Pound gains the resolve to attack his stepdaughter, branding himself an enemy of the Big Mom Pirates. However, Nami hits Brûlée with a thunderbolt and sends her falling back into Mirro-World, and Luffy continues to fight Cracker with determination.

Charlotte Cracker confronts Luffy and Nami and pulls the buried man, Pound, out of the ground. Cracker reveals to Pound that Big Mom gave permission to kill him, and Pound begs him to let him see his daughters Chiffon and Lola one last time. The mention of Lola's name shocks Nami, who recalls meeting her on Thriller Bark. She remembers getting a Vivre Card pointing to Lola's mother, and realizes that Lola's mother is Big Mom. Randolph, Charlotte Brûlée, and the giant tree homie King Baum arrive to finish the job against the Straw Hats, and Brûlée reveals that she has Carrot and Chopper trapped in a mirror, which she shatters. Cracker asserts that taking out their enemies is now his responsibility, and attempts to execute Pound. However, Luffy blocks his strike, and as the two fight, Nami and Pound run away. They are chased by Brûlée and the homies, but on her hunch, Nami pulls out Lola's Vivre Card. The Vivre Card emits the aura of Big Mom's powerful soul, rendering all of the homies unable to attack.

The Land of Souls! Mom’s Fatal Ability!

Brook and Pedro infiltrate Sweet City, and discover in the newspaper that Jimbei has withdrawn his request to leave the Big Mom Pirates. They then encounter Pudding being forced to try on wedding dresses, as well as Tamago, who reveals that the Big Mom Pirates know everything about the Sanji Retrieval Team's locations, with the exception of Brook and Pedro's. Meanwhile, on the northwestern coast of Whole Cake Island, Capone Bege stands with his family and crew as he prepares to shoot the captured Pekoms for not complying with his wishes. He then shoots Pekoms into shark-infested waters. In the Whole Cake Chateau, Big Mom meets with Caesar Clown, as she seeks to find out the result of the gigantification research she hired him to perform. Caesar, knowing that it was impossible and having blown Big Mom's funds on hedonism, lies that Luffy and Law stalled his research when they destroyed his lab. However, Big Mom reveals that she had her son Charlotte Perospero make an identical lab out of candy, and gives Caesar two weeks to complete the research, threatening to have Perospero turn him into candy otherwise. In the Seducing Woods, Luffy discovers duplicates of Sanji and Pudding that act like animals. He catches them and throws them in a pile, but to his great confusion keeps finding more and more duplicates of his crewmates.

Sanji and Judge continue fighting, and Sanji is overwhelmed by Judge's high-tech weapons. Judge then sacrifices one of his soldiers to get the jump on Sanji, defeating him. Reiju treats Sanji's wounds, and Judge has explosive cuffs placed on his son, forcing him to go through with the wedding with his cooking ability on the line. Meanwhile, Luffy continues racing through the Seducing Woods, and is attacked by the forest's anthropomorphic flora. He beats them all up, but suddenly finds his teammates, plus Sanji and Pudding, standing nearby. He chases after them, but none of them speak or acknowledge him. Meanwhile, Brook and Pedro reach Sweet City, and see a newspaper being handed out that has a picture of Jimbei on the front page.

The world's only seafaring nation, the Germa Kingdom sails into Whole Cake Island as Sanji wallows in its castle. There, he is approached by his father Vinsmoke Judge, who confronts him over his scuffle with Yonji, which resulted in Yonji's face getting bashed in. When Sanji gives him the cold shoulder, Judge challenges his estranged son to a duel. Sanji proves to unexpectedly be a match for his father, and as they fight he recalls being abused as a child by his brothers, which Judge did nothing to stop. Meanwhile, Luffy is hunted down by the anthropomorphic flora of the Seducing Woods as he searches for his teammates alone.

Nami, Chopper, and Carrot run from the anthropomorphic rabbit Randolph as he relentlessly attacks them, and also encounter a very large and strange man who is buried in the ground up to his neck. Unbeknownst to the trio, everything in the Seducing Woods is alive and trying to trap and kill them. Meanwhile, Sanji has arrived at his family's castle, where he reunites with Yonji. Yonji tries to berate his brother for trying to resist his arranged marriage, and the two's argument results in them attacking each other. Back in the forest, the Sanji Retrieval Team reunites with Luffy as they attempt to run back to the shore. However, each time they run back to where they came from, they end up back in the same clearing. They then realize that everything is alive, and the Luffy with them is revealed to be the mirror duplicate he was fighting earlier. Mirrored Luffy returns to her true appearance: the eighth daughter of the Charlotte Family, Charlotte Brûlée. Brûlée captures Nami and prepares to slice up her and Carrot's faces with her fingernails.

While Pedro and Brook take the Shark Submerge III into Whole Cake Island to look for Big Mom's Road Poneglyph, the rest of the Sanji Retrieval Team makes landfall on the island. Despite seeing Sanji multiple times, they are forced to chase after him as he constantly runs away and eludes them. They end up inside a forest made mostly of sweets, and encounter a talking crocodile that nearly eats them. While they chase after Sanji, Luffy suddenly encounters a mirrored copy of himself that perfectly reflects his movements. Not knowing what is happening, Luffy attacks his duplicate, who counters with the exact same attacks.

Before he went to Whole Cake Island, Jimbei consulted his crew about leaving to join the Straw Hat Pirates. His crew supported him, but Aladine's wife and Big Mom's daughter Charlotte Praline warned him that no one who tried to leave her mother's crew has emerged alive. In the present, Big Mom takes Jimbei to her castle, and seems fine with him leaving, but then says he will have to lose something in return. She then takes out a roulette wheel to determine what he will lose. As night falls, the Sanji Retrieval Team gets stuck in a sea of mizuame. While they try to free themselves, Pedro reveals that he once sailed with Pekoms as explorers looking for Poneglyphs. However, he met his defeat here, though is now willing to return because he knows how highly Inuarashi and Nekomamushi think of the Straw Hats. He now wants to help the Straw Hats get ahold of Big Mom's Road Poneglyph, and offers to sneak in and get it while the others rescue Sanji. The next morning, the team finally reaches Whole Cake Island. They approach the coast, and to their shock they see Sanji standing on it.

Big Mom continues her murderous rampage through Sweet City, still searching for croquembouche. Her 16th son Charlotte Moscato tries to stop her, but she kills him in a blind rage. However, before she can reach the castle, Jimbei races in with a pile of croquembouche tourists and feeds them to her, satiating her. With Big Mom in a good mood, Jimbei formally requests to leave her crew. Big Mom takes Jimbei to her castle in order to discuss Jimbei's request, and as they walk, Jimbei recalls his past experiences with Luffy and how they have caused him to want to join the Straw Hat Pirates. Meanwhile, the Sanji Retrieval Team sails into the Mixed Juice Current, where the sea is composed of several juices. The team is attacked by fruit footballfish which resemble giant fruits, but Luffy kills several of them and the team feasts on their fruit bodies.

On Brock Collie Island, Sanji's two older brothers end a two-year war in four hours. They then prepare to make the two-day voyage to Whole Cake Island to attend their brother's wedding. Meanwhile, the Sanji Retrieval Team sails through Totto Land, marveling at the archipelago's sweet scenery. However, they are attacked by two giant centipedes, but Luffy manages to defeat them both. The team gets suspicious at Pedro's advanced knowledge of the area, and he reveals that he has been here once before. Meanwhile, Big Mom gets a craving for croquembouche that causes her to fall into madness, and she leaves a path of destruction in her wake as she searches for the treat. The ministers begin to panic as she enters Sweet City, and order the citizens to evacuate as Big Mom mindlessly wrecks the city.

In Pudding's cafe on Cacao Island, Pudding and the Sanji Retrieval Team recognize each other. Together, they discuss the Charlotte Family and the upcoming wedding, and Pudding offers to secretly help the team retrieve Sanji. Meanwhile, an agitated Sanji arrives at the Germa Kingdom. Another section of Germa 66, led by his two elder brothers, arrive at the war-torn Brock Collie Island and confer with one of its sides. Back on the Thousand Sunny, the Sanji Retrieval Team discover that Pekoms is missing, and find a warning scrawled in the bathroom. An excited Luffy nonetheless declares that they will push on.

The Sanji retrieval team disembarks on Cacao Island, an island close to Whole Cake Island in which everything on it is made of chocolate. Luffy and Chopper eat an entire café and are nearly arrested, but are saved by the cafe's owner, Charlotte Pudding. They converse with her, but Luffy accidentally reveals who he is. On Whole Cake Island, Big Mom oversees the preparation for the wedding tea party, which will occur in three days.

Brook recognizes Sanji's brother Yonji and his sister Reiju as members of the Vinsmoke Family which used to rule over the entire North Blue, and Reiju reveals that they still hold royal status despite losing their physical territory. Reiju then presses her mouth to Luffy's and sucks all the poison out of him, curing him. She and Yonji return to their ship, agreeing to not say anything about their encounter in order to ensure Sanji's wedding happens smoothly. Meanwhile, Aladine sees the scene from underwater and reports the Straw Hats' presence to Jinbe. The Sanji Retrieval Team later docks at an island, and despite Pekoms' orders to wait, Luffy and Chopper run out immediately, and they come to a town made entirely out of chocolate.

After going days without food, Luffy finally manages to catch a giant fish. However, he starts eating it before Chopper discovers its skin is extremely poisonous, causing him to collapse. The Sanji Retrieval Team enters Big Mom's territory, where they come across a Germa 66 ship. They see a man on the ship who resembles Sanji, but the man reveals himself to be Sanji's younger brother Yonji, and coldly refuses the team's pleas for an antidote to save Luffy. However, Yonji's sister Reiju berates him for his attitude, kicking him off their ship before leaping onto the Thousand Sunny.

As the Sanji Retrieval Team fight off a storm, they're still weak from hunger. Meanwhile, Tamago tries to convince Sanji to join Big Mom but he refuses. When Vito shows him a picture of fiancée, Pudding, he is immediately love struck. However, Sanji ignores Vito and gets angry when he's grouped in with Germa 66. After returning to his room, Sanji refusal to cooperate and disrespect causes Gotti to try to attack him but is stopped by a woman, who seems familiar to Sanji. After passing through the storm and days without food, Luffy catches a giant fish while people on a sail ship begin looking for someone.

Luffy manages to defeat Prodi, Bonham, and Zappa in his quest to get off of Fron Island. However, he is confronted again by Grount, who shatters the attachment on his left arm to reveal a large, hairy red arm resembling a gorilla's. Having trained all his life to control it, Grount wields its tremendous power against Luffy, but after a titanic struggle Luffy eventually manages to overpower and defeat him. As the Sanji retrieval team finally leaves Fron Island, Grount laughs and remarks that Luffy was a worthy opponent. On the Thousand Sunny, the Sanji retrieval team eats all the rations taken from the base in ten minutes.

Luffy, Carrot, Nami, and Chopper are pursued by the Marines Grount, Bonham, and Zappa, who confront them in the food warehouse. The Marines are eventually overpowered, and the Sanji retrieval team races to the shore, only to be confronted by Vice Admiral Prodi.

On the way to Whole Cake Island, the Sanji Retrieval Team becomes famished after running out of food. They come across Fron Island, where they stop to look for food, but they quickly find it is home to a Marine base. On the Marine base, a hotshot Marine Captain named Grount arrives for his new assignment, quickly exasperating his comrades and his commander, Vice Admiral Prodi. Grount then runs into Bonam and Zappa, who used to serve with him under Admiral Aokiji. Luffy, Nami, Chopper, and Carrot don Marine outfits and sneak into the cafeteria to eat. However, they are quickly recognized after an altercation, and Grount excitedly prepares to fight Luffy.

Pedro discovers the news regarding the attack on the Revolutionary Army's headquarters caused by the Blackbeard Pirates and when looking at the newspaper, Luffy sees his father Dragon's face for the first time. Despite Luffy's concern for Sabo, Pedro states it is more likely they are still alive and safe somewhere. However this distraction and the fact Luffy left the stove on causes a gas explosion in the kitchen causing the meal Luffy planned to turn out awful, and that he also wasted a week's worth of food, leaving the team with no food. Meanwhile Kaido is enraged at Domflamingo's capture, and swears revenge against the Worst Generation and it is also revealed he has captured one of them, Eustass Kid.

Despite Pedro's instance that they return to Zou to drop Carrot off, Carrot insists she will not get in the way. However, when Nami decides to cook in return for a large fee, Luffy decides to handle the cooking to avoid paying her, much to the horror of Brook and Chopper. Meanwhile other Royal families set out for the Reverie, Dalton (with Kureha as his doctor) from the newly named Sakura Kingdom, Wapol of the newly named Black Drum Kingdom (where he plans to get revenge against Dalton), and the Dressrosa Royal Family with Rebecca accompanying them as a lady-in-waiting.

Various Royal Families begin their journey to the Reverie, such as the Alabasta Royal family and aides where Vivi is excited about traveling out of sea after so long, Sabo's step-brother Stelly who is now the king of Goa Kingdom, and the Neptune Royal Family, where Shirahoshi is convinced to go by her father and brothers to accompany them. Meanwhile as Luffy's group is exhausted from their wild exit from Zou and begin to set out for Totto Land, they find they have an unexpected stowaway who has decided to join their group, the Rabbit Mink Carrot.

The group decides to break into four smaller groups, each with their own personal mission, before later converging at Wano Country. Usopp gives Nami a new updated Clima-Tact and Pedro insists he would be the only one of the Mink Tribe to accompany Luffy's group as only he can keep Pekoms under control. Afterwards Luffy's group descends to the Thousand Sunny, with their mission to get Sanji back as they set out for Totto Land. Meanwhile at Albasta, Princess Vivi prepares to head out to sea.

Zunesha, having been injured by Jack's assault, almost fell, which prompted everyone to work together to patch up his wound. Robin prepares a bandage; Chopper collects herbs; Brook, Zoro, and Kin'emon collect wood; Nami looks at a map to find out how to reach Big Mom; Franky repairs some broken ships to be able to reach Zunesha's legs. A Silent Supercell, a massive thundercloud that appears suddenly without warning, approaches, which destroys the equipment supporting everyone trying to treat Zunesha. Before they fall into the waters, Luffy and Robin save them. Chopper is seen without a hat on, Luffy takes a lot of food then goes off to find Pekoms.

As Zou continues shaking, Luffy and Momonosuke hear an overwhelming voice inside their heads. Momonosuke realizes that Zunisha itself is talking to him, and sees that Zunisha is under attack by Jack and the Beasts Pirates. As the Musketeers and Guardians race off to deal with the enemy pirates, Zunisha receives a crippling blow and tells Momonosuke that it was once punished to walk the seas for eternity. Thus, it could not act against Jack unless given the order, and asks Momonosuke to do so. Momonosuke orders Zunisha to attack Jack, allowing the giant elephant to annihilate Jack's entire fleet with a single swing of its trunk. As the people on Zou recover from the attack, Scratchmen Apoo contacts Kaido to report the loss of Jack's fleet.

Luffy learned that the remaining Whitebeard Pirates went missing after suffering an overwhelming defeat by Blackbeard a year ago. Kin'emon plans to go back Wano and help their allies with Law's help to sneak back into the country. Luffy, Nami, Chopper, and Brook decide to set sail to rescue Sanji and take Big Mom's Road Ponegliff. As everyone finished with their plans, Zou starts to shake due to the Beast Pirates attack. Luffy and Momonosuke then hear an overwhelming voice inside their heads.

Though excited to fight Kaido with the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance, Luffy requests to rescue Sanji from Big Mom before the battle. Meanwhile, Jack has punished Sheepshead for returning to him without Raizo, and his fleet returns to Zou to attack it again. However, rather than take on the minks in battle again, Jack decides to attack the elephant Zunisha itself, shocking his crew. Back on Zou, the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai alliance heads back outside, and Duke Dogstorm and Cat Viper regale the Straw Hats with tales about their and Oden's travels with Whitebeard and later Roger. However, they did not reach Raftel with Roger, and Kin'emon states that Oden leaving Wano Country to go sailing was a crime. Nami then asks about Crocus' words on the Log Pose, as he stated that it would guide them to the final destination Raftel. However, Duke Dogstorm and Cat Viper reply that rather than leading them directly to Raftel, it will lead them to a place that will be integral to helping them reach Raftel beyond the end. As the alliance resumes talking about their plans to fight Kaido, Cat Viper states his intention to find Marco and the remaining Whitebeard Pirates as allies for the war.

A Vow Between Two Men! Luffy and Kozuki Momonosuke!

Master Cat tells Luffy that they currently are missing the location of only one of the road Ponegliffs. Of the four, one of the Road Ponegliffs is with Big Mom, while the other is with Kaido. The location of the fourth Ponegliff is unknown. Usopp suggests they sneak into Big Mom and Kaido's headquarters and steal a copy of the Road Ponegliffs(by painting and taking a stamp off the original). Robin is warned that the Yonkos and the other pirates are only looking for the Ponegliffs at the moment, but none of them can decipher the Ponegliffs. Since Robin is the only one who can decipher them, she will be targeted for kidnapping. Robin says she's confident she'll be protected by her nakama. Master Cat tells the crew that Kozuki clan were very skilled stone masons who were responsible for sculpting the Ponegliffs. Kozuki Oden was the last in the line of Kozuki who knew how to read the language inscribed on the Ponegliffss. Oden was executed by the current shogun of the Land of Wano, Kaido. He was executed by Kaido since Oden had traveled to Raftel with Gol D. Roger. Meanwhile, Jack wakes up and is informed that Sheepshead is back onboard.

Kin'emon and Kanjuro soon arrive and unchain Raizo who is overjoyed to be reunited with them. Luffy, Usopp, Chopper and Franky are at first disappointed upon seeing the ninja but instantly change their minds after he shows off his impressive ninja skills. Meanwhile Robin investigates an unusual red poneglyph lying within the chamber. After she finishes deciphering it she discovers coordinates to an unknown location. Dogstorm elaborates that it is called a Road Poneglyph and that there are four of them in the world, each with coordinates of a location. He explains that when those coordinates are placed on a map and aligned they reveal the location of Raftel, the last island at the end of the Grand Line and the place where Gold Roger hid the One Piece. Upon hearing this Luffy and the rest of the crew rejoice.

Kin'emon expresses his gratitude to the two rulers for keeping Raizo safe. However Dogstorm and Cat Viper quickly become angry at each other and prepare to fight only to be chastised by Momonosuke who they quickly bow to. Kin'emon reveals that he is not Momonosuke's father and that his real father is Kozuki Oden, the great daimyo of Kuri in the Land of Wano. He also explains that he and Kanjuro along with Duke Dogstorm and Master Cat Viper serve as his retainers. As Luffy and the others take this in Dogstorm and Cat Viper decide to call a truce and be more friendly to one other to which the rest of the Minks rejoice. They then all journey to the large tree in the whale forest entering a secret door in the tail which leads to a hidden underground chamber. When they reach it they find a distraught Raizo who had been chained up to prevent him from giving himself up to Jack.

The monkey from the gate sees the two samurai and immediately rings the warning bell to warn the rest of the country. Duke Dogstorm and Master Cat Viper both mobilize their troops and rush to the ruin city to intercept them. As they search the two kings run into each other and due to their intense rivalry prepare to fight. Meanwhile Luffy and the rest of the straw hats race to find Kin'emon and Kanjuro (who have already reunited with Momonosuke) and manage to stop them as they enter the city. Kin'emon upon seeing the two kings fight reveals himself and his comrades to the Minks, announcing that they are from the Kozuki clan in the Land of Wano much to Luffy and the others horror. However instead of attacking Dogstorm and Master Cat Viper and the rest of the tribe all bow to the two samurai, quickly explaining to the straw hats that they have been friends with Kin'emon's clan and that they are like family to them. Luffy and the others are then shocked to learn that Raizo had indeed been on Zou all along and that the entire country lied to Jack and the Beast Pirates to keep him safe. Usopp then asks why they would all risk their lives for one person and Master Cat Viper replies that no matter what they'd never sell out their friends to which Luffy smiles.

Pekoms tells Luffy that the wedding between Sanji and Big Mom's daughter is to form an alliance between the Vinsmoke family and the Charlotte family, and that the staw hats won't become her subordinates. However once the wedding is complete Sanji will no longer be part of the straw hat crew. Luffy retorts saying Sanji will refuse but Pekoms warns that if he does then Big Mom will kill someone close to him. Luffy then makes the decision to follow Pekoms to the tea party to sabotage the wedding and bring Sanji back. Law reappears and after introducing his crew talks with Luffy about his plan, warning him that Kaido will be coming for them soon and that the country is also in danger. Master Cat Viper then shows up and orders a feast to be thrown in the straw hats honor. While the rest of the crew parties Brook, Robin and Franky stand guard at the city gate to prevent Kin'emon and Kanjuro from entering the kingdom and invoking the wrath of the Minks. Unfortunately the three of them end up falling asleep and the two samurai pass through the gate to look for Luffy.

As they continue to travel through the whale forest the group is suddenly attacked by a swarm of Sutchies, large insects that feed on blood and are a menace to the Mink Tribe. Working together the straw hats along with Wanda and Carrot quickly exterminate them. While they are walking Brook lightens the mood with a song about going to meet Master Cat Viper. He finishes the song just as they reach the forest guardian's home where they are met by Pedro, captain of the guardians. Entering the compound Chopper quickly begins administering treatment to Master Cat Viper while Luffy and the others meet with Pekoms who they learn is now awake. He tells them that the head of the Vinsmoke family; Sanji's father is the one who ordered the wedding. Pekoms also says that he is the leader of an organization of assassin's known as Germa 66 whom Nami says is a mythical army that doesn't exist.

Sanji calmly asks Bege for a pen and paper which he assumes is for leaving a note for his captain. After writing a short message Sanji gives it to Nami to deliver to Luffy before giving the three of them a short goodbye. He embraces them in what appears to be a hug only to then spin around throwing them outside the castle gate and outside of Bege's body where they instantly return to normal size. Bege moves to recapture them only to be stopped by Master Cat Viper whom Sanji had sensed was nearby. Meanwhile back inside the castle Sanji takes Caesar hostage and threats to kill him to force Bege to leave the island peacefully upon realize that neither of them can be harmed. He reluctantly complies and Nami, Chopper and Brook are forced to watch him leave with their friend. As Nami finishes the story Luffy disapproves of the whole thing and resolves to get Sanji back. Brook points out that they have someone who knows where Sanji is being taken, the injured Pekoms who is being treated alongside Master Cat Viper.

Bege tells Sanji and Brook that Pekoms is no longer needed and then proceeds to use his devil fruit ability to call out the soldiers to fight Sanji and Brook, then cornering them. It was later found out that Nami and Chopper followed Sanji but they were captured by Vito. Ceaser, who was also hiding in the trees, gets exposed by Bege. Bege then takes the crew into his own body and hands out an invitation for Big Mom's tea party, which was followed by Bege telling them that it was for Sanji's wedding with Charlotte Pudding. It was also found out that Sanji was the son in the Vinsmoke family. When Sanji refuses the invitation, Bege tells the Straw Hat crew that they have already been captured by Bege as they are in his body and the latter used his Castle-Castle ability to corner Sanji. After that Vito tells Sanji something, which after hearing the latter, becomes angry.

As they walk through the forest Brook explains the story behind Sanji's disappearance. Apparently Big Mom's assassins had managed to track the straw hats to Zou, thanks to the fact that Pekoms is actually a Mink and who was known to be a delinquent among the tribe. Pekoms and Capone "Gang" Bege land on the island and quickly learn of Jack's attack and the Straw Hats miraculous rescue. Wanting to settle the matter without conflict Sanji and Brook meet with the two in the forest alone to listen to their demands. Bege mentions that they have another mission besides capturing Caesar. However Pekoms says he can't harm the straw hats after knowing that they saved his homeland from destruction. Angered, Bege calls him a coward and subsequently shoots him in the back.

Sanji, Chopper and Caesar temporarily leave the ruined city to formulate a plan when they hear Nami cry out in distress. Sanji immediately comes to her rescue and saves her from a group of Jack's subordinates who then quickly flee the island. Regrouping they force Caesar to use his powers to clear away the gas and to help create an antidote since he was the one who created it. As soon as the gas is removed they move in to help the wounded when Nami is attacked by an angry Wanda who thinks they are with Jack. However she immediately relents when Pedro confirms they are not. With Caesar's help Chopper creates an antidote which the rest of the crew quickly administers to the survivors. After everyone's been treated Sanji passes out food to hungry while Brook plays music to the Minks delight. Wanda explain that they owe a debt to the straws hats that they hope they can one day repay. Chopper then announces that its time for him to check on Master Cat Viper and the crew asks to tag along which Wanda allows.

Master Cat Viper fights against Jack in his human form. Eventually the sun rises and the day shift takes over as Duke Dogstorm reappears to once again do battle with Jack. Wanda explains to Luffy and the others that the battle dragged on for five days, during which the two rulers repelled the enemy forces but were unable to bring down Jack. On the fifth day Jack out of anger unleashed a poison gas weapon on the whole city which quickly brought the Minks resistance to an end. Jack then proceeded to torture the two rulers and their subordinates to the point where he cut off Duke Dogstorm's leg and Master Cat Viper's arm. She then explains how Jack left the island after hearing Doflamingo's defeat to rescue him and was supposedly killed in the attempt. The very next day Sanji's group lands at Zou and stumbles upon the destroyed capital finding the wounded and injured citizens slowly dying from the poisonous gas.

Duke Dogstorm tries to explain to Jack that there are no samurais in the country and they should stop their destruction. Jack ignores him and they begin fighting. A rain rupture gives the Minks a slight upper hand, but then at 6pm Dogstorm retreats with his musketeers to allow the King of the Night to take over. Master Cat Viper emerges displaying his strength to Jack by flipping him over. Jack is angered and turns into his human form.

The Straw Hats and Wanda reach Duke Dogstorm's sanatorium, where they meet the Duke as well as his subordinate Sicilian. As night falls, Duke Dogstorm and his subjects fall asleep while Wanda tells the Straw Hats about how Duke Dogstorm and the Musketeers arrived and fought against Jack.

As Law reunites with his crew, the Straw Hats go to see Duke Dogstorm and learn what happened 17 days ago to Zou. Jack and the Beast Pirates attacked the country looking for Raizo, who the minks never heard of. However, Jack doesn't buy this and continues his assault but the minks fight back. Back in the present, Brook tells the crew not to mention the samurai of Wano because of this but Luffy still ends up mentioning them, shocking everyone.

Kin'emon and Kanjuru find themselves back at the bottom of the elephant's leg after the eruption rain pushes them down. The Straw Hats have a feast with the Mink tribe until Brook arrives and asks to talk to them privately. Before Brook can tell them anything, several dog minks arrive and chew on his bones. Nami explains that they were attacked by one of Big Mom's ships, launched a counterattack, then arrived at Zou. Wanda was about to explain how the city was destroyed, but then Duke Dogstorm, one of the rulers of Mokomo Dukedom, woke up and asked to see the saviours.

Zunisha, the elephant that carries Zou on its back, spouts water onto Zou, throwing the Straw Hats into chaos. Meanwhile, Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and the monkey mink attempt to climb back up to Zou, but the water causes them to fall off again. Luffy, Wanda, and Carrot reunite with Law and the rest of the Straw Hats and head to the Right Belly Fortress, where they receive an unexpectedly friendly welcome from the minks. They then reunite with Nami and Chopper, but Nami starts crying as she begins to reveal something about Sanji.

The minks, Carrot and Wanda, leave the Straw Hats and Law in order to stop Luffy from invading the Whale Forest and getting attacked by the Guardians. Luffy comes into conflict with two Guardians, Roddy and Blackback, but Wanda and Carrot intervene. Meanwhile, the Straw Hats and Law walk through Kurau City, seeing signs of recent heavy damage, which Wanda reveals is due to an attack by Jack as she prepares to take Luffy to see his crewmates that had come to Zou earlier.

The Straw Hats, samurais, and Law climb Zou while discussing about the others and Raizo until a monkey knocks Kin'emon and Kanjuro off Ryunosuke. As the Straw Hats and Law make it to the top of Zou, they find the Mokomo Dukedom in ruins. They search through the abandoned country and are attacked the minks with one of them wearing Nami's clothes.

Luffy and the others arrive at the mysterious land of Zou, and find the Sunny. But when they board, they find the other Straw Hats have already disembarked. Thus, Luffy, Zoro, Robin and the others take on the challenge of climbing the monstrous elephant!

Bartolomeo recounts the formation of the Straw Hats, sharing their moving story with the rest of his crew! Meanwhile, the mysterious island of Zou approaches in the distance, obscured by fog. But when the haze clears, no one is expecting what they see!

Luffy, Desire, and Bartolomeo go up against Bill! But the mad, Smelt-Smelt man becomes deranged and lets his true power unfurl! Do Luffy and the others have any hope of exposing Bill's self-serving aims and turning his gang against him?

Luffy, Bartolomeo, and Desire make their way up the mineshaft, but Bill's assassin, Peseta, has other plans! Just when the going gets tough, help arrives, and Zoro battles the assassin head on!

Inside the underground mines, Luffy and Bartolomeo are attacked by the Rail Car Man Aveyron. Desire is attacked as well, which shocks her, as Bill had rescued her crew after it was destroyed. The three are then sent plummeting further underground, where they discover members of the Silver Pirate Alliance who are enslaved as miners due to not pleasing Bill. Bartolomeo manages to free his hands, and Aveyron returns, unwittingly freeing Luffy from his silver ball with an attack. Luffy and Bartolomeo then work together to defeat Aveyron, and upon hearing about this, Bill orders the underground mine to be buried.

The Straw Hat Pirates and their allies are shocked by the Barto Club's navigational incompetence while sailing through a hail storm in the New World. That night, Luffy and Bartolomeo are captured by Desire and the Sweet Pirates, who take them to the island of Silver Mine. On Silver Mine, the Silver Pirate Alliance led by Bill prepares to kill Luffy, who is trapped in a silver ball. However, Bartolomeo helps Luffy escape, and the two are chased by the Sweet Pirates, but fall into a chasm along with Desire. Bill hears about this and leaves it to Avelon, while he makes a donation of silver to a certain man.