Chapter 838

A blow from Luffy snaps Pretzel and cleaves the armored body in halves, yet a diminutive man leaps out of the debris, cuts Luffy's arm, and laughs while declaring himself the genuine Cracker. What Luffy believed was blood had been purpose-made jam, an output of the Bisu Bisu no Mi, a power that lets Cracker shape biscuits into whatever he wants, including a bottomless ration of soldier puppets. Holding onto Sanji's vow to come back, Luffy keeps swinging as the clash starts up again.

Deeper in the Seducing Woods, Nami plants herself within Kingbaum's mouth and uses the Vivre Card to make the homies obey, finding that they dread her above either Charlotte. Within the Mirro-World, a chained Chopper instructs Carrot to address him as Brother Chopper, having worked out that Brûlée's mirrors link to every reflection across the island. Back in Sweet City, Pedro and Brook tuck themselves inside a biscuit soldier, biding their time until its rounds deliver them into the Chateau.

Cracker's actual form is at last laid bare, and his consumption of the Bisu Bisu no Mi is confirmed, his bounty poster bearing a biscuit soldier's face in place of his own. Come morning, Big Mom is told the wedding cake remains on track and that the last of the Vinsmoke brothers have landed. At the Germa Kingdom, troops roar in welcome at the return of Ichiji and Niji, while Sanji looks on from a balcony, shaking at the appearance of his older siblings.

The recurring cover story that follows the 500 million man finally reaches its conclusion here, featuring Shanks, Benn Beckman, and Rockstar at a wedding in their first post-timeskip showing. The chapter establishes that Big Mom's hat is a homie in its own right that counsels her, the earliest clothing homie shown rather than food or an animal. It additionally reveals the names of Sanji's two senior brothers, the firstborn Ichiji and the second Niji, and places the wedding within the Chateau.