A Massive Attack! Mom's Hunger Pangs

On Broc Coli Island, the soldiers of Germa 66 overrun their poorly armed opponents with ease. When a lone survivor tries to avenge his slain family by firing on one of the Vinsmoke commanders, a subordinate takes the bullet, and the commander, irritated at being delayed before his brother's wedding, shoots the man dead and walks off. He reaches his brother, who is gathering the victors' fee owed to Germa, and together the two mock both sides for dragging the conflict out across two years. Surveying the ruin, they report by snail that they will set off for Whole Cake Island; one claims eagerness to see Sanji again, and the other calls him a liar.

The rescue team nears Jam Island, and over Chopper and Carrot's pleas for sweets, Nami steers them clear of the coast to stay hidden on their secret route. Reaching a purple stretch of sea fed by juice from a nearby island, the crew grows suspicious of how much Pedro knows, and he admits he has been to the area before. A Giant Sea Centipede then rocks the ship and rears up over them, terrifying Nami and Chopper while Luffy, Brook, Pedro, and Carrot eagerly square off.

Luffy flattens the first centipede alone with Gomu Gomu no Gatling, cracking its shell. A second, larger and tougher one shrugs off the same attack, but Luffy downs it by himself again with a Gear 2 kick to the face, leaving Brook, Pedro, and Carrot disappointed at never landing a blow. The crew sails on, Luffy wondering whether the creatures are edible until Nami and Chopper talk him out of it. Back on Big Mom's home island, a croquembouche craving overtakes the Emperor and her eyes flush red; she tears through the woods and toward Sweet City, smashing and devouring buildings while her ministers scramble in vain to satisfy her. Citizens are evacuated, Zeus and Prometheus are flung aside when they try to reason with her, and Moscato keeps the crowds moving as Big Mom scales and topples a large building.

This episode is part of the Whole Cake Island Arc. From here the opening prologue reveals Big Mom plainly instead of in partial shadow, her formal debut having taken place. The anime adds extra Germa combat on Broc Coli Island, Brook telling Luffy they need not hurry toward Whole Cake Island, and Moscato aiding the evacuation. Luffy makes no remark about Pudding's map as he did in print, and the talk between Nami and Pedro about his familiarity with Totto Land is extended. The manga showed only one centipede; the anime gives two, the second larger, both beaten by Luffy alone. Big Mom is also shown throwing both Prometheus and Zeus, and rampaging without her umbrella homie.