A Heartbreaking Duel - Luffy vs. Sanji - Part 2

Tormented by Judge's threats over his hands and over Zeff, Sanji settles his mind and boots Luffy off the carriage, proclaiming himself prince Vinsmoke Sanji and insisting he will revel in power and luxury among the Big Mom Pirates rather than the threadbare life of the Straw Hats. To show he has always held them in contempt, he kindles Diable Jambe and strikes the unmoving Luffy across the face. Luffy gets up again, and when Sanji tells him to bring out his Haki, Luffy replies that talking is his only aim and so the power serves no purpose. Sanji commands him to leave, and Luffy will not.

Sanji rains down a barrage of kicks, but Luffy neither falls nor hits back, hushing Nami's pleas by calling this a duel. Sanji at last relights his flames, springs into the air with Sky Walk, and slams his heel straight onto the crown of Luffy's head, beating him into unconsciousness.

With Luffy bleeding on the ground, a stricken Nami runs to him, then slaps Sanji and, bitterly, apologizes for ever having come to rescue him before walking off. Sanji rejoins his admiring brothers and the carriage rolls away, but Luffy comes to and calls out after him, insisting he knows the rejection was a performance and that every kick had hurt Sanji the most. He declares that the throne of Pirate King is beyond his reach without his cook, so he will hold this very spot and refuse all food until Sanji returns. The words break Sanji, who weeps as his brothers laugh, and a montage of his days with the crew rolls over Luffy lying by himself in the clearing.

The episode ran beside Episode 807 as a one-hour special, the two being the only standard episodes to date with six eyecatchers apiece. The adaptation adds Sanji telling Luffy to use Haki and Luffy turning it down, has Nami reach Luffy before slapping Sanji, and gives Sanji more kicks than the manga did. The song Memories, in its 17 Years Later arrangement, plays over the close. Sanji also debuts new Diable Jambe variations.