Chapter 851

Pudding laughs over the slaughter she has arranged for the Vinsmoke Family, warning Reiju only to keep blood off the wedding cake lest Big Mom wreck the ceremony hall. She produces a percussion revolver, the Walker model in .36 caliber, fed with Candy Jacket bullets, rounds that pierce armor and so can punch through the iron skeletons beneath the Vinsmokes' skin, and looks forward to Sanji's expression when she aims at him tomorrow. Pulling shocked faces in mockery, she belittles his masked, injured face and his proposal, branding him ugly and a failure unworthy of a true prince. Outside in the rain, Sanji cannot light a cigarette as tears begin to fall.

Inside the treasure vault, Big Mom, wielding the homie Zeus at her left and Prometheus at her right, asks why Brook keeps standing and why he chases her Road Poneglyph rather than Sanji. Brook answers that Sanji, being kind, will likely sacrifice himself, while Luffy will break through anything to reach his goal, so the cook's fate rests with those two alone. His own duty, he insists, is just as vital: should they fail to save Sanji, claiming the Road Poneglyph would at least make the voyage worthwhile. Calling Big Mom young lady, he raises his sword and declares that death has no place in any plan.

In the Mirro-World, Carrot revives Brulee by tickling her until she relents, admitting the mirrors themselves can be asked which ones lead to the castle. The pair question the mirrors, but only one has glimpsed Sanji, so Carrot offers to draw portraits of the crew to help. Returning to her own room, Pudding drives her hand into Reiju's temple and withdraws a strip of film holding her memories. Pudding cuts out the recollection of their meeting and splices in a soldier's memory of a stray bullet so Reiju will believe she was shot in crossfire, then resumes her sweet act and sends Reiju to the infirmary. In the Prisoner Library, Opera threatens to fire a crossbow bolt into Nami every five seconds until she gives up Lola's location, but the intruder Jinbe enters, drives a punch into Opera's stomach, and prepares to release Luffy and Nami.

Pudding shows off the armor-piercing revolver she intends to use on Sanji and the Vinsmokes. Her Devil Fruit is confirmed as the Memo Memo no Mi, whose power turns a person's memories into reels of film she can edit, and she rewrites Reiju's memory of their confrontation. Big Mom overpowers Brook with Zeus and Prometheus. Once revived, Brulee reveals that the mirrors will answer Chopper and Carrot directly. Opera is instructed to pry Lola's whereabouts from Nami, and Jinbe forces his way into the library to strike him and rescue the prisoners. For reasons left unstated, Jinbe is not permitted on the castle grounds.

This chapter celebrates the series reaching twenty years with a special color spread that places the crew beneath the sea, clad in blue and black among various sea creatures, Franky carrying 20 and th across his shoulders. Pudding cautions Reiju about staining the wedding cake, a detail tied to Big Mom's volatile temper.