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• Canon Arcs: 3
• Non Canon Arcs: 2
• Chapters: 107
• Episodes: 143
• Volumes: 11

Zou Arc

Title

Zou Arc

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Summary

The Zou Arc is the twenty-eighth story arc of the manga and anime One Piece, the first story arc of the Whole Cake Island Saga, and the fifth story arc of the second half of the series. After defeating Doflamingo, the Straw Hats, Trafalgar Law, Kin'emon, and Kanjuro arrive on Zou, in order to reunite with Sanji and the others. However, they discover that Sanji has been swept up in a set of personal and political entanglements and that Zou has been subjected to a siege by Jack of the Beasts Pirates.

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• Chapters: 23 (802-824)
• Episodes: 29 (751-779)
• Volumes: 3 (80-82)
• Key plot-points: The crew is reunited, except for Sanji, and they split up again for half of them to retrieve him; the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance is formed; Pedro and Carrot are introduced and become allies; Edward Weevil is introduced; the crew learns about the four Road Poneglyphs and finds their first one; Kouzuki Momonosuke is revealed to be Kouzuki Oden's son rather than Kin'emon's; Nami's Clima-tact is upgraded by Usopp.

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Volumes

80-82, 3 volumes

Manga Chapters

802-824, 23 chapters

Anime Episodes

751-779, 29 episodes

Year(s) Released

2015-2016 (Manga)2016-2017 (Anime)

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Intro

The Zou Arc is the twenty-eighth story arc of the manga and anime One Piece, the first story arc of the Whole Cake Island Saga, and the fifth story arc of the second half of the series.
After defeating Doflamingo, the Straw Hats, Trafalgar Law, Kin'emon, and Kanjuro arrive on Zou, in order to reunite with Sanji and the others. However, they discover that Sanji has been swept up in a set of personal and political entanglements and that Zou has been subjected to a siege by Jack of the Beasts Pirates.

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The Perilous Journey To Zou: The Island On An Elephant's Back

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While the Going Luffy-senpai sailed toward Zou, the Straw Hat Pirates discovered that the Barto Club had little knowledge on how to navigate through the ocean's waters as a hailstorm was raging.[1] At Marine Headquarters, Kizaru received a report that the Warlord of the Sea, Edward Weevil, the self-proclaimed son of Whitebeard, had massacred the A O Pirates, making them the sixteenth subordinate crew of the Whitebeard Pirates that he had annihilated. Meanwhile, Weevil's mother, Buckin, the self-proclaimed lover of Whitebeard, persuades Weevil to massacre all of Whitebeard's former subordinates to claim Whitebeard's treasure, as he is his only biological son. After learning of Donquixote Doflamingo's defeat, Weevil and Buckin decided to go after Luffy to get information on Marco the Phoenix, Weevil's next target. One week later, the Going Luffy-senpai reached Zou, which to everyone's shock is actually on the back of a giant, one thousand-year-old elephant. Kanjuro revealed that Zou is the home of the Mink Tribe, an isolated people which are said to hate humans.[2] They docked at the elephant's leg alongside the Thousand Sunny, which the Barto Club was excited to see. As the Barto Club bid farewell to the Straw Hats, Kanjuro drew a dragon, Ryunosuke, to carry them up the elephant. At the Revolutionary Army's base on Baltigo, Dragon received several reports of Revolutionary victories due to the chaos that ensued when Doflamingo fell. Koala reported that the weapons they took from Dressrosa contained a rare steel known as Liquor Iron Ore, and Dragon ordered her to summon the leaders of the Revolutionary Army. Meanwhile, Laffitte received a call from Jesus Burgess, who revealed that he found the Revolutionaries' base. On Karai Bari Island, the pirate dispatch organization Buggy's Delivery celebrated their increase in business due to Doflamingo's downfall. However, Buggy received word that Hajrudin and the other four giants working for them had quit. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates continued the ride up the elephant's leg, and Luffy asked Kin'emon and Kanjuro why they wanted to go to Zou. They revealed that they were looking for their lost comrade, Raizo the ninja. Suddenly, Robin realized that something was flying towards Luffy.[3] The thing turned out to be a monkey, and everyone managed to get out of its way, except Kin'emon and Kanjuro. The samurai were fooling around and got knocked off the dragon's back onto the Thousand Sunny. The Straw Hats panicked, but Kin'emon assured them they were all right and told them to keep going as they would catch up later. The crew contemplated turning around to save the two but decided to go on without them.[4]

The Mysterious Mink Tribe: Friends Or Foes?

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They eventually reached the top of the elephant's back and Ryunosuke became a drawing again. The Straw Hats and Law began exploring the island and Luffy separated from the group in search of their remaining crewmates. While exploring Zou, the Straw Hats and Law came across a place called Mokomo Dukedom, which appeared to be in ruins. As they explored, wondering what went through the city, a mink named Carrot spied on them and was shocked that they got inside. The Straw Hats heard her rustling around, and Carrot rushed at them, clashing with Zoro. However, a canine mink came and told Carrot to stop, as they had to deal with the intruders in the Whale Forest. Usopp then noticed with a shock that the mink was wearing Nami's clothes.[4] Carrot leaped high into the air to find the intruder, and she and the canine mink prepared to head to the Whale Forest. The canine mink told the Straw Hats where they could go to find the corpse of their crewmate, causing them to panic. As they rode, the canine mink revealed to Carrot that she believed that Luffy was the invader, and that they would show him no mercy despite him being the Straw Hats' Captain. Meanwhile, the Straw Hats and Law calmed down and decided to go to the city and find Law's crew. Law revealed that his navigator Bepo is a mink, although he had left Zou long ago and had no memories of it. Meanwhile, Luffy was in the midst of a confrontation with two mink Guardians, Roddy and Blackback. The Heart Pirates were also present and attempted to convince the guardians that Luffy was a friend, to no avail. However, the canine mink and Carrot came and pacified the guardians before telling the other Guardians surrounding Luffy in the shadows to leave. The canine mink introduced herself as Wanda and told Luffy that they did not want to fight him. As the Straw Hats explored the ruined city, they saw signs of a recent attack, and Wanda revealed to Luffy when they reached the outskirts that Jack had laid waste to the city over the past couple of weeks. Wanda then offered to take Luffy to see his friends, which he was excited about.[5] The Eruption Rain began as the elephant, named Zunesha, raised its trunk and spouted water onto the island on its back. This caused the streets of Kurau City to become flooded, forcing the Straw Hats to climb up to higher ground. As Wany swam through the flood, Wanda explained to Luffy how Zunesha cleans itself twice a day with the Eruption Rain and how they benefited from it. Bepo was separated from the three and told Luffy to tell Law where he and the others were. Wanda then saw the crosses in town and remembered how Jack tortured someone on them during his invasion, as he was looking for someone. Luffy asked who ruined the town, and Wanda told him that it was Jack. However, she also revealed that his obituary came out after launching a failed attack on the Marine escort carrying Doflamingo. However, there was no body found, and Wanda believed that he may still be alive. Usopp then spotted Luffy and the minks, and Law teleported the Straw Hats to them. Usopp confronted Wanda and Carrot and demanded that they hand over Luffy, and an exasperated Wanda explained that they meant no harm. The pirates and minks then reached the Right Belly Fortress, and the guards were shocked to hear that they were the Straw Hat Pirates. Inside, Chopper woke up Nami, telling her their crewmates had arrived. The Straw Hats were surprised to receive a warm welcome from the minks, who do not really hate humans as was commonly believed. Nami and Chopper then embraced their crewmates, but a tearful Nami had a message about Sanji.[6] Afterwards, the Straw Hats and the Mink Tribe had a feast, and Brook reunited with his crewmates, revealing Momonosuke was also in the fortress. The Straw Hats also found out that the "corpse" Wanda was referring to was just a nickname for Brook. When Luffy mentioned Kin'emon, however, Brook warned him to not mention samurai around the minks. Nami asked her crewmates what they should do about Sanji, but they reminded her that Sanji left a letter and that they still had no idea what was going on. Nami then decides to tell the story to them. As the Thousand Sunny was escaping from the Big Mom Pirates' singing ship, which carried Tamago, Pekoms, and Capone Bege, the crew debated on how to escape or counterattack. They then fired cannonballs, which Brook froze, and Sanji used a Diable Jambe kick to send them toward the ship, causing a large explosion. In the midst of this, Nami created a raincloud to fog the area, making it impossible for the Big Mom Pirates to spot them. This action allowed the Thousand Sunny to escape their pursuers. Nami revealed they reached Zou a day later. Wanda then informed the Straw Hats that the invasion had already happened before they arrived, although Nami's group saved the minks from certain annihilation. A mink then popped in and announced that the prince had awoken, causing all the minks to cheer. Chopper, Miyagi, and Tristan then went to attend to him, as the announcing mink revealed to Wanda that the prince, Inuarashi, wanted to meet his benefactors, the Straw Hats. When Luffy asked who he was, Wanda revealed that he was one of the kings of Mokomo Dukedom alongside Nekomamushi. Inuarashi had fallen into a coma since the city was destroyed. Meanwhile, Law reunited with his crew.[7]

Seventeen Days Ago: Jack's Invasion

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Wanda told the story of Jack's invasion as she led the Straw Hats to Inuarashi. She revealed that they had thought the Bell of Welcome had rung, but it was actually the Raid Bell as Zou was being invaded. Zunesha howled as a giant mammoth stepped foot into Mokomo Dukedom, ordering the people to surrender Raizo to him.[7] The minks then realized that they were being invaded by the Beasts Pirates led by Kaidou's right-hand man, Jack. The latter once more demanded the minks give up Raizo, but the minks refused, mentioning Raizo was not on the island. Despite their refusal, Jack destroyed a large part of the city while ordering his subordinates, the Pleasures, to lay waste to the rest. The minks fought back, easily defeating the Pleasures, forcing Jack to bring in the Gifters, led by Sheepshead. In the present, Wanda and the Straw Hats arrived at Inuarashi's sanatorium, where they received a warm welcome from Inuarashi and his guard Shishilian. While talking with the duke, Chopper revealed to Luffy that Jack used Caesar's poison gas weapon to destroy the Mokomo Dukedom.[8] Inuarashi revealed that he once met Shanks as he fell asleep due to night falling. Wanda explained that the two rulers, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, were once inseparable friends, but were now antagonistic toward each other. The tension between them grew to a point where they split off their duties; Inuarashi rules during the day between 6:00 in the morning and 6:00 at night while Nekomamushi rules from 6:00 at night until 6:00 in the morning. Even Inuarashi's subjects fell asleep at 6:00 sharp as Nekomamushi's reign began. Seventeen days ago, Inuarashi and the Musketeer Squad arrived to stop Jack and the Gifters. Inuarashi laid down his sword and begged Jack to see reason, saying the pirate could search for Raizo all he wanted if he stopped the destruction. However, Jack refused and attacked Inuarashi, but the duke easily blocked Jack's strike. The Musketeers then attacked the Beasts Pirates, but the battle was short-lived as night fell and Nekomamushi awoke. Inuarashi ordered the Musketeers to retreat as Nekomamushi and the Guardians arrived. Nekomamushi rushed at Jack, grabbed his trunk, and flipped the pirate onto his back. Jack then reverted to his human form and prepared to fight back.[9] The Mink Tribe and the Beasts Pirates fought for five days and five nights, with neither side managing to overwhelm the other. Eventually, the minks gained the upper hand, and Jack eventually decided to use Caesar's gas weapon. The weapon made the minks helpless, and Jack and his underlings slaughtered dozens of warriors while tying Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and several of the strongest warriors to crucifixes. The minks were tortured for Raizo's whereabouts, but they could only give the same answer. The next day, Jack left Zou, leaving only some underlings behind, and Inuarashi later realized that he had gone to rescue Doflamingo, effectively making the Straw Hats who defeated Doflamingo their saviors. The same day, Sanji's group arrived and encountered Sheepshead chasing Tristan. After disrupting Sheepshead's attack, the Straw Hats chased after Tristan, but she was scared and ran away from them. They came to the ruins of Kurau City, where they saw the tortured minks on the crucifixes. One of them, Pedro, begged them to save Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, as they had lethal wounds and could not be allowed to die.[10] Caesar admitted that the gas, Koro, was his creation, and was forced by Sanji and Chopper to remove it from the air. Sanji defeated Sheepshead, who was attacking Nami's group, and the Beasts Pirates retreated. As the Curly Hats (Sanji, Nami, Chopper and Brook) entered the city, they were attacked by Wanda, who believed them to be with Jack. Wanda was weakened by the poison, and was easily subdued by Nami, but held up a bomb to blow them all up. However, Tristan and Pedro revealed to Wanda that the pirates were not affiliated with Jack and helped drive the Beasts Pirates away. The pirates then went to work curing the Mink Tribe of the gas.[11]

Two Days Ago: The Curly Hat Caper

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In the present, Chopper prepared to go check on Nekomamushi and the Guardians. He and the Straw Hats were accompanied by Wanda and Carrot as they rode into the Whale Forest. During their ride, Zoro asked what happened to Sanji and Caesar, and Brook revealed that Sanji was possibly unable to ever return to them. When they fought the Big Mom Pirates, they accidentally gave away that they were going to Zou, and Pekoms knew where it was as he was a native of the island. The Big Mom Pirates arrived on Zou two days ago, and Pekoms and Capone Bege entered the island.[11] They discovered the ruins of Kurau City, and Pekoms flew into a rage at the sight of his birthplace destroyed. Meanwhile, the Curly Hats celebrated with the minks. Nami swapped clothes with Wanda and received a treasured dress, and Sanji was very taken with the female minks. Momonosuke hid in his room, and Caesar disguised himself in order to avoid recognition. Meanwhile, Pekoms reunited with his tribesmen in tears, relieved that they had survived. Nami and Caesar saw Pekoms and Bege in shock, and Caesar begged them to help him. However, Sanji said he was worthless to them now that Doflamingo was defeated and asked what he did to Big Mom. Caesar revealed that he was commissioned to do research for Big Mom which led to nothing, but he lied and took payment anyways. Sanji said he deserved what was coming for him, but also realized they were enemies of Big Mom as well. Caesar offered to team up with Sanji to assassinate the Big Mom Pirates, but Sanji told Brook to accompany him as they confronted the two pirates. Pekoms tearfully thanked Sanji for saving his people, and he revealed that their missions were to capture Caesar and do something that would tear the Straw Hats apart. However, Pekoms said he would leave the Straw Hats alone in exchange for Caesar as his thanks. Bege yelled at him to not put his emotions over his mission, but Pekoms ignored him, and Bege shot the mink in the back using his Devil Fruit powers. Bege unleashed his crewmates from inside his body, revealing that he ate the Shiro Shiro no Mi and became a castle man. The Fire Tank Pirates surrounded Sanji and Brook, and Vito brought Nami and Chopper in. Bege told Caesar, who was up in the trees, that he would be shot with Seastone bullets, causing Caesar to come down. Bege brought Caesar and the Straw Hats inside his body, chaining them all up except for Sanji, who sat at a table. Bege came to the table and revealed an invitation for a Tea Party and wedding ceremony. Sanji, the third son of the Vinsmoke Family, would marry Pudding, the 35th daughter of the Charlotte Family.[12] Sanji refused the invitation as Nami, Chopper, and Brook tried to think of what being from the Vinsmoke Family could mean. Bege told Sanji that he would come regardless of what he wanted as he manipulated the fortress, binding Sanji. Vito revealed a secret to Sanji, one which he was shocked that the Fire Tank Pirates knew. Sanji then requested to write a note for the rest of the crew, and told Nami, Chopper, and Brook to give the note to Luffy's group when they arrived, stashing it between the chains around Nami's waist. Suddenly, he threw them out of Bege's body, shocking the Fire Tank Pirates. He then held Caesar at gunpoint, saying that there was someone behind his "Only Alive" bounty and the marriage and that they would not allow him to be killed. He would come to the tea party with Caesar, but only if Bege spared his crewmates. Suddenly, Bege was confronted by Nekomamushi, who asked why Pekoms was lying on the ground covered in blood. Bege attempted to bluff his way out by claiming one of Jack's men had remained behind and attacked them, as Nami asked Sanji why he was still in Bege's body. Sanji told her that this was his problem and promised to be back with a smile, despite the protests of his friends. He said his goodbyes as Bege converted his legs into tank treads and raced away. Wanda asked the Straw Hats if they should chase after them, but Brook, tearing up, said that Sanji had no intention of returning. Sanji had written that he had to see a woman and would be back soon.[13]

The Minks And The Samurai: Unexpected Revelations

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In the present, the Straw Hats continued riding to see Nekomamushi. Luffy was initially excited about the possibility of Sanji marrying, but was told that if he did, the Straw Hats would become subordinates of Big Mom. It was for this reason that led Brook to believe Sanji had cut himself off from the crew. However, Zoro reminded them that Sanji left of his own volition without apologizing, and that they had already angered Kaidou, making it unwise to directly challenge another Emperor. This led to an argument, and Luffy decided to go and ask Sanji himself, but was reminded that Big Mom is a powerful Emperor and they could not invade her domain without a strategy. The Straw Hats reached the Guardians' residential district and were greeted by the Guardians, who revealed that Nekomamushi and Pekoms were recuperating inside. They found Nekomamushi taking a bath and eating lasagna, which infuriated Chopper as he instructed the ruler to do neither of those things. Nekomamushi accidentally reopened his wounds while playing with a ball, forcing him back in bed. Meanwhile, Luffy talked with Pekoms, who revealed that Sanji's father and Big Mom arranged the wedding and that the Vinsmoke Family is a family of killers.[14] This shocked Luffy and Nami, and Pekoms revealed that the Vinsmoke Family are the leaders of a military organization called Germa 66. However, Luffy did not care about this, and only wished to avoid becoming Big Mom's subordinate. Pekoms assured him that he would not, as this was a family affair, but Sanji would never be a Straw Hat again after getting married. This angered Luffy, who ordered Pekoms to take him to the tea party and told Nami that he would go there alone, as it would increase his chances of infiltrating the party. Luffy went outside, where he was met by Nekomamushi, who reopened his wounds while hugging him. As Nekomamushi was tended to, Luffy reunited with Law and his crew, and he told Law about Sanji's predicament. This shocked Law, who reminded Luffy that Kaidou would likely be coming after them and this would not be good for Zou. Touched by Law's compassion for them, the minks threw a party that lasted throughout the night. Meanwhile, Robin, Franky, and Brook sat guard at Zunesha's hip in order to prevent the samurai from entering Zou. However, they fell asleep, and the samurai arrived on the elephant the next day with the monkey mink. However, when Kin'emon asked the mink about Raizo, it ran off in distress to report the samurai's presence.[15] The three Straw Hat guards woke up and ran in distress in order to prevent the samurai from meeting the minks. The monkey mink, Bariete, rang the bell and shouted that samurai had arrived, and Kin'emon and Kanjuro reunited with Momonosuke in the forest. The Straw Hats raced through the Whale Forest in order to intercept the samurai, and Inuarashi and Nekomamushi both mobilized armies to search for the intruders. However, this led to the two rulers coming face to face, and they immediately began to squabble. This nearly led into a fight to the death, but as the two rulers began sparring, Kin'emon emerged to break up the fight. Despite the Straw Hats' pleas, the samurai introduced themselves to the minks and revealed that they were searching for Raizo. To the Straw Hats' shock, the minks kneeled down and said that Raizo was safe, revealing that they were friends with the Kouzuki Family of Wano Country and that they would have let Jack kill them before turning Raizo over.[16] Kin'emon affirmed his position by showing the tattoo on his back, which Raizo had as well. When Inuarashi and Nekomamushi started talking to him, however, they began arguing again, causing Momonosuke to cry out for them to stop. Momonosuke said his father would be saddened to see this, and Kin'emon revealed that he is not Momonosuke's father; they merely acted as such in order to avoid drawing attention to the boy. Indeed, Momonosuke was the son of the daimyo of Kuri in Wano Country, Kouzuki Oden. Inuarashi and Nekomamushi bowed before the young lord and reluctantly decided to truce, but the Straw Hats remained enraged as Momonosuke embraced Nami once more. Later, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi led the Straw Hats, Law, and the samurai to the whale-shaped tree, and they trekked up toward its back. The rulers revealed a hidden door in the back of the tree leading inside a cave, and the pirates went inside while fantasizing about Raizo. They met Raizo, who was chained to a red Poneglyph, and the samurai freed their comrade. The male pirates tried to get Raizo to do ninja techniques, but he refused until they turned away in disappointment, causing him to use some techniques.[17]

The Alliance Grows: Preparing To Take On The Emperor

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The samurai and some of the Straw Hats went outside, where the samurai surveyed Zou's destruction and wept. They were called back inside by Nekomamushi, who said that Robin was nearly finished translating the Poneglyph. Inside, Robin and Nami realized that the Poneglyph's message more resembled a map, and Inuarashi revealed that this was a Road Poneglyph. There were four Road Poneglyphs that each led to an island. If all four islands were discovered, the location of Laugh Tale could be found. Of the other three, one was lost while the other two were kept by Big Mom and Kaidou. Luffy was excited to find this out, even though two of them were being kept by the Emperor, since he had always intended to take them down. Zoro inquired how the minks knew so much about Poneglyphs, and the two rulers revealed that the Kouzuki Family was a family of stonemasons who invented the Poneglyph 800 years ago. However, the knowledge of how to read and write the language on Poneglyphs ended with Oden, who was executed by Kaidou and the shogun of Wano Country while sacrificing himself to save his son and retainers. Kaidou was pursuing Momonosuke and the retainers because Oden was a former member of the Roger Pirates, and he knew about a secret of Laugh Tale.[18] The Straw Hats were bewildered by this revelation, and Zoro realized that the secret of Laugh Tale is why Doflamingo and Kaidou's underlings were pursuing the samurai. However, they said that the secret was not passed down to them, but their only mission was to open Wano's borders and seek justice for Oden by killing Kaidou and the shogun. They had people of Wano as well as the Mink Tribe supporting them, but they were still outnumbered. Inuarashi stated that despite their loss to Jack, the minks still had a trump card in the upcoming war. Kin'emon then begged Luffy and Law to help them in the coming fight. Luffy's crewmates were excited about the proposition, but Luffy refused, asking if Momonosuke was really the heir and leader over the samurai or if he was just a crybaby. His crewmates came to Momonosuke's defense, but the young heir walked up to Luffy, remembering how his parents were killed, and cried that he wants to fight Kaidou. Momonosuke said he wanted to avenge his parents and protect his retainers, but asked Luffy to help him in the fight. Luffy accepted, forming an alliance between pirates, samurai, and minks called the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance, but stated that he wanted to get Sanji back first. Meanwhile, the minks begin to throw a party to celebrate the truce between Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, remembering when the two were once friends. Unbeknownst to them, however, Jack and his fleet sailed up to Zou, with Jack ready to finish his job. However, this time he would not rush onto Zou and instead would kill Zunesha.[19] The pirates, samurai, and minks exited the whale-shaped tree, and Inuarashi and Nekomamushi revealed that they sailed with Whitebeard and Roger as Oden's vassals, although they did not reach Laugh Tale. Oden's three samurai retainers did not go, as leaving Wano Country was a crime. Nami questions as to the correlation between the Log Pose and Road Poneglyphs, and Inuarashi says that the Log Pose routes do not lead to Laugh Tale, but to another location. The alliance then decided what they will do next, with the samurai to head to Wano Country along with Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, the Straw Hats, and Law. However, Nekomamushi revealed that he first wanted to find Marco the Phoenix in order to gain more allies; however, Marco had been missing since a year ago, when the Whitebeard Pirates were defeated by the Blackbeard Pirates in the Payback War. Right then, the rest of the minks found the alliance and cheered upon seeing Raizo; the ninja then thanked them for everything they did. The minks prepared a banquet to celebrate the turn of events, and Nami had to hold back Luffy, saying they needed to leave. Nami, Chopper, and Brook decided to go to Whole Cake Island with Luffy and Pekoms to rescue Sanji, and Robin told Luffy to copy the Road Poneglyph if he found one. Suddenly, Zou began shaking as Nekomamushi heard Zunesha crying, and Luffy heard a mysterious voice.[20] Momonosuke heard it as well as Jack's fleet weakened Zunesha by firing at its front left leg, and Jack ordered his men to bring it to its knees so he could attack its head. Zunesha begged Momonosuke and Luffy to command it, but the two struggled to withstand the voice and understand what was happening. Zunesha's eyes began growing as Momonosuke saw a vision of Jack's fleet outside Zou. Momonosuke revealed what he saw, and the minks prepared to head out and engage Jack in battle, when he realized that Zunesha was the one talking to him. Momonosuke learned that Zunesha was sentenced to walk the seas for an eternity after committing a crime in the ancient past, and it could only attack on command. Zunesha told him to command it and let it fight as it started to fall, and Luffy shouted at Momonosuke to scream the order to Zunesha. Momonosuke ordered Zunesha to attack Jack, and it complied, standing back up. The Beasts Pirates were shocked and fearful to see this, and Zunesha decimated their entire fleet with a single swing of its trunk. Bariete reported that Jack's fleet was gone, and the people on Zou struggled to make sense of what happened. Nekomamushi stated that until they figured out how Jack navigated here, Zou would no longer be safe for them, and Luffy prepared to head off. On a certain island in the New World, Scratchmen Apoo contacted Kaidou, saying that they had lost contact with Jack's fleet.[21] Later, Chopper, Miyagi, and some other minks rappelled down Zunesha's injured leg to bandage it up. Meanwhile, Momonosuke revealed to his retainers that he wanted to stay behind on Zou in order to communicate further with the elephant. Inuarashi said that he would stay behind with Momonosuke in order to maintain a defense on Zou while avoiding having everyone rush into Wano Country at once. Meanwhile, Luffy saw with a shock that Pekoms' house was destroyed in the battle, but Pekoms revealed that he was fine due to his Devil Fruit, the Kame Kame no Mi, giving him a hard tortoise shell. Luffy talked with Pekoms about their upcoming mission before carrying the mink on his back and rushing off, much to Pekoms' outrage. Meanwhile, Pedro asked Nekomamushi to accompany Luffy on the mission to rescue Sanji, and the ruler gave him permission. Wanda, Tristan, Blackback, Roddy, Yomo, and several canine minks attempted to join in as well, but Nekomamushi left the mission to Pedro alone, as he could control Pekoms. Elsewhere, Usopp gave Nami an upgraded Sorcery Clima-Tact with a greater mobility and range of abilities, but Nami skimped out on his fee. Finally, the newly formed Sanji Retrieval Team prepared to head out, and Luffy grabbed everyone on the team and leaped off the elephant with them, ready to head to Whole Cake Island. Meanwhile, an excited Nefertari Vivi prepared to head out to sea with her family.[22]

The World Abuzz: Kings And Emperors On The Move

Summary

Nefertari Vivi and Cobra set out to sea with their guards and staff, and Vivi climbed all around the ship as she embraced the life, she had left behind two years ago, which scared Igaram. Cobra was in ailing health, and it was questioned whether he should even make the voyage, but he was intent on doing so, determined to ask the World Government about the Poneglyphs when they reached their destination: Levely. Other rulers across the world prepared to head to Levely as well. Sterry, the new king of Goa Kingdom, and his wife Sarie Nantokanette stayed in an inn in Loguetown on their way. The ruler of Kano Country lamented that the Chinjao Family was unavailable to accompany him to Levely, and Wapol headed there simply to find ways to make it hard for Dalton. On Drum Island, Dalton prepared to go as well, with Kureha accompanying him as his doctor. The Riku Family and Mansherry prepared to head to Levely, with Rebecca and Elizabello II accompanying them. On Fish-Man Island, Neptune and his sons begged a frightened Shirahoshi to accompany them, as they were prepared to present Queen Otohime's treaty to Levely. Somewhere at sea, the members of the Sanji Retrieval Team could barely do their sailing work as they were still recovering from the jump off Zou. Suddenly, Carrot appeared in front of them, amazed by the big world around her. The Sanji Retrieval Team was less than enthusiastic about her, but she begged them to let her stay, and they relented. Right then, Pedro received a newspaper revealing that the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army on Baltigo had been discovered in a state of ruin.[23] Luffy was shocked to hear the news, though had not previously realized that the picture of the revolutionary leader Dragon was his father until his crew told him. However, Luffy was more worried for his brother Sabo. They read that the base had been destroyed by Blackbeard, who fled after briefly clashing with Cipher Pol. However, Pedro noted that if Dragon or Sabo were captured or killed it would have certainly been reported, which calmed Luffy. Suddenly, the Thousand Sunny caught on fire due to Luffy leaving the stove on, and the crew struggled to navigate a fierce storm. At Zou, Wanda talked to Bariete about Carrot's departure before telling Inuarashi that he should rest, but the ruler was preoccupied with wondering how Jack and his men got to Zou twice. Meanwhile, Jack rested underwater, still conscious and waiting for rescue. On a certain island, Kaidou received the report of Jack's defeat and became very emotional. Drinking heavily, Kaidou lamented the loss of his SMILEs preventing him from creating a crew of all Devil Fruit users. His subordinates stated that they should not take Luffy and Law's alliance lightly, but Kaidou blew them away in anger, saying that they were nowhere near his level and that they were only playing little pirates' games, whilst indicating to the defeated Eustass Kid in a cell nearby. Aboard the Thousand Sunny, calm returned as the crew sailed through a snowstorm. In Sanji's absence, Luffy cooked for the crew and presented them with his "random curry." However, it proved to be inedible, and the crew was outraged when they learned that he had used their entire rations to make it.[24]

Story Impact

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• Many characters make their first appearances after the time skip. The characters (in the order they were reintroduced) are: Kizaru, A O,[2] Monkey D. Dragon, Laffitte, Shiryu, Buggy, Mohji, Galdino, Alvida, Cabaji, Richie,[3] Bepo, Jean Bart, Shachi, Penguin,[5] Sterry, Hina, Jango, and Fullbody.[23]
  Hina has been promoted to rear admiral.[23]
• Hina has been promoted to rear admiral.[23]
• Edward Weevil is the final Warlord of the Sea of the timeskip line-up introduced and claims to be Whitebeard's son.[2]
  Weevil decides to go after Luffy in order to draw out Marco.[2]
• Weevil decides to go after Luffy in order to draw out Marco.[2]
• The Mink Tribe is formally introduced, after their existence having been revealed in the Sabaody Archipelago Arc.[2]
  Pekoms and Bepo are confirmed to be members of the Mink Tribe and natives of Zou.[11]
  Inuarashi and Nekomamushi reveal that the Mink Tribe has a secret ability that will be of use. This foreshadows the Sulong form, in which the minks will eventually fight in the Whole Cake Island and Wano Country Arc.[20]
• Pekoms and Bepo are confirmed to be members of the Mink Tribe and natives of Zou.[11]
• Inuarashi and Nekomamushi reveal that the Mink Tribe has a secret ability that will be of use. This foreshadows the Sulong form, in which the minks will eventually fight in the Whole Cake Island and Wano Country Arc.[20]
• Law reunites with his crew for the first time since the timeskip.[6]
  All of the members of the Heart Pirates are shown for the first time.[6]
• All of the members of the Heart Pirates are shown for the first time.[6]
• The Straw Hats, with the exception of Sanji, reunite for the first time in 11 days.[6]
  Sanji and Caesar Clown have been kidnapped by Capone Bege, who is working for the Big Mom Pirates.[13]
  Caesar revealed that the Big Mom Pirates were chasing him because he swindled money from them.[12]
  Bege's bounty has been raised to 300,000,000.[12]
• Sanji and Caesar Clown have been kidnapped by Capone Bege, who is working for the Big Mom Pirates.[13]
  Caesar revealed that the Big Mom Pirates were chasing him because he swindled money from them.[12]
  Bege's bounty has been raised to 300,000,000.[12]
• Caesar revealed that the Big Mom Pirates were chasing him because he swindled money from them.[12]
• Bege's bounty has been raised to 300,000,000.[12]
• Sanji is revealed to be the third son of the Vinsmoke Family.[12]
  Pekoms reveals that the family is active in the Underworld and leads a legendary army known as Germa 66.[15]
• Pekoms reveals that the family is active in the Underworld and leads a legendary army known as Germa 66.[15]
• The Beasts Pirates hierarchy is shown: the top three Disasters, the middle class known as the Gifters, and the lower class known as the Pleasures.[8]
  One of the Disasters, Jack, is revealed after previously being mentioned in the Punk Hazard Arc.[7]
  The Gifters are people who have eaten SMILE Devil Fruits. The capabilities of these fruits are shown for the first time.[24]
  The Straw Hat Pirates drove the remaining Beasts Pirates out of Zou, which was briefly seen in the Dressrosa Arc,[25] and they healed the minks from the Koro poisoning, earning their eternal gratitude.[11]
• One of the Disasters, Jack, is revealed after previously being mentioned in the Punk Hazard Arc.[7]
• The Gifters are people who have eaten SMILE Devil Fruits. The capabilities of these fruits are shown for the first time.[24]
• The Straw Hat Pirates drove the remaining Beasts Pirates out of Zou, which was briefly seen in the Dressrosa Arc,[25] and they healed the minks from the Koro poisoning, earning their eternal gratitude.[11]
• Kin'emon and Kanjuro make it onto Zou, which they had been trying to get to before they ended up in Dressrosa.[15]
  They reunite with Momonosuke, who had not seen Kanjuro since he was captured,[15] and they also reunite with Raizo, their ninja comrade who had ended up on Zou after being separated from them at sea. Raizo was kept safe by the minks during the Beasts Pirates' assault.[17]
  It is revealed that Momonosuke is not Kin'emon's son, but is heir to the daimyo of Kuri Kouzuki Oden. Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and Raizo are the family's retainers.[17]
  The samurai and Momonosuke have been on the run from the Beasts Pirates, who have taken over Wano Country and killed Momonosuke's parents. Oden had sailed with Gol D. Roger to Laugh Tale, and Kaidou wanted to find out the secret he discovered there.[19]
  After hearing about this, the Straw Hats, Heart Pirates, and Mink Tribe agree to form an alliance with the samurai to take down Kaidou and liberate Wano, known as the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance,[19] which lasted until the conclusion of the Wano Country Arc.[26]
  Inuarashi has suspected that there is a traitor among the group after Jack's second attack in Zou. It is revealed in the Wano Country Arc that Kanjuro works as a spy and led Jack to Zou during this arc.[27]
• They reunite with Momonosuke, who had not seen Kanjuro since he was captured,[15] and they also reunite with Raizo, their ninja comrade who had ended up on Zou after being separated from them at sea. Raizo was kept safe by the minks during the Beasts Pirates' assault.[17]
• It is revealed that Momonosuke is not Kin'emon's son, but is heir to the daimyo of Kuri Kouzuki Oden. Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and Raizo are the family's retainers.[17]
  The samurai and Momonosuke have been on the run from the Beasts Pirates, who have taken over Wano Country and killed Momonosuke's parents. Oden had sailed with Gol D. Roger to Laugh Tale, and Kaidou wanted to find out the secret he discovered there.[19]
• The samurai and Momonosuke have been on the run from the Beasts Pirates, who have taken over Wano Country and killed Momonosuke's parents. Oden had sailed with Gol D. Roger to Laugh Tale, and Kaidou wanted to find out the secret he discovered there.[19]
• After hearing about this, the Straw Hats, Heart Pirates, and Mink Tribe agree to form an alliance with the samurai to take down Kaidou and liberate Wano, known as the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance,[19] which lasted until the conclusion of the Wano Country Arc.[26]
• Inuarashi has suspected that there is a traitor among the group after Jack's second attack in Zou. It is revealed in the Wano Country Arc that Kanjuro works as a spy and led Jack to Zou during this arc.[27]
• The four Road Poneglyph are established, which will give coordinates to four islands that will pinpoint the location of Laugh Tale.[18]
  By finding the Road Poneglyph on Zou, the Straw Hats manage to read their first one.[17]
  The locations of the other three Road Poneglyphs are revealed: one is lost, one is in Kaidou's possession, and one is in Big Mom's possession.[18]
• By finding the Road Poneglyph on Zou, the Straw Hats manage to read their first one.[17]
• The locations of the other three Road Poneglyphs are revealed: one is lost, one is in Kaidou's possession, and one is in Big Mom's possession.[18]
• Nekomamushi reveals that the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates disappeared after being defeated by the Blackbeard Pirates a year ago. This gave Blackbeard the title of Emperor.[20]
  Nekomamushi intends to find and recruit the Whitebeard Pirates in order to get them to join their alliance.[20]
• Nekomamushi intends to find and recruit the Whitebeard Pirates in order to get them to join their alliance.[20]
• Before departing from Zou with the Sanji Retrieval Team, Nami receives an upgraded Sorcery Clima-Tact from Usopp.[22]
• The rulers of several countries begin journeying to the upcoming Levely.[23]
  Nefertari Cobra intends to ask the World Government about the Poneglyph located in Arabasta Kingdom.[23]
  The royal family of Fish-Man Island gains enough signatures on Queen Otohime's petition for humans and fish-men to coexist, and they convince Shirahoshi to come along so they can present the petition at Levely.[23]
  Sterry has become king of the Goa Kingdom.[23]
• Nefertari Cobra intends to ask the World Government about the Poneglyph located in Arabasta Kingdom.[23]
• The royal family of Fish-Man Island gains enough signatures on Queen Otohime's petition for humans and fish-men to coexist, and they convince Shirahoshi to come along so they can present the petition at Levely.[23]
• Sterry has become king of the Goa Kingdom.[23]
• Kaidou discovers that Doflamingo's SMILE supply has ended, though he still refuses to pay any mind to Luffy and Law.[24]
  Kaidou has beaten and imprisoned Eustass Kid, and Scratchmen Apoo is revealed as being subservient to him after his encounter with their alliance.[24]
• Kaidou has beaten and imprisoned Eustass Kid, and Scratchmen Apoo is revealed as being subservient to him after his encounter with their alliance.[24]
• During the journey to Whole Cake Island, the Sanji Retrieval Team learns of the Blackbeard Pirates' raid on the Revolutionary Army's headquarters on Baltigo.[23][24]
  While reading, Luffy is able to see his father's face clearly for the first time in his life.[24]
• While reading, Luffy is able to see his father's face clearly for the first time in his life.[24]

Trivia

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• This is the first arc in which Luffy does not interact with the main antagonist of the arc, in this case, Jack.
  This is the second arc where Luffy does not fight with the main antagonist. The first was the Amazon Lily Arc.
• This is the second arc where Luffy does not fight with the main antagonist. The first was the Amazon Lily Arc.

Whole Cake Island Arc

Title

Whole Cake Island Arc

Url

https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Whole_Cake_Island_Arc

Summary

The Whole Cake Island Arc (ホールケーキアイランド編, Hōru Kēki Airando Hen?), also referred to as the Totto Land Arc, is the twenty-ninth story arc of the manga and anime One Piece, the second story arc of the Whole Cake Island Saga, and the sixth story arc of the second half of the series. Luffy, Nami, Chopper, Brook, and the minks Pekoms, Pedro, and Carrot head to Whole Cake Island, where Big Mom of the Four Emperors resides. Nicknamed the Sanji Retrieval Team, the group seeks to rescue their crewmate Sanji from his arranged marriage with Charlotte Pudding, set up to finalize a political alliance between the Charlotte Family and the Vinsmoke Family. However, during their operation, they become involved in a plot to assassinate Big Mom herself.

Lists

• Chapters: 78 (825-902)
• Episodes: 95 (783-877)
• Volumes: 9 (82-90)
• Key plot-points: Sanji rejoins; Jinbe cuts ties with the Big Mom Pirates and joins the Straw Hats but stays behind to help his former crew; the Fire Tank Pirates become temporary allies; Pedro dies; Gear 4: Tankman and Gear 4: Snakeman are introduced; Brook obtains the etching for their second Road Poneglyph; Stussy and Morgans are introduced.

Image Url

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Volumes

82-90, 9 volumes

Manga Chapters

825-902, 78 chapters

Anime Episodes

783-877, 95 episodes

Year(s) Released

2016-2018 (Manga)2017-2019 (Anime)

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The Whole Cake Island Arc (ホールケーキアイランド編, Hōru Kēki Airando Hen?), also referred to as the Totto Land Arc, is the twenty-ninth story arc of the manga and anime One Piece, the second story arc of the Whole Cake Island Saga, and the sixth story arc of the second half of the series.
Luffy, Nami, Chopper, Brook, and the minks Pekoms, Pedro, and Carrot head to Whole Cake Island, where Big Mom of the Four Emperors resides. Nicknamed the Sanji Retrieval Team, the group seeks to rescue their crewmate Sanji from his arranged marriage with Charlotte Pudding, set up to finalize a political alliance between the Charlotte Family and the Vinsmoke Family. However, during their operation, they become involved in a plot to assassinate Big Mom herself.

Summary

Entering Totto Land: Big Mom's Unified Paradise

Summary

The Big Mom Pirates reached their territory, Totto Land, with Sanji in tow. Sanji refused to accept his situation, although he became enamored with Charlotte Pudding when Vito gave him a picture of her.[1] Vito then talked to Sanji about how he admired Germa 66, who were portrayed as villains in the comic Sora, Warrior of the Sea. Sanji blew off Vito, causing Vito's crewmate Gotti to threaten Sanji, but Bege's wife Charlotte Chiffon prevented Gotti from harming Sanji.[2] Meanwhile, the Sanji Retrieval Team was starving when Luffy finally caught a fish. He immediately started eating it, but its skin turned out to be extremely poisonous and put him on the brink of death. The Thousand Sunny then entered Totto Land and was soon confronted by a ship belonging to Germa 66.[2] They were greeted by Sanji's brother, Vinsmoke Yonji, and Yonji refused to help Luffy. However, his sister Vinsmoke Reiju then attacked him and came to the Sunny, where she used her "Poison Pink" abilities to suck the poison out of Luffy's body. Reiju revealed that the upcoming marriage had been arranged by her father, who initially had trouble finding Sanji until his bounty poster had been updated. This caused Luffy to become antagonistic toward her and Yonji, but the two siblings decided to part ways peacefully with the Straw Hats to avoid making a scene before the wedding.[3] On Broc Coli Island, Vinsmoke Ichiji and Vinsmoke Niji led a Germa 66 army to help end a two-year war. They beat the side they were hired to fight against in just four hours, and after collecting their payment, they prepared to head to their brother's wedding.[4] The Sanji Retrieval Team arrived at Cacao Island, and Luffy and Chopper were awed as they saw that everything was made of chocolate. Pekoms told the rest of the team how Totto Land was a place where all races lived in harmony, and stayed on the ship as everyone else disembarked. Pedro was greeted by a wolf mink who recognized him, but he told the mink to not draw attention to him. Luffy and Chopper were then arrested after eating almost an entire building, but they were saved by the building's owner, Charlotte Pudding, who claimed that she had told them to demolish it. Pudding took the team to her cafe, and as she talked with them, Luffy inadvertently revealed who he was.[5] Pudding then revealed who she was, and said that she had already met Sanji once; he still wished to rejoin his crew, and she accepted it and was willing to help the Straw Hats take him back, recalling one of her own sisters who left Totto Land to marry for love. Pudding mapped a secret route for the Sanji Retrieval Team to take to Whole Cake Island, where she would be waiting with Sanji. The team then received chocolate rations from her before heading back to the Sunny, but discovered that Pekoms was nowhere to be seen and had left a message on the wall saying to turn back.[4] Meanwhile, Aladine had spotted the Sunny from underwater and reported this to Jinbe.[3] Jinbe requested from his crew that he break off from the Big Mom Pirates and join the Straw Hat Pirates, and they happily agreed, wanting him to make a decision benefiting himself for once. The Sun Pirates were prepared to flee should Jinbe's request to cut ties with Big Mom go wrong, and Big Mom's daughter Charlotte Praline was more than willing to accompany her husband Aladine wherever he went.[6] On Whole Cake Island, Big Mom sang and danced with anthropomorphic objects known as homies as she received reports of her crew members massacring people to acquire ingredients for the wedding cake. She then looked forward to dealing with Luffy, who she already knew had arrived.[5] However, Big Mom was later stricken by a craving for croquembouche, and her mental illness made her mindlessly violent as she attacked Sweet City to find it. Her son, Charlotte Moscato, attempted to intervene, but she pulled out 40 years of his lifespan, causing the onlookers to pronounce him dead on the scene. As Big Mom neared her own castle, Jinbe then arrived and threw a pile of croquembouche tourists into her mouth, satiating her. Big Mom did not remember what she had done, and Jinbe asked to discuss something important with her.[7] Big Mom took him to the Whole Cake Chateau, and Jinbe asked to leave her crew. Big Mom seemingly accepted, but stated that Jinbe would have to spin a roulette wheel to give something up in return.[6] Realizing that the wheel would cause him to lose all of his remaining lifespan and threaten the lives of his comrades as well, Jinbe took back his request.[8][9]

Big Mom's Soul Nation: Struggle In The Seducing Woods

Summary

The Sanji Retrieval Team sailed along Pudding's secret route, dealing with a variety of sea creatures and getting stuck in a syrupy ocean that froze over in the night. As they worked to free the Sunny, Pedro revealed that he was once a pirate who had sailed to Totto Land before, but had been defeated. Now, in addition to helping rescue Sanji, he also wished to help the Straw Hats acquire Big Mom's Road Poneglyph, and told Luffy to leave that mission to him. The team reached Whole Cake Island the next morning, and Luffy spotted Sanji and Pudding standing on the coast.[6] Pedro and Brook went off on the Shark Submerge III to find the Road Poneglyph, and the rest of the team disembarked, not seeing Sanji or Pudding anywhere. They entered the Seducing Woods, where they were almost eaten by a homie called the Noble Croc and encountered a clone of Luffy. Luffy started fighting with his clone, who perfectly mirrored his words and actions, when the team spotted someone, they thought was Sanji. The Sanji lookalike ran away, and as Nami, Chopper, and Carrot chased him, they encountered a large man named Pound buried in the ground and were attacked by a rabbit homie named Randolph as the many homies of the Seducing Woods prepared to kill the Sanji Retrieval Team.[10] Nami, Chopper, and Carrot ran away from Randolph, and Carrot briefly clashed with the rabbit. They ended up by Pound again, and as they tried running back to the coast, they got back to Luffy still fighting with his reflection. However, they were accompanied by Luffy's reflection while the real Luffy was sent running the other way, and ended up going right back to Pound. The mirror version of Luffy then transformed into the eighth daughter of the Charlotte Family, Charlotte Brûlée, and Brûlée grabbed Nami as she prepared to scar her face.[11] Nami managed to use her Clima-Tact to free herself, but when Carrot tried attacking Brûlée, Brûlée reflected her attacks before sending her into an alternate dimension known as the Mirro-World. Brûlée then had the homies in the Seducing Woods attack Chopper and Nami, and Chopper activated Monster Point to allow Nami to run away. Eventually, Chopper was overwhelmed and sent to the Mirro-World as well.[12] Meanwhile, Luffy captured several animals that Brûlée had turned into mirror duplicates of his comrades, including Sanji and Pudding.[8] As night fell, he realized that he had captured the real Nami, and after freeing her, they talked with Pound, who revealed how Brûlée had created the disguised animals and what had happened to Chopper. Pound then told them how homies were created by scattering a month's worth of lifespan given by the citizens of Totto Land every six months as a tribute, as Big Mom was able to remove lifespans with the power of her Devil Fruit. Pound then revealed that he was once one of Big Mom's husbands, but had been cast aside after giving her twin daughters. Right then, Charlotte Cracker, the tenth son of the Charlotte Family and one of the Big Mom Pirates' Three Sweet Commanders, pulled Pound out of the ground and prepared to kill him for giving information to their enemies. Pound pleaded with Cracker to let him see his daughters, Chiffon and Lola, before he died.[12] Nami realized that Lola was Big Mom's daughter and the sister that Pudding mentioned, and when Randolph attempted to attack her and Luffy, Cracker blew him and the other homies away with just his voice. Cracker stated he had come to deal with Luffy's group to eliminate them before the Vinsmokes all arrived, much to the chagrin of Brûlée and the homie Kingbaum. Cracker prepared to kill Pound first, but Luffy blocked his sword strike, and the homies ran in fear from the powerful clash. Nami and Pound ran away and were chased by Brûlée and the homies, but Nami pulled out the Vivre Card Lola gave her, and her suspicions were confirmed as the homies were repelled by the soul of Big Mom in the card.[13] However, Cracker quickly overpowered Luffy, and Brûlée confronted Nami, saying they would have no chance of getting anywhere close to Sanji or Big Mom. Brûlée then attempted to grab Nami and pull her into the Mirro-World, but Pound attacked his ex-stepdaughter, allowing Nami to strike Brûlée with Thunderbolt Tempo. Nami then decided to take advantage of the card's power against the homies by forcing them to serve her.[14] Luffy continued fighting Cracker, but was unable to injure the Sweet Commander even with Gear 2 and Gear 3. Cracker spawned additional limbs on his body and created copies of his sword and shield, allowing him to overpower Luffy. However, when Cracker stated that Sanji would not want to return to the Straw Hats, an enraged Luffy activated Gear 4 and successfully injured him with Kong Gun.[14] However, as Luffy split Cracker's body in half with additional attacks, the real Cracker leaped out and cut him in the arm, injuring him. Cracker revealed that he was operating in a biscuit body crafted by the Bisu Bisu no Mi, and created more biscuit bodies that shielded him and allowed him to gain an edge offensively.[15] Brook and Pedro infiltrated Sweet City, where they read the news about Jinbe and, to their surprise, found Pudding being forced to try on wedding dresses. They then overheard from Tamago that the Big Mom Pirates knew the locations of everyone in the Sanji Retrieval Team except for the two of them. At the northwestern coast of Whole Cake Island, Capone Bege and the Fire Tank Pirates brought a captured Pekoms to the edge of a cliff. Bege had offered Pekoms the chance to join him in his plot to assassinate Big Mom, but Pekoms refused, and the lion mink told Bege to not underestimate Big Mom before being shot into shark-infested waters.[8] However, Pekoms was swiftly rescued by members of the Sun Pirates.[16] In the Whole Cake Chateau, Big Mom talked to Caesar about her job and asked him to find a way to turn her children into giants like her. Caesar had long ago realized that gigantification was impossible and so blew all the money Big Mom invested in the project, and to protect himself, he claimed that his research had been halted by Luffy and Law for destroying his lab. Big Mom then revealed that she had her eldest son Charlotte Perospero create a perfect replica of his lab out of candy with the power of the Pero Pero no Mi, and gave Caesar two weeks to complete his research, or else Perospero would turn him into candy and kill him.[8]

A Family Reunion: Sanji's Loyalties Tested

Summary

At Lake Aprico behind the Whole Cake Chateau, several Germa ships docked together to form the mobile Germa Kingdom. There, Sanji had reunited with Yonji and beaten him up after Yonji tried bossing him around. Reiju then asked Sanji why he did not accept the new lifestyle offered to him, but Sanji continued expressing his disgust with his family. Sanji's father, Vinsmoke Judge, then arrived and tried talking to his estranged son about the incident with Yonji, but Sanji treated him coldly as well, causing him to take Sanji outside to settle matters physically.[11] As they started to fight, Sanji demonstrated his abilities to be on par with Judge's, and remembered how his father allowed his brothers to bully him mercilessly. Sanji went on the offensive, but Judge had Germa soldiers form a wall in front of him, preventing Sanji from attacking while allowing him to penetrate one of the soldiers with his spear and hit Sanji with an electric discharge from the tip. Afterwards, Reiju treated Sanji's wounds, and Judge told Sanji that he no longer considered him a son and had brought him for the arranged marriage because he considered Big Mom to be a psychopath. To ensure Sanji's cooperation, Judge had Reiju put exploding cuffs on his wrists, which would explode and destroy his hands if he attempted to escape.[17] The next morning, Ichiji and Niji arrived at the Germa Kingdom, and the Vinsmoke Family had a meal together. There, Sanji was angered when Niji scraped some of his food onto the floor and attempted to throw his plate at the head chef, Cosette. However, Sanji was prevented from acting further by Judge, who revealed that Germa had sent assassins to the East Blue who would take out Zeff upon command. After the meal, Sanji discovered that Cosette had been brutally beaten, and Yonji offered to take him to see Niji.[18] Yonji took Sanji to a laboratory where Germa grew its clone soldiers, and Sanji was then confronted by Niji and Ichiji. Sanji attacked Niji, but was quickly overpowered by his three brothers and left injured in the laboratory.[19] Sanji remembered growing up in the Germa Kingdom, where his father Judge had him and his siblings train to unlock special superhuman modifications. However, Sanji constantly fell behind in all the exercises, and was brutally bullied by his brothers as a result. Sanji's compassionate activities such as cooking were put a stop to, and although Sanji's mother, Sora, encouraged these activities, she eventually died. After finding out that Sanji appeared to be a normal human without a trace of modifications in his body, the judge had Sanji locked away in a dungeon and had his death faked.[19] Although he had to wear an iron mask, Sanji was fed in his cell and was able to study, but was eventually found by his brothers who started bullying him again. Eventually, Reiju told Sanji that the Germa Kingdom was heading to the East Blue, and that this would be his best chance to escape. When Germa came to the East Blue and invaded the island Cozia, Reiju freed Sanji and told him to head to freedom on a nearby ship. Sanji encountered Judge, who allowed him to run away so long as he never associated himself with the Vinsmoke Family again, and he ran crying to the ship Orbit, where he embarked on his journey to freedom.[20] In the present, Reiju found Sanji in the laboratory and took him to fix his face in preparation for lunch with Big Mom and Pudding.[20] She put a mask on over his face that made it look normal, and asked him why he acted so chivalrously. Sanji revealed that he learned it from Zeff, who was the only man to consider him a son. Sanji then headed out with his family to go to the banquet at the Whole Cake Chateau.[21] Back in the Seducing Woods, Luffy's fight against Cracker lasted for eleven hours. With the protection of her enslaved homies, Nami created rain clouds to soften Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers, allowing Luffy to eat them. After eating the soldiers, Luffy ran away before coming back and repeating this over and over. Luffy's body was so full it threatened to burst, but his efforts managed to fatigue Cracker. Eventually, after Luffy continued eating even more Biscuit Soldiers, Cracker snapped and charged in to finish Luffy off himself. However, Luffy then activated a form of Gear 4 known as Tankman: Manpuku Version, and he absorbed Cracker into his body before shooting him out, sending him crashing through his Biscuit Soldiers and the trees all the way to Sweet City,[21] where he was discovered by his siblings Opera, Mont-d'Or, and Galette. Shocked by his defeat, they raised a state of emergency in the city. Pound, who had run away during the battle, returned and warned Luffy that Big Mom's wrath would be unleashed upon Luffy now, recalling how in the past she had sent her weapons Zeus and Prometheus to create a storm before sending Cracker to avenge the former Sweet Commander Snack, who had been beaten by the Supernova Urouge. However, Luffy had no choice but to continue saving Sanji, and he and Nami forced Kingbaum to take them out of the Seducing Woods.[22] Meanwhile, Chopper and Carrot found themselves in the Mirro-World, and Chopper told Carrot to follow his lead as he sought to use the mirrors connected to Whole Cake Island to their advantage.[15] However, they were soon chased by Brûlée,[21] and they briefly got in contact with Luffy and Nami with a mirror shard before it was shattered.[22] Brûlée eventually captured them, but accidentally turned a frog into the mirror image of Carrot and captured the frog. She brought Chopper and the frog to her house and prepared to cook the latter, and Carrot hid in the attic. Guests gathered at Brûlée's house, among them being Randolph, the Noble Croc, and Diesel. When the party prepared to cook the frog, Carrot climbed down on the rope holding her duplicate and kicked over the giant pot of boiling water onto Brûlée. She and Chopper then quickly defeated the rest of the guests,[23] and captured Brûlée and Diesel to guide them through the Mirro-World.[24] After leaving the woods, Luffy's group reached a clearing where they immediately ran into the carriage containing Sanji and the Vinsmokes. Luffy became excited as he ran toward Sanji, but Sanji kicked him away.[22] With the threat against Zeff hanging over him, Sanji claimed that he had rejected the Straw Hats in favor of his royal heritage, and he attacked Luffy, who refused to accept this but also would not lay a hand on him. After defeating Luffy, Sanji returned to his carriage, but Luffy proclaimed that he would wait in this clearing and would not eat anything until Sanji came back.[25] The Vinsmokes' carriage then arrived at Sweet City and the Whole Cake Chateau, and Sanji and his family watched as a massive army headed out to take down Luffy and avenge Cracker. The Vinsmokes went inside and began their lunch with Big Mom and Pudding, and Pudding told Sanji to meet her in private. There, Pudding confided that she had failed to help Sanji return to his crewmates and apologized for putting him in this situation, but Sanji declared that he had accepted his situation. Having decided to make the best of what he was given, he decided to get married to Pudding the next day.[26] After this, Sanji went to Big Mom and made an agreement that she release his crewmates in return for his willing participation in the wedding.[27]

The Truth About The Wedding: Race To A Reunion

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Meanwhile, Zeus and Prometheus created a storm on the outskirts of Sweet City, and Big Mom's enraged army arrived to battle Luffy.[26] Although Luffy's group managed to take down many of the Chess Soldiers with the help of Nami's Vivre Card, Luffy was eventually overwhelmed by the vast array of Devil Fruit users, and Nami was immobilized by Galette's ability. Luffy was then knocked out by Counter and Cadenza's punches, and after she had killed Kingbaum by slicing him in two, Amande took Nami's Vivre Card from her. The Big Mom Pirates then took Luffy and Nami to the Whole Cake Chateau, where they were imprisoned in a book in the Prisoner Library.[27] Big Mom took the Vinsmoke Family save Sanji to another part of her library, where she kept a large variety of rare species. Judge noted that he had not seen any giants in Totto Land, and Big Mom was briefly angered, but then said that he must have just missed them. Big Mom then went to contact Luffy and Nami, and Lola's Vivre Card. Big Mom revealed that she wished to kill Lola for ruining a political marriage that could have let her become the Pirate King. However, Luffy was unfazed by Big Mom and challenged her, arousing her wrath.[28] After the call, Pudding then came to the library and entered Luffy and Nami's cell. She told them that she would not be marrying Sanji,[29] revealing to them in secret that she would murder him during the wedding. As she said this, she revealed a third eye on her forehead, and she also revealed that Big Mom would also renege on her agreement to spare the rest of the Sanji Retrieval Team. This left Luffy and Nami completely aghast, although they were unable to do anything.[24] Soon afterwards, Pudding shot Reiju, who was snooping around the Chateau, in the leg. Reiju initially managed to keep moving, but was eventually captured and taken to Pudding's room. There, Pudding revealed that the Big Mom Pirates planned to massacre the Vinsmoke Family[24] with special Walkers whose bullets could pierce through the Vinsmokes' exoskeletons. Sanji had made a meal for Pudding to make up for her not eating lunch, and after being unable to get through her door, he snuck around to her window where he overheard her revealing the plan, leaving him in despair. Pudding then used her Devil Fruit to remove Reiju's memories of their encounter and sent her to the infirmary.[30] Sanji went to the infirmary and told Reiju what had happened, and she believed him. She urged him to run away, saying that the rest of the family's lives were worthless. She revealed that their mother Sora opposed Judge's wishes for their sons' emotions to be suppressed, but was forced to undergo a surgery to insert these modifications into the unborn sons. Afterwards, Sora took a drug in the hopes of reversing these modifications, and the drug weakened her to the point where she eventually died. The drug worked on Sanji alone, and Reiju urged him to keep living as Germa's failure.[31] In the Whole Cake Chateau's Room of Treasure, Sweet Commander Charlotte Smoothie was stationed to guard Big Mom's Poneglyphs along with Tamago and several other fighters. Brook spies into the room with his soul projection and sees the security, and he and Pedro decide that Pedro will provide a distraction.[27] Pedro created a ruckus outside the room, causing Tamago and some of Big Mom's forces to pursue him.[28] This caused Smoothie to be lured out of the room and locked out by Brook, who confronted the forces still inside and swiftly overwhelmed the homies with his Yomi Yomi no Mi abilities.[29] Big Mom then received a signal from her hat Napoleon that there was an intruder in the Room of Treasure, and as Brook was copying down the Poneglyphs after having taken all the guards out, she barged into the room and confronted him.[23] Tamago and his subordinates chased Pedro to a courtyard, where Tamago and Pedro dueled for the first time since five years ago, when Pedro had taken Tamago's eye. Pedro remembered his voyage into Totto Land five years ago, where after his defeat he and his comrade Zepo were forced to spin Big Mom's roulette wheel to see what lifespan they would lose. They landed on 100 years, and Zepo was killed after having 30 years removed. However, Pekoms, who had recently joined Big Mom, pleaded for her to spare Pedro, and Pedro earned her respect by removing his right eye, causing the remaining 70 years to be shaved to 50 and allowing him to survive. With not much lifespan left, Pedro was willing to die here to help the Straw Hats. During the battle, however, Chopper and Carrot found Pedro, and they devised a plan for Pedro to escape into the Mirro-World. Pedro managed to bisect Tamago, only for the Baron to use his Devil Fruit abilities to regenerate into a stronger form called Viscount Hiyoko. Pedro managed to bisect Hiyoko as well, and before Hiyoko regenerated into his final form, the "true knight" Count Niwatori, Pedro blew up the courtyard in what appeared to be a suicide attack.[24] However, he managed to escape into the Mirro-World right after setting off the explosion.[9] In the Prisoner Library, Luffy tried twisting against his binding in order to rip his hands off and escape.[24] Opera then prepared to torture Nami to get her to reveal Lola's location, but before he could, Jinbe entered the library and knocked him out with Gosenmaigawara Seiken.[30] Jinbe then burned the books, freeing Luffy and Nami.[31] Luffy then ran on ahead to find Sanji, and he was pulled into Reiju's room. Reiju told Luffy that Sanji knew about Pudding's treachery and that he was trapped by threats against Zeff, and Luffy thanked her before jumping out the window onto the streets below.[32] Smoothie heard about the breakout, and to avoid Big Mom's wrath, she had her forces seal off the fourth floor and attack the escapees without letting Big Mom know.[31] Nami and Jinbe battled Big Mom's forces in the Chateau until they were reunited with Chopper and Carrot and brought into the Mirro-World. Elsewhere in the Chateau, the Big Mom Pirates met to discuss the fates of the Sanji Retrieval Team. Count Niwatori, who had survived Pedro's explosion, reported Pedro as dead. The crew assumed that Brûlée had dealt with Chopper and Carrot, and Opera then lied that Luffy and Nami had died in order to protect himself from Big Mom's wrath. Due to an Eggplant Soldier sleeping in Sanji's bed, the Big Mom Pirates were unaware that Sanji was unaccounted for.[9] In the Room of Treasure, Brook was overwhelmed by Big Mom's power, but refused to go down.[30] Eventually, he was defeated, and after not finding any copies of the Poneglyphs on him, Big Mom decided to keep him as a pet. Although Brook could not overpower her homies Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon due to them being made from her own soul, he was capable of giving Prometheus a small wound. Pudding then entered the room and asked to speak with Big Mom.[32] Pudding and Big Mom went over the plan to assassinate the Vinsmokes in the throne room, with Brook overhearing it.[9] In the Mirro-World, Nami, Chopper, Jinbe, Pedro, and Carrot, along with Brûlée and Diesel, searched for Brook, and they eventually found Big Mom sleeping with him. After multiple attempts and barely escaping Big Mom's power, they successfully rescued Brook and brought him back to the Mirro-World. There, Brook revealed that he had copied all of the Poneglyphs and stored them in his skull, and the team celebrated before going to look for Luffy and Sanji.[33] Sanji remained in the Chateau, and despite Reiju's encouragement, he resigned himself to death. Bobbin then came up to him and took a piece of food out of the bento box that Sanji had made for Pudding. In an instant, Sanji kicked him into the wall, and was immediately forced to run away.[9] Sanji escaped to Sweet City with Bobbin in hot pursuit,[33] but he made it to the outskirts of the city while Bobbin was shot by the Fire Tank Pirates. Sanji found Luffy at the promised spot, with his captain incapacitated from hunger. Luffy ate Sanji's bento and found it delicious even though it was ruined, but Sanji then told him that he would not be rejoining the crew. However, Luffy punched him and told him to say what he really felt, and Sanji admitted that he wanted to save his family from assassination. Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately agreed to help in the endeavor.[34] The rest of the Sanji Retrieval Team then got in contact with Luffy and Sanji, and upon hearing their new objective, Jinbe suggested proposing an alliance to Bege, who was aiming to assassinate Big Mom during the wedding. Luffy and Bege both agreed to Jinbe's proposition.[16]

Crashing The Wedding: Alliance With The Fire Tank Pirates

Summary

In the Whole Cake Chateau, the Vinsmokes partied and drank heavily, looking forward to the wedding.[34] Meanwhile, the Straw Hats arrived at the Fire Tank Pirates' hideout and were forced to bathe before meeting with Bege. While in the bath, Nami and Carrot spoke with Chiffon, who revealed that Lola had turned down a marriage proposal from Prince Loki of Elbaph. Due to her resemblance to Lola, Chiffon had been abused by Big Mom after the marriage's failure, and she now had no problem with her husband trying to kill her mother. The two crews then met, and although things got off to a rocky start due to Luffy being angry at Bege for shooting Pekoms, a collaborative plan was set.[35] Bege had recruited Caesar Clown to his side after being put on guard duty at the latter's lab, and had gained KX Launchers that would instantly kill anyone upon penetrating their skin. However, Big Mom had skin as hard as iron, but Bege knew how she could become weak. At every tea party, Big Mom brought out a portrait of a mysterious woman named Mother Carmel. Recently, someone had accidentally cracked it, which had caused Big Mom to enter a psychological crisis, and during this crisis she scraped her knees upon falling to the ground. Bege gave Luffy the task of destroying the portrait, and Luffy accepted despite the heavy risk.[36] After the meeting, Luffy got an idea to enter the wedding and requested that Bege have a mirror be placed in the wedding cake. He then went and gathered several animals and told Brûlée to turn them into reflections of himself.[37] At an inlet on Whole Cake Island, the Sun Pirates treated Pekoms' wounds, but did not tell him what Jinbe was plotting.[35] They then tied him up as they departed from Whole Cake Island the morning of the wedding.[38] As morning broke, the Underworld Emperors who were invited to the wedding arrived on Whole Cake Island, with the conglomerate member Lu Feld, the queen of the Pleasure District Stussy, and the reporter for the World Economic Journal Morgans among them. They went to the wedding venue at the top of the Whole Cake Chateau, where Bege stood guard. A man named Jigra attempted to get in, but was shot by Sweet Commander Charlotte Katakuri. Katakuri, whose Observation Haki was so advanced it allowed him to see into the future, had foreseen that Jigra had been attempting to attack Big Mom. At 10:00 AM, Big Mom entered the venue, and the tea party festivities began.[38] Big Mom was presented with presents from her Underworld guests, and revealed that she planned to open the Tamatebako that she received from Fish-Man Island as well. With everyone in the venue, Caesar remained outside while Bege took the Sanji Retrieval Team in to initiate their plan.[39] Inside the Chateau, Pudding changed into her wedding dress and prepared to have to modify everyone's memories after the assassination.[36] Sanji returned to the Chateau and soon joined Pudding, and as Pudding continued with her facade, Sanji struggled to remind himself of her true intentions despite her looks.[39] The two of them were then brought out to the venue, and inside Bege's body, Jinbe desperately tried to wake Luffy up as the time for his entrance was soon. Pudding and Sanji stood before the altar, and when the time came for Pudding to lift her veil, she did so intending for Sanji to be shocked by her third eye. However, Sanji called her beautiful, shocking Pudding and causing her to break down as she remembered being bullied for her appearance as a child. With this development, both the priest and Katakuri moved to shoot Sanji, but Sanji dodged Katakuri's shot, and it hit the priest, causing his gun to go off. With the sound of a gunshot being his cue, Luffy and his animal duplicates then burst out of the wedding cake.[40] Luffy's entrance caused chaos to erupt in the venue, and Big Mom began to go crazy at the destruction of the wedding cake. Katakuri found the real Luffy and attacked him with his Mochi Mochi no Mi abilities. However, Jinbe freed Luffy from Katakuri's mochi and spoke to Big Mom, declaring that he wished to leave her crew. He was willing to have Big Mom take his lifespan so long as she did not harm any of his comrades, and Big Mom tried to do so, but found herself unable to due to Jinbe lacking fear. She then attacked Jinbe and Luffy, but as she did this, Brook, who had disguised himself as Luffy, went up to the Carmel portrait and destroyed it.[37] However, Big Mom did not enter a crisis due to being overwhelmed by the destruction of the cake. Pudding attempted to complete her job and shoot Sanji, but was hit out of the way by her brother Charlotte Daifuku, who summoned a genie that briefly overpowered Sanji. Meanwhile, Pedro was confronted by Charlotte Oven, who used his Netsu Netsu no Mi abilities to heat up his sword and prevent him from holding it. Meanwhile, the Vinsmokes were bound by Perospero's candy and held at gunpoint, and were unable to escape due to not wearing their Raid Suits. Judge wept as he was left aghast by the Big Mom Pirates' treachery, while his sons showed no emotion at all and Reiju accepted their fate.[41] Bege pretended to go after Luffy, and Brook went to them to tell them to show Big Mom the pieces of the Carmel portrait. Katakuri then confronted them, and Bege shot the Sweet Commander to give Luffy time. Katakuri avoided various attacks from the enemy alliance as he pursued Luffy, but subdued Luffy too late as Luffy stretched his arms in front of Big Mom's face, showing her the portrait pieces. Big Mom then entered a crisis, unleashing Supreme King Haki that knocked out several guests and a scream that immobilized everyone else. The Straw Hat-Fire Tank Alliance members put on earplugs, and with the assassins incapacitated, Sanji freed his family from their bindings as they were given earplugs as well. As she screamed, Big Mom despaired over Mother Carmel, wanting to know where she had gone.[42]

The Wedding Becomes Chaos: Going After The Emperor's Head

Summary

63 years ago, a 5-year-old Charlotte Linlin had been abandoned on Elbaph by her parents after causing too much destruction in her hometown. Her parents hoped that Mother Carmel would take her into the Sheep's House, and Linlin indeed found a home in the orphanage where children of all races were raised. Carmel, who had ushered in a new era of human-giant relations after pleading for the lives of the Giant Warrior Pirates to be spared, was patient with Linlin's obliviousness that led to violent tendencies, but never taught her to curb these tendencies. One day, Linlin and the Sheep's House took part in a semla feast prior to a 12-day fasting period for the Winter Solstice Festival, but Linlin loved the semla so much she had to be restrained before she could eat it all. Linlin greatly struggled during the ensuing fast, and by the seventh day, she had snapped and gone on a crazed rampage for semla.[43] One of the oldest giants in the village, Jorul, attempted to kill her for her actions, but Linlin threw him to the ground and gave him fatal injuries. Linlin was then given semla, and Carmel pleaded for the giants to spare her. They agreed, but on the condition that Linlin leave the island, and so Carmel took the Sheep's House to a new island.[44] Life resumed as normal on the new island, and one day, Carmel met with agents from the World Government. Working as an Underworld trafficker named "Mountain Witch," Carmel operated the Sheep's House to sell recruits for the Marines and Cipher Pol under the guise of adoption. She sold Linlin for a hefty price, and prepared to retire once Linlin was gone. Soon afterwards, the Sheep's House celebrated Linlin's sixth birthday, and they made a croquembouche of semla for her. An overjoyed Big Mom rapidly consumed the croquembouche, oblivious to everything else around her, but after finishing her meal, she looked to see that Carmel and the Sheep's House children were all gone.[44] Two people witnessed this event: a giant, whose report of it to Elbaph caused the giants to hate Linlin even more, and a man named Streusen, a failed pirate and chef who was captivated by what he saw. Streusen approached the distressed Linlin and offered to feed her with his Kuku Kuku no Mi powers if he joined her, and in the years that followed, Linlin became a terrorizing pirate who quickly earned high bounties and could not be stopped by anyone. Linlin and Streusen also worked on turning the island they first met on into a place where everyone could live in harmony, as Linlin had inherited this dream from Carmel, although she misinterpreted it to believe that everyone should be the same size as her.[45] In the present, Vito and Gotti exited Bege's body and the trio shot their KX Launchers at Big Mom. However, in her anguish, she unleashed a powerful scream that blew up the missiles in midair. As Katakuri created mochi earplugs to protect his crewmates from Big Mom's scream, the Fire Tank-Straw Hat alliance's mission ended in failure, and they were left with no choice but to run away. Caesar flew in with Brûlée and a mirror for the alliance to escape through, but Big Mom's scream shattered the mirror, leaving the alliance trapped. Bege then transformed into a giant humanoid castle known as Big Father and told the alliance members to get inside him.[45] Katakuri rescued Brûlée and Smoothie, Daifuku, and Oven captured Nami, Carrot, and Chopper respectively. However, after regaining their Raid Suits, the Vinsmokes put them on and attacked the Big Mom Pirates, freeing Nami, Carrot, and Chopper. They then joined the alliance inside Bege, and he attempted to kill Big Mom, but was stopped by Perospero and Katakuri and besieged. Big Mom then regained her senses and started attacking Bege, with her punches strong enough to damage him.[46] The alliance tried to think of a way to escape, and they considered having Caesar fly Bege out of the venue, although this was extremely risky. Meanwhile, Sanji talked with Judge, and made it clear that he would no longer be associated with the Vinsmokes. Judge agreed to never go near him, or the East Blue again, and then took his other children toward the exit as they prepared to repay their debt by giving backup to Caesar and Bege.[47] When the Vinsmokes and Caesar exited him, Bege transformed into his normal body and was carried away by Caesar as the Vinsmokes shielded them from the Big Mom Pirates' bullets. However, Big Mom began attacking and injured Reiju with Prometheus, but before she could finish her off, Sanji and Luffy came out and intercepted her strike.[47] Sanji wanted to escape immediately afterwards, but Luffy clashed with Big Mom again, telling her that he would return and beat her after Kaidou. Judge then came to confront Big Mom, but she swiftly took him down, followed by Niji and Yonji. Ichiji was beaten by Katakuri and Sanji, Luffy, and Reiju were subdued by the Big Mom Pirates, leaving Caesar and Bege helpless.[48] Meanwhile, Lu Feld had gone to the Tamatebako to try to steal its contents.[46] After accidentally dropping it onto a ledge below, he went down to get it, but ended up being shot by Stussy, who was revealed to be a CP0 agent. However, his incapacitated body pushed the Tamatebako off the ledge, and it fell all the way to the ground and exploded, which damaged the base of the Whole Cake Chateau and caused it to start tipping over.[48] Sanji and Caesar flew their allies to safety, parting ways with the Vinsmokes, while the Big Mom Pirates fell to the ground far below. However, Streusen turned part of the Chateau into soft cake, cushioning the fall. The Straw Hat-Fire Tank alliance went to the northwest part of Whole Cake Island, and Caesar left after getting his heart back while the Straw Hats and Fire Tank Pirates parted ways. Back in Sweet City, the Big Mom Pirates planned to pursue their enemies, but Big Mom started craving her ruined wedding cake[49] and went on a mad rampage, removing Opera's lifespan in the process. Perospero lied that there was a second wedding cake that the Straw Hats had stolen, and Big Mom believed him, but said she would kill him if he was lying, causing him to panic. Pudding then arrived and told her crew that she could make another wedding cake with the rare ingredients left over on Cacao Island and with the help of her sister Chiffon. She told them that she wanted to make the cake to get revenge on Sanji,[50] but when she found Chiffon and the Fire Tank Pirates, she told Chiffon that she wanted to make it to help Sanji, and wanted to enlist him in the effort. Chiffon agreed to help Pudding, as she wanted to repay Nami for helping Lola, and they flew to Sanji on the carpet homie Rabiyan.[51]

Escaping The Wedding: Big Mom's Unstoppable Craving

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Chopper and Brook headed off on their own to retrieve the Shark Submerge, and as the rest of the Straw Hat group approached the Seducing Woods, they found Kingbaum who had been resurrected. Nami used a part of Lola's Vivre Card that she had torn off and retained to force him to take them into the woods, but Big Mom then flew in behind them on Zeus looking for her wedding cake.[50] She had Napoleon turn into a sword and unleashed devastating attacks at the Straw Hats, but Nami got an idea and fed Zeus some thundercloud balls. Zeus loved the clouds and stopped to eat them, causing Big Mom to fall off of him. However, Prometheus incinerated Kingbaum, and the Seducing Woods homies attacked as well, as Big Mom nullified the power of Lola's Vivre Card.[52] Additionally, some of Big Mom's crew arrived to back her up, but Jinbe weakened Prometheus with Fish-Man Karate, and while Nami was distracted, Zeus ate her entire Weather Egg. This caused him to swell up with storm energy, and Nami forced him to discharge, hitting Big Mom and her crew with a massive lightning bolt.[51] Big Mom was left in a crater, but was still conscious and continued chasing the Straw Hats. Pudding and Chiffon then flew in to recruit Sanji to their cake baking operation, and Sanji agreed to it. Pudding then used her ability to restore the Seducing Woods homies' memories of their past lives, leaving them confused and overwhelmed and clearing a path to the Sunny.[53] Katakuri and Perospero took thousands of Chess Soldiers through the Mirro-World to occupy the Sunny, and they were met by Chopper and Brook from the Submerge. Perospero offered to let the duo run away, but they refused to abandon the ship and took down dozens of Chess Soldiers.[53] Perospero then encased them in candy, leaving them three minutes until they suffocated. The Straw Hats then emerged onto the beach with Big Mom on their tail, and Perospero and Katakuri confronted them. Luffy clashed with Katakuri, but Perospero trapped the Sunny in candy as the Big Mom Pirates' fleet besieged it, leaving the Straw Hats trapped. Pedro then attempted to attack Perospero, but was overwhelmed. However, he then lit up several bombs in his jacket, engulfing him and Perospero in a massive explosion.[54] Perospero survived, but received heavy injuries that left him unable to maintain his candy creations, thus freeing the Sunny, Chopper, and Brook. The Straw Hats prepared to escape with Coup de Burst, and to prevent him from going after his crew, Luffy grabbed Katakuri before grabbing Brûlée, who had been watching from a nearby mirror. He pulled himself and Katakuri into the Mirro-World as the rest of the group activated Coup de Burst, blasting them away from Whole Cake Island.[55] The Sunny crew mourned Pedro's death, but could not do so for long as Big Mom and her fleet quickly caught up to them. In the Mirro-World, Luffy began fighting Katakuri, but Katakuri used his mochi powers to mimic Luffy's abilities and overwhelm him.[56] Brûlée and her subordinates then prepared to attack the Sunny through its mirrors, and after Katakuri prevented him from stopping them, Luffy contacted his crew through a mirror shard and told them to shatter all of the ship's mirrors and planned to meet back up with everyone on Cacao Island. The Sunny crew was attacked by a giant wave created by Big Mom,[57] but Jinbe singlehandedly piloted the ship through the inside of the wave, successfully riding it out and escaping from Big Mom once again. The crew then shattered their mirrors, and everyone thought the Sunny had sunk,[58] but Brûlée overheard Luffy talking to his crew and realized they were still alive, causing her to contact Perospero.[59]

Cooking Up A Solution: The Sanji Retrieval Team's Last Stand

Summary

On Whole Cake Island, Mont-d'Or received a report from Custard that the Fire Tank Pirates had escaped. Meanwhile, the Vinsmokes defeated the 10,000-strong army of Big Mom Pirates sent to take them down, and Niji impersonated one of them to trick Mont-d'Or into thinking that the Big Mom Pirates were victorious.[59] The Big Mom Pirates were unable to track the locations of the Fire Tank and Straw Hat crews, however, as the Sun Pirates had stuck around Totto Land and Praline had distracted the Territorial Sea Slugs by singing. Near Mont-d'Or, Pekoms cried over Pedro's death.[60] Hours later, Stussy and Morgans joined Mont-d'Or's group and revealed to him that the Tamatebako caused the explosion that tipped over the Chateau.[61] They then wondered if the Straw Hats would escape from Totto Land, but Mont-d'Or assured them no such thing would happen.[62] Luffy continued fighting Katakuri in the Mirro-World, but Katakuri used his advanced Observation Haki to dodge all of Luffy's attacks and overwhelmed Luffy offensively. Luffy was even more overwhelmed when Katakuri brought out his trident Mogura, but worked to dodge Mogura's deadly strikes and managed to stay in the fight. Brûlée told Luffy he had no chance of beating Katakuri, saying that Katakuri had never laid on his back since he was born.[59] Katakuri became annoyed as his merienda was made late, and he stopped Luffy from entering Gear 4 before burying him in a pile of mochi. Some chefs then brought out sweet treats, and Katakuri created a mochi house to consume them in private. However, Luffy ate his way out of the mochi pile and broke into Katakuri's house, where he saw Katakuri laying on his back and eating donuts with his large mouth. Upon seeing Luffy, Katakuri flew into a rage and attacked his chefs, but Luffy activated Gear 4 and managed to hit Katakuri for the first time.[63] As he assaulted Katakuri, Luffy realized that the Sweet Commander used his Observation Haki to move his mochi body out of harm's way, and was defenseless now that he had lost his composure. However, Katakuri regained his composure and started dodging attacks again, and Luffy was quickly back at a disadvantage as Katakuri assaulted him with powerful attacks.[60] However, Katakuri accidentally revealed that Gear 4 would wear off soon, allowing Luffy to run away from him. Luffy then ran into Brûlée, and took her through a mirror into the real world.[64] Perospero took Big Mom to Cacao Island to eat the wedding cake, but to his horror, she decided to go to Nuts Island instead and destroyed everything in her path as she looked for cake.[59] Luffy and Brûlée arrived on Nuts Island through the mirror, and ended up right in front of the rampaging Big Mom. Perospero pointed her to Luffy, and Luffy was forced to run away while still being unable to use Haki.[64] Eventually, Luffy took Brûlée inside a mirror, and the two of them visited several islands before eventually ending up in an empty house. As he waited to regain his Haki, Luffy remembered Silvers Rayleigh teaching him that Haki could be strengthened by battling opponents with strong Haki. This made him decide to use the fight against Katakuri to improve his own Haki.[65] Meanwhile, as Pudding, Chiffon, and Sanji flew toward Cacao Island, they were spotted by Pound from a boat below, and he recognized his daughter Chiffon.[56] Upon reaching Cacao Island, they were greeted by Whole Cake Island's top chefs the WCI 31, who had been enlisted to help. Pudding altered their memories, making them believe that there was no fighting and Sanji had gotten married to her, and the team got to work making a cake in three hours, with Chiffon making the base chiffon cake, Pudding making the chocolate icing, and Sanji making a special whipped cream.[57] As they were working, Pound unsuccessfully attempted to get into the Sweets Factory to see Chiffon. Oven then arrived on Cacao Island, and after seeing Pound making a commotion, he beat him up and threw him out.[60] Inside the factory, Sanji finished his cream, which was so sweet it made people nearly die from happiness. With the parts of the cake finished baking, Sanji decided to set sail and construct the cake on the way to the Sunny.[64] The cake baking team headed out with the cake, and Sanji hid as Oven greeted them. He allowed Pudding to go on, but attacked Chiffon for being complicit in Bege's assassination attempt. Pound then tried to save his daughter, and Sanji took the opportunity to attack Oven and rescue Chiffon without being spotted. However, Oven quickly found Chiffon and confronted her again, and as he prepared to execute her, he got in contact with Bege who was heading for Cacao Island. Bege said he would stand down, but as his ship the Nostra Castello got closer to the island, he shot Oven in the face.[65] The Nostra Castello then used its tank treads to move on land, and Sanji brought the cake onboard as Chiffon was reunited with her family and crew. Bege took the Nostra Castello back to the sea, but the ship and cake were then threatened as Oven boiled the ocean. However, Pound attacked Oven again, giving the pirates and chefs time to escape while Oven turned to confront him, and before he was struck down by a flaming naginata, Pound congratulated Chiffon on her marriage.[66] Meanwhile, Big Mom and her fleet found and pursued the Sunny crew again, and Daifuku arrived with another fleet to surround the Sunny. However, after seeing the full moon in the sky, Carrot told the crew to leave Daifuku's fleet to her. She then gazed into the moon and transformed into her Sulong form, which increased her abilities, and she flew toward Daifuku's fleet. Overwhelming them with her speed, she took down several of Daifuku's subordinates while removing the ships' helms,[67] and Daifuku unwittingly aided her as his genie was unable to hit her and destroyed several ships instead. However, Carrot's transformation caused her to become very exhausted, and Brook went and took her back to the Sunny, which had a clear path with Daifuku's fleet in chaos. However, Big Mom, who was rapidly growing thinner, summoned Zeus and Prometheus back to her side and boarded the Sunny to look for the wedding cake.[68] The Sunny crew was unable to stop her, but Big Mom ended up hitting Jinbe into the ocean, allowing him to come back and hit her with a powerful blow that knocked her off the ship. After landing on Zeus, Big Mom prepared to slice the Sunny in half, but Nami managed to distract Zeus long enough for Brook to cut the cloud homie in two. Nami then sent small thunderclouds to Zeus, forcing him to discharge again and engulfing Big Mom in lightning. The Sunny crew quickly sailed away from Big Mom as Nami captured a weakened Zeus, saying that he would become her servant.[69]

A Clash Of Haki: The Final Push To Freedom

Summary

Back on the Nostra Castello, Sanji and Bege argued over whether or not to poison the cake, and Sanji fed Bege his whipped cream to convince him not to. The cake was then completed, and the pirates and chefs celebrated.[68] Meanwhile, Big Mom caught up to the Sunny on Prometheus, who threatened to burn the ship and crew up.[61] However, she then smelled the cake on the approaching Nostra Castello, and headed toward it while Pudding and Sanji went to the Sunny. The Sunny crew then headed for Cacao Island, and Smoothie's fleet pursued them while Perospero followed Big Mom and the Fire Tank Pirates, who took the cake to Liqueur Island to get it far away from the Straw Hats. Perospero feared that the Fire Tank Pirates had poisoned the cake, and was consumed with paranoia. Meanwhile, on Cacao Island, Oven had every mirror destroyed except one, had a fleet besiege the island, and gathered thousands of his crewmates to lie in wait to ambush Luffy and the Straw Hats.[70] After regaining his Haki, Luffy returned to the Mirro-World to confront Katakuri again.[67] Although he was still overwhelmed by Katakuri's strength, he continued working on trying to improve his Observation Haki by dodging the Sweet Commander's attacks. Hours passed, and Katakuri's younger sister Charlotte Flampe entered the Mirro-World with her subordinates. Wanting to be Katakuri's favorite little sister, she and her subordinates tried to shoot Luffy, although had a difficult time doing it.[61] As Katakuri realized what Luffy was doing and moved to finish him off quickly, Flampe managed to shoot Luffy with her blowgun, preventing him from dodging Mogura in time and causing him to receive a massive injury to his side.[70] Katakuri assaulted Luffy with relentless attacks, but realized what had happened upon overhearing Flampe laughing. He shouted at her angrily for interfering in his fight, and stabbed himself where he hit Luffy in order to remove his advantage. In the process, Katakuri uncovered his mouth, causing Flampe to lose all respect for him and make fun of his mouth. Although Katakuri had been bullied for his mouth as a child, he paid no mind to it as he faced Luffy again, and the two of them unleashed Supreme King Haki that knocked out Flampe's group as they faced off as equals.[71] Luffy had advanced his Observation Haki enough to be able to counter Katakuri's attacks and lay hits on the Sweet Commander, and the two of them fought brutally. Luffy then attempted to end their battle by activating a form of Gear 4 known as Snakeman.[72] With Snakeman, Luffy moved at an extremely fast speed, and his attacks changed direction and grew faster. Luffy and Katakuri continued exchanging blows until they eventually headed for a final clash, in which they hit each other with their strongest attacks.[73] Both of them were knocked out for a brief period of time, and when Luffy got up, Katakuri got up as well and foresaw that Luffy would come back and take down Big Mom before falling on his back, defeated. As Luffy headed away, he was then greeted by a disguised Pekoms, who had decided to help him escape to honor Pedro's memory and so had captured Brûlée to get out of the Mirro-World.[62] Sanji and Pudding went on ahead to Cacao Island to rescue Luffy, and as the Sunny crew headed there, they were forced to dodge flying water slashes from Smoothie.[72] Sanji and Pudding made it to Cacao Island, where they hid in an alley near Oven's army. Pudding bid farewell to Sanji, and kissed him before removing his memory of it.[62] In the Mirro-World, Pekoms told Luffy he would activate his Sulong form to distract the Big Mom Pirates, even though only Pedro could bring him out of it. Pekoms and Brûlée then arrived on Cacao Island with Luffy hidden, shocking the Big Mom Pirates. Pekoms tried to activate Sulong, but was quickly overwhelmed by Oven, and the Big Mom Pirates quickly spotted the escaping Luffy. Sanji came in to rescue Luffy and as they ran off, Brûlée with tears in her eyes told everyone that Katakuri was defeated by Luffy breaking the Sweet Commander's undefeated record; hearing this the Big Mom Pirates were all shocked and outraged and went in an all-out attack. Sanji tried to escape, but he was eventually overwhelmed by the sheer force of the army and was held at gunpoint. Right then, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji arrived to block the bullets as the Germa Kingdom fleet battled the fleet besieging Cacao Island.[74] The three brothers took down several of the Big Mom Pirates as they brought Sanji and Luffy to safety, and Sanji and Luffy ended up flying over the Big Mom Pirates' fleet right toward the Sunny, with Reiju taking out the forces on the fleet.[75] Sanji and Luffy made it to the Sunny, and Germa's fleet provided backup against Smoothie and Daifuku's fleet. Judge asked Luffy why he wanted Sanji with him despite what he viewed to be Sanji's shortcomings, but Luffy saw none of those as shortcomings. Another Big Mom Pirates fleet arrived in front of the Sunny to surround the Straw Hats, but the Sun Pirates then emerged and took out the fleet to give the Straw Hats a path to freedom.[76] Meanwhile, Oven had Brûlée bring special bullets to the Cacao Island army that would harm the Vinsmokes, and he went out to the water and boiled it to force the Sun Pirates to retreat. The Queen Mama Chanter then arrived and nearly destroyed the Sunny,[77] but Wadatsumi managed to replace it with the Sun Pirates' ship before carrying it in his mouth. Oven used his heat to force Wadatsumi to spit up the Sunny, but the Sun Pirates rose back up and prepared to take on the Big Mom Pirates to allow the Straw Hats to escape. Jinbe told Luffy he could not leave his old crew behind to die, and Luffy told him to reunite with his new crew on Wano once he was done. Jinbe then joined the Sun Pirates as they began battling, and as the Big Mom Pirates were occupied, the Straw Hats managed to sail out of Totto Land.[78] As the Fire Tank Pirates headed toward Liqueur Island with Big Mom on their tail, Chiffon said that they needed to go further ahead to Funwari Island to give the Straw Hats enough distance from Big Mom.[72] However, the crew struggled to withstand Prometheus' heat as he and Big Mom drew closer to them.[62] Mont-d'Or contacted Perospero to ask about the cake, and Perospero told him about its situation. At this point, Perospero could only hope that the cake would satiate Big Mom's craving, as they would all die otherwise. Mont-d'Or then realized that Morgans and Stussy had left, and ordered them to be found to prevent them from revealing these events to the outside world.[76] The Fire Tank Pirates reached Funwari Island as the Nostra Castello finally gave out and sunk, and left the cake on the coast before heading out of Totto Land. Big Mom then ate the cake, and was overjoyed by its delicious flavor as her craving was satisfied.[77] Once she regained her senses, she headed for Cacao Island to take on the Straw Hats, and her crew rejoiced as she entered the fight against the Sun Pirates and Germa. Morgans and Stussy left Totto Land on a hot air balloon, and Morgans predicted that a member of the Worst Generation would become the next Pirate King. On Cacao Island, Pudding wept as she held the film of memories she had taken from Sanji. In the Mirro-World, Brûlée tended to Katakuri's wounds, admitting that she had seen him on his back before as she remembered how Katakuri had attacked some bullies for scarring her face as a child. Outside of Totto Land, Sanji found out about Pedro's sacrifice before going to work cooking, and as he cooked, a rowdy pirate crew was coming to Baratie. Despite his workers' complaints, Zeff said he would serve them food no matter what, just as his son Sanji served his crew.[79]

Story Impact

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• Some characters make their first appearances after the timeskip. The characters (in the order they were reintroduced) are: Dracule Mihawk,[3] Aladine,[3] Yasopp, Bonk Punch, Monster, Gab, Building Snake,[14] Shanks, Benn Beckman, Rockstar,[15] and Stansen.[74]
  Gally makes his first canon appearance.[79]
• Gally makes his first canon appearance.[79]
• Sanji's family, the Vinsmoke Family, is formally introduced.[3][4][11][20]
  His father, Vinsmoke Judge, is revealed as the one who sent bounty hunters after Duval in order to find Sanji, and later changed his bounty condition to "Only Alive."[3]
  His family once ruled over North Blue, and Judge seeks to reclaim it. Though they no longer rule over land, the family can still attend Levely.[3]
  However, due to Judge's attempt to ally with the Big Mom Pirates, the World Government would cut all ties with the Germa Kingdom in the following arc.[18][80]
  Judge is a scientist and former peer of Vegapunk, and the pair had worked together on the Lineage Factor of living creatures (genetics). Judge has implemented this via Cloning an army for Germa 66, as well as by making his own children into Modified Humans with genetically enhanced abilities.[19]
  Sanji did not receive these abilities due to his mother Sora's interference, as she wanted to keep her sons human. He was bullied by his brothers, who were successfully advanced and, in the process, lost their humanity while Judge neglected Sanji due to Sora's interference.[17][31]
  Sanji's statement about growing up in the North Blue is confirmed and expanded upon. He grew up there in the Germa Kingdom, but he was imprisoned by his father for being a "failure." After his sister freed him, Sanji escaped from his abusive family at the age of 8, during an assault by the Kingdom in East Blue. It is revealed how he ended up on the Orbit.[20]
  After Sanji saves his family from Big Mom's assassination plan and disowns his father, Judge finally relents and vows to never interfere in Sanji's life again nor harm Zeff.[47]
• His father, Vinsmoke Judge, is revealed as the one who sent bounty hunters after Duval in order to find Sanji, and later changed his bounty condition to "Only Alive."[3]
• His family once ruled over North Blue, and Judge seeks to reclaim it. Though they no longer rule over land, the family can still attend Levely.[3]
  However, due to Judge's attempt to ally with the Big Mom Pirates, the World Government would cut all ties with the Germa Kingdom in the following arc.[18][80]
• However, due to Judge's attempt to ally with the Big Mom Pirates, the World Government would cut all ties with the Germa Kingdom in the following arc.[18][80]
• Judge is a scientist and former peer of Vegapunk, and the pair had worked together on the Lineage Factor of living creatures (genetics). Judge has implemented this via Cloning an army for Germa 66, as well as by making his own children into Modified Humans with genetically enhanced abilities.[19]
  Sanji did not receive these abilities due to his mother Sora's interference, as she wanted to keep her sons human. He was bullied by his brothers, who were successfully advanced and, in the process, lost their humanity while Judge neglected Sanji due to Sora's interference.[17][31]
• Sanji did not receive these abilities due to his mother Sora's interference, as she wanted to keep her sons human. He was bullied by his brothers, who were successfully advanced and, in the process, lost their humanity while Judge neglected Sanji due to Sora's interference.[17][31]
• Sanji's statement about growing up in the North Blue is confirmed and expanded upon. He grew up there in the Germa Kingdom, but he was imprisoned by his father for being a "failure." After his sister freed him, Sanji escaped from his abusive family at the age of 8, during an assault by the Kingdom in East Blue. It is revealed how he ended up on the Orbit.[20]
• After Sanji saves his family from Big Mom's assassination plan and disowns his father, Judge finally relents and vows to never interfere in Sanji's life again nor harm Zeff.[47]
• Sanji is revealed to have developed his chivalry from Zeff, whom he considers his true father.[21]
• Big Mom and her crew are heavily revealed and much of their nature is elaborated.
  Big Mom rules over a 35-island archipelago known as Totto Land, where she seeks to house a population derived from all races living in harmony.[5] Totto Land is inhabited by numerous anthropomorphic animals and objects known as homies, which have been ensouled via Big Mom's Devil Fruit, the Soru Soru no Mi.[12]
  Big Mom has been married 43 times. She has 46 sons and 39 daughters, who together form the Charlotte Family.[4]
  Lola is revealed to be one of those daughters, thus revealing that the Vivre Card she gave to Nami on Thriller Bark points to Big Mom. Due to Big Mom's Devil Fruit, the fragment of her soul within the Vivre Card is extremely powerful and can repel homies,[13] unless Big Mom herself is present.[51]
  Big Mom's 35th daughter and Sanji's ex-fiancée Charlotte Pudding is the first member of the Three-Eye Tribe to be shown in the series. Pudding has the potential, if awakened, ability to read Poneglyphs.[32]
  Following Sanji's comment about her third eye during the Tea Party/wedding, Pudding has developed genuine romantic love for him along with an erratic personality disorder.[53]
  Big Mom has an enmity with the Giant race due to unwittingly killing one of their heroes as a child, as well as unwittingly causing the mysterious disappearance of Carmel and the Sheep's House children.[45] She attempted to amend relations with them through a political marriage between her daughter Lola and Prince Loki of Elbaph, but Lola ran away. Big Mom attempted to substitute Lola's identical twin sister Chiffon in her place, but the giants saw through the ruse, which only made tensions between them worse. Big Mom has since abandoned her efforts to befriend the giants, and has nursed a grudge against Lola and Chiffon ever since.[35]
  No giants reside in Totto Land as a result of this enmity. Big Mom commissioned Caesar Clown to research artificial gigantism, so that she might convert members of her family into giants. Caesar blew off the assignment and embezzled the funds, so Big Mom sent her underlings to track him down from Dressrosa to Zou.[8]
• Big Mom rules over a 35-island archipelago known as Totto Land, where she seeks to house a population derived from all races living in harmony.[5] Totto Land is inhabited by numerous anthropomorphic animals and objects known as homies, which have been ensouled via Big Mom's Devil Fruit, the Soru Soru no Mi.[12]
• Big Mom has been married 43 times. She has 46 sons and 39 daughters, who together form the Charlotte Family.[4]
  Lola is revealed to be one of those daughters, thus revealing that the Vivre Card she gave to Nami on Thriller Bark points to Big Mom. Due to Big Mom's Devil Fruit, the fragment of her soul within the Vivre Card is extremely powerful and can repel homies,[13] unless Big Mom herself is present.[51]
  Big Mom's 35th daughter and Sanji's ex-fiancée Charlotte Pudding is the first member of the Three-Eye Tribe to be shown in the series. Pudding has the potential, if awakened, ability to read Poneglyphs.[32]
  Following Sanji's comment about her third eye during the Tea Party/wedding, Pudding has developed genuine romantic love for him along with an erratic personality disorder.[53]
• Lola is revealed to be one of those daughters, thus revealing that the Vivre Card she gave to Nami on Thriller Bark points to Big Mom. Due to Big Mom's Devil Fruit, the fragment of her soul within the Vivre Card is extremely powerful and can repel homies,[13] unless Big Mom herself is present.[51]
• Big Mom's 35th daughter and Sanji's ex-fiancée Charlotte Pudding is the first member of the Three-Eye Tribe to be shown in the series. Pudding has the potential, if awakened, ability to read Poneglyphs.[32]
  Following Sanji's comment about her third eye during the Tea Party/wedding, Pudding has developed genuine romantic love for him along with an erratic personality disorder.[53]
• Following Sanji's comment about her third eye during the Tea Party/wedding, Pudding has developed genuine romantic love for him along with an erratic personality disorder.[53]
• Big Mom has an enmity with the Giant race due to unwittingly killing one of their heroes as a child, as well as unwittingly causing the mysterious disappearance of Carmel and the Sheep's House children.[45] She attempted to amend relations with them through a political marriage between her daughter Lola and Prince Loki of Elbaph, but Lola ran away. Big Mom attempted to substitute Lola's identical twin sister Chiffon in her place, but the giants saw through the ruse, which only made tensions between them worse. Big Mom has since abandoned her efforts to befriend the giants, and has nursed a grudge against Lola and Chiffon ever since.[35]
  No giants reside in Totto Land as a result of this enmity. Big Mom commissioned Caesar Clown to research artificial gigantism, so that she might convert members of her family into giants. Caesar blew off the assignment and embezzled the funds, so Big Mom sent her underlings to track him down from Dressrosa to Zou.[8]
• No giants reside in Totto Land as a result of this enmity. Big Mom commissioned Caesar Clown to research artificial gigantism, so that she might convert members of her family into giants. Caesar blew off the assignment and embezzled the funds, so Big Mom sent her underlings to track him down from Dressrosa to Zou.[8]
• Jinbe officially breaks off from the Sun Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates in order to join the Straw Hat Pirates.[6][37][78]
  Prior to that, he gave Big Mom the Poneglyph he found during his journey.[7]
  Wadatsumi joins the Sun Pirates.[6]
• Prior to that, he gave Big Mom the Poneglyph he found during his journey.[7]
• Wadatsumi joins the Sun Pirates.[6]
• Luffy reveals two new forms of Gear 4: Tankman and Snakeman.[21][72]
• Pedro is revealed to have once led a pirate crew called the Nox Pirates, of which Pekoms was once a member. The crew was defeated in Totto Land, and Pekoms joined Big Mom while Pedro had 50 years of his lifespan taken away.[24]
• Big Mom has no less than three Poneglyphs in her possession: a Road Poneglyph and two regular ones, one of which she obtained recently from Jinbe. Brook manages to steal imprints of the text recorded on all three.[33]
  According to Tamago, there are approximately 30 poneglyphs in the entire world.[27]
• According to Tamago, there are approximately 30 poneglyphs in the entire world.[27]
• Capone Bege's past as a leader of the Five Families of the West is revealed. He was once a Rook combatant in the Big Mom Pirates, but has been plotting to assassinate Big Mom since before he joined.[16]
  Tributary crews must marry into the Charlotte family in order to join Big Mom. Thus, Bege married Linlin's daughter Charlotte Chiffon, and they have a son named Capone Pez.[8]
• Tributary crews must marry into the Charlotte family in order to join Big Mom. Thus, Bege married Linlin's daughter Charlotte Chiffon, and they have a son named Capone Pez.[8]
• Some of the Underworld Emperors are shown for the first time.[38]
  Stussy is revealed to be an agent from CP0.[48]
• Stussy is revealed to be an agent from CP0.[48]
• Elbaph is shown for the first time, 63 years before the present day.[43]
• Luffy vows to defeat Big Mom after he defeats Kaidou.[48]
• Caesar gets his heart back and is finally freed.[49]
• Pedro gives his life in hope that the Straw Hat Pirates will bring forth the new Dawn of the World.[54][55]
• More information about Haki is revealed.
  Advanced Observation Haki allows one to see a few seconds into the future.[38]
  Luffy gains the ability to see slightly into the future like Katakuri.[71]
  Observation Haki requires a calm mental state to work.[60]
  Observation Haki can deplete like Armament Haki.[65]
  Haki can strengthen through encounters with stronger opponents.[65]
• Advanced Observation Haki allows one to see a few seconds into the future.[38]
  Luffy gains the ability to see slightly into the future like Katakuri.[71]
• Luffy gains the ability to see slightly into the future like Katakuri.[71]
• Observation Haki requires a calm mental state to work.[60]
• Observation Haki can deplete like Armament Haki.[65]
• Haki can strengthen through encounters with stronger opponents.[65]
• It is revealed that minks transform on a full moon.[67] However, using the Sulong form for too long can cause exhaustion and possibly death. A mink can revert back to normal from the Sulong form by not looking at moonlight.[68]
• The Straw Hats Pirates capture Zeus to serve as Nami's slave.[69]
  However, when the Big Mom Pirates later follow the Straw Hats to Wano Country, Big Mom intends to get Zeus back.[81]
• However, when the Big Mom Pirates later follow the Straw Hats to Wano Country, Big Mom intends to get Zeus back.[81]
• Jinbe separates from the crew to help his former crew escape from Totto Land, and later as he planned rejoined the Straw Hats in Wano Country during the Wano Country Arc.[78][82]

Trivia

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• This is the third longest arc in the manga and anime to date, following the Wano Country Arc and Dressrosa Arc.

Levely Arc

Title

Levely Arc

Url

https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Levely_Arc

Summary

The Levely Arc is the thirtieth story arc of the manga and anime One Piece, both the third and last story arc of the Whole Cake Island Saga, and the seventh story arc of the second half of the series. The Straw Hat Pirates' actions against the Big Mom Pirates are revealed to the world. Luffy's group is on its way to Wano Country while the Revolutionary Army prepares for their next move. Meanwhile, royalty across the globe gathers for the Levely, without knowing that a shadow-like figure is pulling the strings of the World.

Lists

• Chapters: 6 (903-908)
• Episodes: 12 (878-889)
• Volume: 1 (90)
• Key plot-points: Zeus is unofficially recruited; Sanji obtains a Raid Suit; Imu, Figarland Shamrock, and Aramaki are introduced; Luffy is unofficially declared the fifth Emperor.

Image Url

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/1/11/Levely_Arc.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/268?cb=20211203193700

Japanese Name

世界会議（レヴェリー）編

Romanized Name

Reverī Hen

Viz Title

Reverie Arc

Volumes

90, 1 volume

Manga Chapters

903-908, 6 chapters

Anime Episodes

878-889, 12 episodes

Year(s) Released

2018 (Manga)2019 (Anime)

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Whole Cake Island Arc

Intro

The Levely Arc is the thirtieth story arc of the manga and anime One Piece, both the third and last story arc of the Whole Cake Island Saga, and the seventh story arc of the second half of the series.
The Straw Hat Pirates' actions against the Big Mom Pirates are revealed to the world. Luffy's group is on its way to Wano Country while the Revolutionary Army prepares for their next move. Meanwhile, royalty across the globe gathers for the Levely, without knowing that a shadow-like figure is pulling the strings of the World.

Summary

Great Powers On The Move: The Upcoming Levely

Summary

Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Brook, and Carrot were sailing to Wano on the Thousand Sunny after their escape from Totto Land when Luffy and Chopper discovered a Raid Suit that Niji had apparently given to Sanji. Despite the two's pleas, Sanji refused to try it, and Nami revealed the addition of Zeus to her Clima-Tact. Carrot then received the newspaper, which told the story of their exploits against Big Mom and also included two new bounties for Sanji and Luffy. Sanji was pleased that his bounty now surpassed Zoro's, but was dismayed that his bounty poster included his family name. Luffy became depressed because he thought his bounty decreased to 150,000,000, when in reality it had increased to 1,500,000,000.[1] People all across the world reacted strongly to the news, and on Fish-Man Island, Neptune was reading it as Shirahoshi came to join her family in traveling to the Levely. Given Jinbe's actions against Big Mom, Neptune planned to declare Fish-Man Island under the Straw Hat Pirates' protection and a part of their territory. While Sakazuki read the news at New Marineford, he received a report that Princess Komane had been captured by pirates and he was furious at the incompetence of the escort crew. Out at sea, Rebecca told Riku Doldo III and Elizabello II about the news of Luffy's recent exploits when the pirate crew that had captured Komane set their eyes on the royal escort from their submarine, planning to abduct Viola as well. They fired a torpedo at the royals' ship, but Koby came in and redirected the shot before jumping on board and greeting the Dressrosa-Prodence Kingdom group. Helmeppo and the rest of the Marines then successfully took down the pirates and rescued Komane. Koby talked to Kyros before Rebecca came out with the news about Luffy, and Koby grew very happy as he read it, bringing him to tears of joy.[1] Due to Luffy's actions against the Big Mom Pirates and reports of seven powerful pirate crews being under his command, he is now being called and considered as the "Fifth Emperor." Shanks reacted positively, saying that it looked like he would be able to reunite with Luffy soon. However, the other Emperors reacted more negatively, with Kaidou angrily wondering why Luffy was in Big Mom's territory, Blackbeard saying that it was too soon for Luffy to be given the title, and Big Mom herself questioning Luffy's "victory" before swearing revenge against the Straw Hats. Back on the Sunny, the Straw Hats realized that Luffy had failed to see the extra zero in his bounty, making it 1,500,000,000, to the surprise of all.[1] Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Army moved their headquarters to Momoiro Island and were preparing for a meeting of their executives while they read the news. Ivankov praised Dragon for the recent feats his son achieved, and was surprised to learn that Sanji was part of the Germa Kingdom. Dragon noted that the Germa Kingdom would not be able to participate in the Levely. As they wondered why the executives were late, Sabo received a call from Lindbergh, who said they got into trouble. While they waited, Dragon discussed with Sabo about their plan of declaring war against the World Nobles in the upcoming Levely.[2] The mentioned trouble was revealed to be the Peachbeard Pirates attacking the Lulusia Kingdom. As the citizens begged for the pirates to leave, the four executives and army commanders, Morley, Belo Betty, Lindbergh, and Karasu appeared. After Morley overwhelmed the pirates with her Devil Fruit power, Betty awakened the citizens' latent potential to fight with the Kobu Kobu no Mi and rallied them, allowing them to overwhelm the pirates with Lindbergh and Karasu's help. After taking down the pirates, the executives told the residents to claim Peachbeard's bounty and gave them a way to contact the revolutionaries if they needed to. As they left town, the executives talked about the Levely, which was set to occur in two days.[2] At New Marineford, Sakazuki heard that Fujitora went to Mary Geoise, which angered him. He sent Ryokugyu to get him out, but Ryokugyu was too lazy to do it, and the two admirals had a conversation. Fujitora said he had visited Vegapunk while journeying, and the scientist had invented something that could render the Seven Warlords of the Sea system obsolete. Meanwhile, royals gathered at the Red Port on the Red Line, where they could enter Mary Geoise through a Bondola. Shirahoshi was awestruck to see the surface world for the first time, while King Sterry was overwhelmed by a variety of people and races he had no knowledge of. As the royals went up to Mary Geoise on the Bondola, they were secretly accompanied by Morley, Karasu, and Sabo, the latter of whom was disguised as a guard next to Sterry.[3]

The Meeting Of The Kings: Arriving At The Holy Land

Summary

The royals riding the Bondola later reached the top of the Red Line, and they made their way to Pangaea Castle. From his estate, Saint Charlos spotted Shirahoshi and took an interest in her. The Levely participants all gathered inside the castle, and they conversed with each other at the socializing plaza. Several royals tried to get Shirahoshi's attention, but she accidentally offended them due to her inexperience with communication. Elsewhere, Rebecca and Vivi got acquainted with each other while talking about Luffy. Shirahoshi overheard them and joined in on the conversation as Sai got reacquainted with Leo before telling his comrade that he planned to cut ties with Kano Country. Wapol then approached Vivi and began insulting her until Dalton interrupted and drove him away. As Vivi got reacquainted with Dalton and Kureha, Rebecca talked to Dalton about Luffy. At Impel Down Level 6 solitary confinement, Doflamingo asked Magellan if he was guarding him and wondered if an assassin was coming to silence him to ensure that Mary Geoise's national treasure remained a secret. Back at Mary Geoise, a mysterious person opened a chamber where a straw hat was stored.[4] Meanwhile, Big Mom contacted Kaidou to make an arrangement concerning Luffy. Kaidou opposed working with her, but she reminded him of a debt he owed her. The Marines tapped into this call and grew concerned over the possibility of the two meeting but decided against taking action because of Wano Country's defenses. At the Red Port, Garp and several Marines heard about the call, and Hina talked to Garp about Rocks, an entity whose era was over 40 years ago but was currently gaining power. Back at Mary Geoise, a hooded figure met with the Five Elders in person to talk about a certain pirate.[5] Elsewhere, Sterry was brought before the Empty Throne to pledge never to sit on it and rule the world himself, but he became entranced by that idea. Outside, Charlos had Shirahoshi apprehended to be his pet. Leo and Sai attempted to stop the World Noble, but they were attacked by Rob Lucci as CP0 came to assist Charlos. Lucci stated that Charlos could do whatever he wanted as a god, and Neptune, who had already become disillusioned with living on the surface world, decided to attack Charlos and forsake Otohime's dream. However, Donquixote Mjosgard, the World Noble that Otohime had saved ten years ago, came in and hit Charlos with a massive, spiked club and ordered the release of Shirahoshi. Having been reformed by Otohime, Mjosgard wishes to repay his debt to the Ryugu Kingdom.[5] Mansherry healed Shirahoshi's bruises, and Mjosgard promised to protect the princess from any more threats during the Levely.[6] Meanwhile, Jewelry Bonney disguised herself as the queen dowager of the Sorbet Kingdom, Connie, in order to infiltrate the Domain of the Gods where the World Nobles lived. She managed to sneak past the Celestial Dragon gate when Rosward came to see the injured Charlos. She also saw that Rosward was riding on Bartholomew Kuma, Warlord of the Sea and former king of the Sorbet Kingdom who had become a slave-to-rent for the World Nobles. The infiltrating revolutionaries saw this as well as they hid underground. They reflected that Kuma's enslavement was a statement to never defy the World Nobles and decided to go ahead with a do-or-die mission to rescue Kuma.[6]

Levely Begins: The World On The Verge Of Cleansing

Summary

Fujitora summoned Cobra and Doldo to meet with him, and sometime after this meeting, all the royals gathered around a table to begin the first day of the Levely conference. Meanwhile, the Five Elders stated that Cobra had requested a meeting with them, and talked about the increasing chaos in the world possibly necessitating a great cleansing. They headed for the Empty Throne, upon which sat the mysterious Imu. Kneeling before Imu, the Five Elders requested to learn the name that Imu had deemed the "light" that must be extinguished from history.[6]

Story Impact

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• Several characters make their first appearances in the manga after the timeskip. The characters (in the order they were reintroduced) are: Crocodile, Koby, Helmeppo, Marshall D. Teach, Van Augur, Doc Q, Avalo Pizarro,[1] Moda, Inazuma,[2] T Bone, Monkey D. Garp,[3] Charlos,[4] Doberman, Strawberry, Lacroix, Kaku,[5] and Rosward.[6]
  The Blackbeard Pirates only appear as silhouettes.[1]
  Karasu, who was partly shown in Chapter 593, is formally introduced.[2]
  Gion and Tokikake make their first appearance in the main storyline.[5]
  Donquixote Mjosgard is seen in the present for the first time.[5]
• The Blackbeard Pirates only appear as silhouettes.[1]
• Karasu, who was partly shown in Chapter 593, is formally introduced.[2]
• Gion and Tokikake make their first appearance in the main storyline.[5]
• Donquixote Mjosgard is seen in the present for the first time.[5]
• Neptune plans to declare that Fish-Man Island is under the Straw Hat's protection.[1]
• Helmeppo is revealed to possess Observation Haki.[1]
• Luffy's bounty is raised to 1,500,000,000.[1]
  Luffy is now considered by at least the World Economic Journal and the general public to be the "Fifth Emperor of the Sea" after being recognized for his actions in Totto Land.[1]
  The world now knows about the existence of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and Luffy's relationship with Sabo.[1]
• Luffy is now considered by at least the World Economic Journal and the general public to be the "Fifth Emperor of the Sea" after being recognized for his actions in Totto Land.[1]
• The world now knows about the existence of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and Luffy's relationship with Sabo.[1]
• Sanji's bounty is raised to 330,000,000.[1]
  Sanji's wanted conditions changed back to "Dead or Alive."[1]
  Sanji's poster now has his full name Vinsmoke Sanji, making Sanji's relationship to the Vinsmoke Family public.[1]
• Sanji's wanted conditions changed back to "Dead or Alive."[1]
• Sanji's poster now has his full name Vinsmoke Sanji, making Sanji's relationship to the Vinsmoke Family public.[1]
• Sanji received his own Raid Suit from Niji, who hid it in Luffy's pocket during the escape from Cacao Island. Sanji rejects it, but the others want to keep it just in case.[1]
  Sanji would later end up having to use the Raid Suit in the Wano Country Arc to help hide his identity.[7]
• Sanji would later end up having to use the Raid Suit in the Wano Country Arc to help hide his identity.[7]
• Zeus remains with the Straw Hat Pirates.[1]
• The Germa Kingdom's affiliation with the World Government is revoked. [2]
• The Revolutionary Army escaped the destruction of Baltigo and they moved their base of operations to the Kamabakka Kingdom.[2]
• Dragon decides to declare war on the World Nobles during the Levely.[2][3]
• The executives of the Revolutionary Army are introduced: Morley, Belo Betty, Lindbergh, and Karasu.[2]
• Ryokugyu makes his first real appearance, though only a silhouette is shown.[3]
• Fujitora and Ryokugyu were talking about Vegapunk and his completion of an invention that would make the Seven Warlords of the Sea obsolete.[3]
  Fujitora meets with Nefertari Cobra and Riku Doldo III in a private meeting.[6] It was later confirmed during the Wano Country Arc that this meeting was to discuss on having the two kings propose on the disbandment of the Seven Warlords of the Sea during the Levely as both of their kingdoms had previously suffered because of the Warlords of the Sea, which would lead to the dissolution of the Warlord system.[8]
• Fujitora meets with Nefertari Cobra and Riku Doldo III in a private meeting.[6] It was later confirmed during the Wano Country Arc that this meeting was to discuss on having the two kings propose on the disbandment of the Seven Warlords of the Sea during the Levely as both of their kingdoms had previously suffered because of the Warlords of the Sea, which would lead to the dissolution of the Warlord system.[8]
• Sai plans to cut ties with his kingdom, Kano Country.[4]
• Doflamingo is shown in solitary confinement, and he believes that there will be assassins coming after him because he knows about Mary Geoise's secret national treasure.[4]
• Cobra requests a private audience with the Five Elders.[4]
• Nusjuro mentions that they can't maintain the balance anymore due to losing control of the world and will have to do a global cleansing soon.[6]
• A mysterious figure known as Imu is introduced.[4]
  The Five Elders bow to Imu, implying that the latter is the true head of the World Government.[6]
  Imu has shown an interest in Luffy, Blackbeard, Shirahoshi, and Vivi, having cut apart pictures of the first three while holding a picture of the fourth.[6]
• The Five Elders bow to Imu, implying that the latter is the true head of the World Government.[6]
• Imu has shown an interest in Luffy, Blackbeard, Shirahoshi, and Vivi, having cut apart pictures of the first three while holding a picture of the fourth.[6]
• A straw hat is kept in a secret chamber in Mary Geoise, which Imu has access to.[4]
• According to Big Mom, Kaidou owes her a huge favor. It was also mentioned that the two used to work together.[5]
  Those statements would be expanded upon during the Wano Country Arc: The two were formerly part of the Rocks Pirates,[9] and Kaidou's Devil Fruit, the Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu, was given to him by Linlin the day the crew disbanded.[10]
• Those statements would be expanded upon during the Wano Country Arc: The two were formerly part of the Rocks Pirates,[9] and Kaidou's Devil Fruit, the Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu, was given to him by Linlin the day the crew disbanded.[10]
• A group named Rocks is mentioned by Garp and said that Rocks' era came before Roger's.[5]
• The Empty Throne is revealed.[5]
  800 years ago, the twenty kingdoms that founded the World Government made a pledge in front of the throne, cementing that the world's kings are equal among each other. The pledge is followed and re-enacted by all kings allied with the World Government.[5]
  Sterry has shown interest in taking the throne for himself, violating the pledge.[5]
  Despite the pledge, a mysterious person called Imu is allowed to sit on the throne.[6]
• 800 years ago, the twenty kingdoms that founded the World Government made a pledge in front of the throne, cementing that the world's kings are equal among each other. The pledge is followed and re-enacted by all kings allied with the World Government.[5]
• Sterry has shown interest in taking the throne for himself, violating the pledge.[5]
• Despite the pledge, a mysterious person called Imu is allowed to sit on the throne.[6]
• Kaku is confirmed to be part of CP0.[5]
• Charlos attempts to forcibly take Shirahoshi into his possession, but is stopped by Mjosgard, a fellow World Noble who was once saved by Otohime.[5]
  Mjosgard now considers himself a human thanks to Otohime, unlike the other World Nobles, who view themselves above humanity.[5]
• Mjosgard now considers himself a human thanks to Otohime, unlike the other World Nobles, who view themselves above humanity.[5]
• Figarland Shamrock is at Mary Geoise and he speaks to the Five Elders in person about "a certain pirate".[5]
• Bartholomew Kuma is revealed to be the Sorbet Kingdom's former king and is currently a slave for rent of the World Nobles.[6]
  Sabo, Morley, Lindbergh, and Karasu plan to rescue Kuma.[6]
• Sabo, Morley, Lindbergh, and Karasu plan to rescue Kuma.[6]
• Jewelry Bonney infiltrates Mary Geoise,[6] which is later revealed to be an attempt at saving her father, Bartholomew Kuma.[11]

Trivia

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• One Piece's editor Takuma Naito stated that he does not consider the Levely Arc a full arc, as it was intentionally short.[12] However, it is longer than the Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, and Return to Sabaody arcs.
• This is the first arc to not feature all current members of the Straw Hat Pirates in any form (including cover page and flashbacks) with Franky and Jinbe not being shown at all.
  In the anime adaptation, both Franky and Jinbe do appear in flashbacks from various arcs.
• In the anime adaptation, both Franky and Jinbe do appear in flashbacks from various arcs.
• This is so far the only arc that does not focus on an adventure of the Straw Hat Pirates in the arc's main setting.

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Volumes

80-90, 11 volumes

Manga Chapters

802-908, 107 chapters

Anime Episodes

747-889, 143 episodes

Year(s) Released

2015-2018 (Manga)2016-2019 (Anime)

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Intro

The Straw Hats reunite on Zou and make preparations for battle against Kaidou after learning of their samurai companions' connection to the Emperor. However, they become sidetracked due to Sanji falling into the clutches of another of the Four Emperors, Big Mom, forcing Luffy to lead a team into her territory to rescue the cook from her plans. In the meantime, the Levely is about to begin.

Summary

The Straw Hats reunite on Zou and make preparations for battle against Kaidou after learning of their samurai companions' connection to the Emperor. However, they become sidetracked due to Sanji falling into the clutches of another of the Four Emperors, Big Mom, forcing Luffy to lead a team into her territory to rescue the cook from her plans. In the meantime, the Levely is about to begin.

Story Arcs

Lists

• Zou Arc: (Manga: 2015-2016) (Anime: 2016-2017)
• Whole Cake Island Arc: (Manga: 2016-2018) (Anime: 2017-2019)
• Levely Arc: (Manga: 2018) (Anime: 2019)

Filler Arcs

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• Silver Mine Arc: (2016)
• Marine Rookie Arc: (2017)