Episode 873 unleashes the Vinsmoke children on Oven's army across Cacao Island, shielding the cook and his captain while word of Katakuri's loss spreads through the enemy ranks and the pair finally tear free toward their waiting crew.
Sanji's four siblings throw themselves into combat against Oven's soldiers to open an escape from Cacao Island for the cook and his captain. As the chase unfolds, a tearful Brulee tells her allies that the once-undefeated Katakuri has fallen to the rubber rookie. However hard the enemy burns to avenge their fallen commander, the two Straw Hats break loose from the island and launch themselves toward their crew's ship.
Gunfire from the Big Mom Pirates simply ricochets off the Raid Suits, and Ichiji orders the cook to carry his captain to safety while Germa claims the pirates for themselves. Stunned that the family has even shown up, Oven recalls hearing that Nusstorte's force had crushed them, but the siblings disclose that they wrecked that army and dumped it into the water, sending Mont-d'Or and Niwatori into a panic over the bogus report. Rising on Sky Walk, the cook presses on while three brothers tear apart oncoming torpedoes, and Judge's fleet pounds the encircling Tartes, though Smoothie, later joined by Daifuku, keeps hunting the Sunny. Once the news circulates, the army's shock curdles into fury; a raging Oven charges with a flaming naginata, only for Ichiji to blow him back. Yonji breaks Yuen's staff and slings the pirate through a row of buildings, Niji whisks the duo along while felling enemies with his electrified blade, and after hurling them toward the sea Reiju guards them with poison, remembering how she once told her brother to find people who would cherish his kindness. The pair burst out over open water as their crewmates erupt with joy.

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Among the new material, the male decuplets fire bazookas that Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji block with Black Bug, and Judge is shown ordering his soldiers against the enemy vessels sooner than the comic allowed. Brook muses about whether Reiju arrived to show her underwear, she gets one last word for her brother, and Ichiji is given a moment exchanging fists with Oven. The cook's final talk with Niji runs longer in the adaptation, and whereas print had Reiju only fire Pink Hornet at a handful of pirates, here she also saves the cook from the bazooka barrage.
In episode 873, Pulling Back from the Brink! The Formidable Reinforcements Germa!, Sanji's siblings battle Charlotte Oven's army to clear an escape for Sanji and Luffy, who break free of Cacao Island and leap toward the Thousand Sunny.
In episode 873, Ichiji, Niji, Yonji, and Reiju use their Raid Suits to shield Sanji and Luffy from gunfire and cut down enemy soldiers, and Reiju coats them with poison before they leap into the sea.
In episode 873, a tearful Charlotte Brulee reveals to her allies that Charlotte Katakuri, previously thought undefeated, has been beaten by Luffy.
Charlotte Montb makes her character debut in episode 873 of One Piece.
As Sanji escapes in episode 873, Reiju recalls once telling him to find people who would cherish his kindness, a memory that resurfaces as she shields him and Luffy with poison during their final escape.
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