Recaps

Garp tricked Charlotte Linlin into eating a Biscuit Soldier, but Cracker’s renewed assault put him in danger and prompted Kuzan to intervene. Katakuri knocked Kuzan aside, while Mousse realized Cracker had exposed himself as the true body.

• Garp praised a Biscuit Soldier’s taste and hurled it at Charlotte Linlin, who swallowed it and immediately vomited in disgust.
• Cracker sent Biscuit Soldiers to attack Garp from above, and their relentless strikes began to wound him.
• Kuzan called Borsalino for help, then used Ice Age to freeze Garp, Cracker, and the Biscuit Soldiers.
• Katakuri attacked Kuzan, shattered his ice blade, and struck him flying with Slash Mochi.
• Garp and Cracker broke free of the ice, but the Biscuit Soldiers remained frozen, prompting Mousse to realize Cracker had revealed his true body.

Garp defeated Cracker with a single punch, while Katakuri and Garp clashed evenly after Katakuri knocked out Kuzan. Before they could continue fighting, an enraged woman struck Garp and drove him into the ground.

• Garp let Cracker's sword pierce him and used internal-destruction Haki to smash Cracker's armor and knock him unconscious.
• Katakuri stepped in to protect Cracker and challenged Garp after knocking Kuzan down.
• Katakuri awakened his Devil Fruit and met Garp's strongest punch with Mighty Mochi, sending both fighters back evenly.
• A furious woman attacked Garp with her enormous leg and smashed him into the ground, though he quickly sprang back up.

Garp faced Linlin’s overwhelming strength, but Borsalino’s arrival and Kuzan’s critical injuries gave the Marines a reason to withdraw. Perospero then offered Kuzan treatment on a Totto Land island at Mousse’s suggestion, leaving Mousse’s strategy of easing future Marine opposition clear.

• Garp realized Linlin had become far stronger than before and decided he could not win against her alone.
• Borsalino arrived and found that Katakuri had shattered both of Kuzan’s arms, prompting him to call a halt to the battle.
• Garp and Borsalino withdrew with the unconscious Kuzan, while Linlin abandoned her attempt to stop them and returned to her wedding.
• Perospero offered to take Kuzan to a Totto Land hospital, and Garp accepted the help.
• Katakuri asked Perospero why he had helped the Marines, and Perospero explained that Mousse had suggested building goodwill to make the Generals less eager to fight the BIG Pirates.

Charlotte Linlin’s hunger triggered another Food Addiction episode before her wedding cake could be restored, forcing her children to evacuate guests and devise a way to restrain her. On Candy Island, Garp ended the Navy’s mission against Totto Land, deciding that attacking during the chaos would risk a devastating war.

• Charlotte Linlin ate the transformed mochi cake, realized her wedding cake was missing, and began rampaging through Cake Castle.
• Mousse ordered most of his siblings and the attendants to evacuate while Katakuri protected the castle’s giant mirror from Charlotte Linlin.
• Mousse proposed combining Katakuri’s Mochi Mochi Fruit with Big Brother’s Lick-Lick Fruit to confine Charlotte Linlin during her Food Addiction episodes.
• Borsalino considered attacking Charlotte Linlin while she was rampaging, but Garp rebuked him for abandoning the injured Kuzan and repaying Totto Land’s kindness with violence.
• Garp declared the mission over, warning that an attack on Totto Land could ignite an unprecedented war.

Mousse persuaded Katakuri and Perospero to restrain Charlotte Linlin during her rampage, with Athena keeping the Homies from interfering. Borsalino arrived as the brothers completed a powerful chitin prison around their mother, leaving him to wonder whether the Charlotte Family was rebelling.

• Garp sent Borsalino to assess the situation and explain that the Marines had held back because the Charlotte Family had previously helped Kuzan.
• Mousse persuaded Katakuri and Perospero to help restrain Charlotte Linlin, and Athena agreed not to interfere while Prometheus and Zeus stayed away.
• Katakuri used his awakened Devil Fruit ability to trap Charlotte Linlin in hardened mochi, but Mousse urged Perospero to reinforce it.
• Perospero broke down the mochi's starch into sugars, hardened them, and transformed the mass into chitin that Charlotte Linlin could not escape.
• Borsalino arrived, recognized the chitin prison, and wondered whether Perospero and Katakuri were rebelling against their mother.

Borsalino praised Perospero for trapping Charlotte Linlin, while Mousse worried that the feat would draw unwanted attention. The chapter explained how Mousse helped Perospero develop a super-hard chitin material from strengthened candy, though it was impractical for combat, and ended with Perospero finally showing off his long-held achievement.

• Borsalino arrived and told Mousse that the Marines would not take advantage of the Charlotte Family’s predicament.
• Borsalino praised Perospero for trapping Charlotte Linlin, exposing Perospero’s new ability and worrying Mousse.
• Perospero took pride in his awakened Lick-Lick Fruit ability, while Mousse stayed quiet about his own role in developing it.
• Mousse connected Perospero’s ability to his candy-and-steel experiments and devised a way to strengthen candy before transforming it into chitin.
• Perospero and Mousse tested the resulting material, finding it exceptionally hard, lightweight, tough, and corrosion-resistant but difficult to use in battle.
• Perospero finally used his long-hidden achievement against his mother and enjoyed showing off its power.

After Charlotte Linlin blamed Perospero for restraining her, Mousse visited the recovering Cracker and worked out why Garp’s punch had not seriously injured him. Katakuri revealed that Cracker’s fear of pain stemmed from childhood abuse and his own failure to comfort him, leaving Mousse angry at his brother.

• Charlotte Linlin read the newspaper praising Perospero and threatened to test his shell, causing him to faint.
• Mousse visited Cracker in the hospital and concluded that Garp’s advanced Armament Haki had spread its force across Cracker’s body, limiting the damage.
• Mousse wondered whether Cracker had fainted from pain, and Katakuri explained that Cracker had been badly injured while protecting Brulee from abuse.
• Katakuri admitted he had comforted Brulee but dismissed Cracker’s crying as unmanly, and Mousse rebuked him for leaving Cracker to suffer alone.

Mousse learned how Kaido had influenced Katakuri’s childhood and how the older Charlotte siblings survived their years aboard Rocks’ ship. Katakuri also explained that training with Seastone had once improved his strength and stamina, but its effects had faded as his body reached its limits.

• Katakuri told Mousse that Kaido had taught him that boys needed to experience pain to grow, and Mousse realized Kaido had never changed.
• Mousse concluded that Charlotte Linlin’s children had accompanied her aboard Rocks’ ship and that some of Katakuri’s siblings had died amid its dangers.
• Mousse reflected that Kaido had protected the children in part to repay Charlotte Linlin, while Katakuri had later become a capable leader in Totto Land.
• Mousse asked about Katakuri’s Seastone bracelet, and Katakuri said it had greatly improved his strength and stamina at first but no longer helped.
• Mousse inferred that Katakuri’s body had matured early and was already close to its physical ceiling.

Cracker’s performance against Garp earned him worldwide recognition and a place among Totto Land’s Sweet Generals, though he declined the title. After hearing Garp’s assessment of Cracker’s Biscuit Army, Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong decided that Sakazuki should become a Marine Admiral.

• Charlotte Linlin named Cracker the lowest-ranked fourth Sweet General, but Cracker declined, and Perospero also refused to compete for the position.
• Mousse agreed with Perospero and said he would rather become the family’s First Strategist than a Sweet General; Mont-d'Or shared their view.
• Garp reported Cracker’s strength to Steel Bone Kong and explained how his Biscuit Soldiers could overwhelm even Garp and be restored repeatedly.
• Steel Bone Kong considered how the Navy could counter Cracker and concluded that Sakazuki was their best option.
• After Steel Bone Kong questioned Garp about Sakazuki’s strength, Garp stood by his assessment, and Steel Bone Kong decided to make Sakazuki a Marine Admiral.

Steel Bone Kong persuaded Garp to accept a Marine Admiral position as the Marines prepared to fill three vacancies. Garp agreed on conditions that included a G5 posting and training Kuzan, while warning that Dragon might eventually become the Marines’ enemy.

• Steel Bone Kong told Garp that the Five Elders had approved two new garrison commands and that three Marine Admiral positions would become vacant.
• Steel Bone Kong named Borsalino and Sakazuki as candidates but could not find a third suitable candidate, then urged Garp to accept promotion and offered to station him at Branch G5.
• Garp agreed to become a Marine Admiral, provided he received annual leave and Kuzan was assigned to G5 for personal training.
• Garp said he would retire after five years at most, and Steel Bone Kong reluctantly accepted his terms.
• Steel Bone Kong asked Garp to persuade Dragon to return, but Garp said Dragon had chosen his own path and might become an enemy of the Marines.

Fleet Admiral "Steel Bone" Kong argued that the Marines could not defeat the BIG Pirates without unacceptable losses, prompting the Five Elders to consider peace. Im reassured them that the World Government could outlast Charlotte Linlin’s family, and they prepared to negotiate while making other plans.

• Fleet Admiral "Steel Bone" Kong assessed the Charlotte Family’s strength and concluded that a war against the BIG Pirates would be too costly to win on their home turf.
• The Five Elders listened calmly to Kong and recognized that the World Government depended more heavily on the Marines after CP0’s losses.
• Kong reversed his opposition to the World Conscription and sought expanded Marine forces, but the Five Elders refused to let Marine Headquarters grow beyond their control.
• The Five Elders chose to seek Im’s judgment on making peace with the BIG Pirates and went to the Room of Flowers in Pangea Castle.
• Im told the Five Elders that mortal challengers would eventually lose to time, easing their fears about the BIG Pirates’ long-term threat.
• The Five Elders accepted that peace could be negotiated if the demands were reasonable, while continuing preparations in case talks failed.

The World Government investigated Charlotte Linlin’s devastating attack and tried to counter the Charlotte Family by seeking Seastone, Devil Fruits, and recruits. Mousse said goodbye to Cracker as he prepared to leave Totto Land on a carefully planned solo trip.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru suspected Charlotte Linlin’s attack required a long preparation, and the Five Elders tasked CP9 with investigating it.
• The World Government’s demand for Seastone drove up its price, strengthened the Beasts Pirates, and drew Doflamingo into the New World to seek Seastone and useful Devil Fruits.
• The World Government accelerated the Shichibukai plan and set bounties for Cracker, Oven, Daifuku, and Perospero at 1.2 billion Berries each.
• Mousse teased the groaning Cracker about his bounty before Cracker realized Mousse was leaving Totto Land.
• Mousse told Cracker he was traveling alone but had prepared thoroughly, including obtaining two new Homies from Mom for emergencies.

Charlotte Mousse and Big Head crossed into the West Blue and traveled through the vast, isolated Flower Kingdom while trying to find directions to Ohara. Mousse learned that the country’s many dialects and unfamiliar geography made the search difficult, and no one he asked knew where Ohara was.

• Charlotte Mousse flew with Big Head across the Calm Belt and entered the West Blue.
• Mousse reached the Flower Kingdom, whose vast territory made it difficult to navigate using the available maps.
• Mousse reflected on the Flower Kingdom’s resemblance to Huaxia and wondered about the country’s strength and isolation.
• The Flower Kingdom’s people fled in panic at the sight of Big Head, so Mousse had it hide while he sought directions on foot.
• Mousse struggled to communicate because he knew little of the country’s many dialects, and none of the people he asked recognized Ohara.

Mousse reached Ohara after flying across the Flower Kingdom and prepared to secretly record the books in the Tree of Knowledge. The next morning, he found a shop selling Chinese food and sampled a variety of pastries, ending with praise for its scallion roll.

• Mousse crossed the continent on Big Head and used local directions and map knowledge to work out how to reach Ohara.
• Mousse hid Big Head's larger belongings in a cliffside cave and spent the night there to avoid trouble finding an inn.
• Mousse flew to the edge of Ohara town at dawn and followed the scent of steamed meat buns to a snack shop.
• Mousse ordered one of many different pastries, paid with a 10,000 Berries bill, and bluntly criticized most of what he tasted.
• Mousse praised the shop's scallion roll, while the owner was disappointed that it was the cheapest item.

Charlotte Mousse tried to enter Ohara Library but was turned away until Dr. Clover agreed to test his knowledge. Nico Robin suggested letting Mousse choose books he had read, and Dr. Clover sensed that Mousse had an unusually scholarly air.

• Charlotte Mousse was stopped at the library entrance because he lacked a scholar’s referral, while Nico Robin was allowed inside because of her talent and her mother’s position.
• Mousse challenged the guard’s claim that Robin was a genius and argued that his own talent should be tested.
• Dr. Clover intervened and asked Mousse how they should judge his knowledge, and Mousse suggested answering questions.
• Nico Robin proposed that Mousse pick books he had read and be tested on them, prompting Dr. Clover to tease her about helping him because she thought he was handsome.
• Robin said Mousse felt unusual like the scholars, and Dr. Clover noticed that Mousse had an extraordinary scholarly temperament for his age.

Mousse entered the Tree of Knowledge to use his Book-Book Fruit ability on Ohara’s vast collection, while Dr. Clover mistook his unusual skills for signs that he was a spy. Dr. Clover hid the scholars’ Poneglyph research, and Mousse left Robin convinced that he really could read books without opening them.

• Dr. Clover let Mousse into the Tree of Knowledge, where Mousse estimated the library held over 270,000 books by calculating its layout.
• Mousse ran his hand across the book spines, making Dr. Clover suspect he was inspecting Ohara on behalf of the World Government.
• Mousse flew on Big Head to reach the higher shelves, and Dr. Clover told the researchers to conceal their Poneglyph work and move their records into the underground chamber.
• Robin floated through the library on a scroll but had to get down when Mousse needed Big Head to reach higher books.
• Robin accused Mousse of pretending to read, so he had her choose a book and passage for him to recite, clearing up the misunderstanding.

Mousse continued memorizing Ohara’s library and learned that Nico Robin was being mistreated by her aunt and uncle. After Robin admitted she missed her mother, Mousse took her away on his flying scroll to buy her lunch.

• Mousse explained to Robin that their unusual abilities came from eating Devil Fruits, easing her fears about being a monster.
• Mousse called Perospero and said he would stay in Ohara for about a month to read its extensive library.
• Dr. Clover realized Mousse was likely a pirate from the Grand Line, not a World Government agent.
• Robin’s stomach growled, and Dr. Clover asked whether she had fought with her aunt and uncle again.
• Robin said she had not fought with Aunt Rosie and that she missed her mother.
• Mousse grabbed Robin, took her onto his flying scroll, and left the Tree of Knowledge to treat her to lunch.

Mousse brought Nico Robin to his seaside cave, where he shared homemade cake and sweets with her. After they talked about their families and loneliness, Big Head’s antics helped Robin smile again.

• Big Head flew Mousse and Nico Robin to a cave beneath the seaside cliff and set them down.
• Mousse gave Nico Robin homemade cake, and she eagerly ate it before nearly choking.
• Nico Robin asked about Mousse’s family, and he described his mother as difficult and said he had no father.
• Nico Robin realized Mousse’s treats came from his older siblings, and he explained that they cared for the younger children like parents.
• Big Head’s antics lifted Nico Robin’s mood, and she smiled again.

Mousse explained Big Head’s abilities to Nico Robin, then demonstrated his pistol marksmanship and reflected on why firearms suited his talents. He continued training as a gunslinger, having begun designing weapons for himself, while his physical strength had improved enough to handle their recoil.

• Nico Robin asked Mousse about flying inside Big Head and concluded that the enormous Homie was powerful.
• Big Head nodded in response to Robin, making her laugh, and Mousse defended himself by showing off his shooting.
• Mousse tossed two stones outside the cave and quickly hit both with his pistols, impressing Robin.
• Mousse reflected that his powerful Observation Haki and ordinary physical talent had led him to specialize in marksmanship.
• Mousse kept practicing and designing firearms after gaining the Book-Book Fruit, and his improved strength let him handle recoil more effectively.

Mousse discovered that Nico Robin’s Devil Fruit had greatly enhanced her physical potential and worried she could not escape future threats to Ohara without training. He decided to coax her into demonstrating her ability, offering to reveal his own power in return.

• Mousse fed Nico Robin pastries, then used Observation Haki and an arm-wrestling match to gauge her unusual strength and vitality.
• Mousse realized Robin’s Flower-Flower Fruit and strong mental power gave her greater potential than her untrained appearance suggested.
• Mousse worried that the altered conflict between the World Government and his family could make Robin’s escape from Ohara more dangerous.
• Mousse explained Devil Fruits to Robin after she asked why bathing weakened her, and she wondered if that could excuse her from chores.
• Mousse asked Robin to demonstrate her Devil Fruit, promising to reveal his own ability if she did.

Mousse tested Nico Robin’s Flower-Flower Fruit and discovered that damage to a created limb also injured her real body. While treating her wound, he recognized that his own indifference toward life made him rely on reason to restrain his actions.

• Nico Robin agreed to show Mousse her ability, then playfully touched his shaved head and retaliated when he stroked one of her created arms.
• Mousse persuaded Robin to create an arm so he could test whether it felt like her real body, then injured it with a finger jab.
• The created arm vanished, and an identical bloody wound appeared on Robin’s real arm; she angrily grabbed Mousse’s ear and told him she had made the arm disappear herself.
• Mousse concluded that Robin’s created limbs did not automatically vanish when damaged and considered how she might defend herself against stronger enemies.
• Mousse treated Robin’s wound, and she wondered at the contrast between his earlier roughness and his careful attention.
• Mousse realized that he felt little guilt for hurting Robin and that reason, rather than empathy, restrained his behavior.

Mousse reflected on how his upbringing had restrained his disregard for life, then learned a little about Nico Robin’s father and explained how his Devil Fruit power had transformed the Scroll. The chapter ended with Robin realizing that flying on the Scroll was safe because Mousse himself was not afraid of falling.

• Mousse finished bandaging Nico Robin’s wound and teased her after she pinched him.
• Robin mentioned that Grandpa Curator had said her father was brave, prompting Mousse to ask what she knew about him.
• Robin explained that she knew very little about her father, and Mousse imagined a story about the man’s origins, struggles, and marriage to Olvia.
• Mousse explained that Big Head’s strength came from his Devil Fruit power and showed Robin how he could transform the Scroll into a strip of paper that carried him.
• Robin questioned whether the Scroll should return to its original form and realized that she did not need to fear falling while riding it.

Charlotte Mousse explained Devil Fruits and the World Government’s restrictions on sailing to Nico Robin, helping her understand why people had mistaken her for a monster. As the sun set, Mousse reflected on the Celestial Dragons’ resistance to change and wondered why his conversation with Robin had made time pass so quickly.

• Mousse widened Big Head's scroll and showed Nico Robin the Auto-Drafting Machine, explaining that strange Devil Fruit powers existed.
• Nico Robin realized that people had misunderstood her because they did not know about the many miraculous things in the world, then asked why Ohara’s scholars had never explained Devil Fruits to the residents.
• Mousse guessed that the World Government discouraged people in the Four Blues from openly discussing Devil Fruits because knowledge of them could prompt more people to sail into the Grand Line.
• Mousse explained that unauthorized sailors were treated as pirates and described how restricting free navigation helped the World Government manage conscription and taxation.
• Mousse concluded that the Celestial Dragons preserved their rule by suppressing development rather than reforming their system.
• Mousse noticed the sun setting and wondered why time had passed so quickly while he spoke with Nico Robin.

Mousse took Nico Robin back to the Tree of Knowledge after spending the day with her, where they discovered Dr. Clover and Robin’s uncle had been searching for her. After Mousse apologized and took responsibility, Robin asked her uncle to let Mousse stay at their house.

• Mousse and Nico Robin rode Big Head back to the Tree of Knowledge so Dr. Clover would know she had returned safely.
• Dr. Clover and Robin’s uncle had searched for Robin after fearing Mousse had abducted her, and Robin worried that her uncle would punish her.
• Mousse apologized to Robin’s uncle and accepted responsibility for taking her out without letting anyone know.
• Robin’s uncle took her hand to bring her home, but Robin gathered her courage and asked if Mousse could stay with them.
• Mousse realized Robin was trying to help him and decided to support her request.

Mousse negotiated a month’s lodging with Nico Robin’s family and confronted Aunt Rosie’s attempts to overcharge and inconvenience him. He ended up sharing a bed with Robin, where his blanket-hogging habit caused trouble and prompted an embarrassing answer about marriage.

• Mousse offered Robin’s uncle money to rent a room, and the honest man agreed to take 80,000 Berries for the month.
• Aunt Rosie berated Robin and demanded 200,000 Berries from Mousse, but he threatened to leave, so she accepted the original price.
• Aunt Rosie tried to make Mousse sleep in Robin’s room, and he accepted so he could observe the girl more closely.
• Mousse rolled around in his sleep and took the blanket from Robin, then apologized when she scolded him.
• Robin asked what he would do when he grew up and married, and Mousse blurted out that he would find a formidable wife to stop him stealing the blanket.