Chapter Summaries

Garp and Kuzan arrived at Charlotte Linlin’s Tea Party after Sengoku and Tsuru warned Garp to focus on delaying her rather than winning. As Linlin charged at Garp, he pulled out a glittering golden treasure chest, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Sengoku explained his suspicions about Charlotte Linlin’s ultimate move and warned Garp to surrender if necessary, while Tsuru stressed that buying time was the mission’s priority.
• As the year ended, Streusen finished Charlotte Linlin’s wedding cake, and Katakuri managed security at the crowded Tea Party with Mousse nearby.
• Mousse told Katakuri that Ohara’s scholars were deciphering Poneglyphs and said the Tea Party made him uneasy; Katakuri sensed an approaching threat and alerted Perospero.
• Katakuri’s warning reached Charlotte Linlin, who rushed out of Cake Castle when Garp and Kuzan arrived at the docks on bicycles.
• Charlotte Linlin charged at Garp as the guests and Morgans watched, but Garp took out a glittering golden treasure chest instead of meeting her attack head-on.

Garp and Kuzan arrived at Charlotte Linlin’s wedding with a lavish gift, leaving Mousse suspicious of their intentions. Mousse realized they might be planning to trigger Linlin’s Food Addiction by disrupting the ceremony, and Katakuri recognized the danger to Totto Land as the chapter ended.

• Garp presented Linlin with a chest of money as a wedding gift, and she welcomed him and Kuzan as honored guests.
• Mousse warned Katakuri and Cracker that the gift was likely a cover for a Marine plot, though he could not determine its purpose.
• Mousse noticed the wedding cake and feared the Marines intended to make Linlin’s Food Addiction flare by disrupting the ceremony.
• Mousse explained that the short interval since the last Tea Party left the family without ingredients to make a replacement wedding cake.
• Katakuri realized that Linlin’s Food Addiction posed the greatest threat to Totto Land and her children.

Mousse devised a way to draw Garp away from the enormous cake and help the Charlotte family prepare for Mom’s Food Addiction. The chapter ended with Cracker building his Biscuit Soldiers before his challenge against Garp began.

• Mousse persuaded Cracker to challenge Garp publicly so he could choose a battlefield and draw Garp away, while Katakuri offered to fight instead.
• Garp accepted Cracker’s challenge after remembering Sengoku and Tsuru’s instruction to stall for time, and the assembled guests followed them to watch.
• Mousse and Katakuri hid the real cake in Brulee’s Mirror World, then used Katakuri’s mochi and Brulee’s Mirror Image ability to create a convincing fake.
• Mousse reassured Katakuri and the servants that they only needed to keep the deception secret briefly, and they went to watch the battle.
• Cracker had Garp agree to let him create his biscuit army before fighting, and he began preparing hundreds of Biscuit Soldiers.

Cracker challenged Monkey D. Garp with a force of exceptionally durable Biscuit Soldiers, whose strength and ability to recover left the Marine legend struggling. As the soldiers kept attacking and repairing themselves, Garp appeared close to losing.

• Cracker sent dozens of Biscuit Soldiers against Garp, and Garp’s punch failed to break one despite his Tekkai and Armament Haki.
• Garp switched to advanced Armament Haki, but the hollow biscuit soldiers resisted his attacks and forced him to dodge their Pretzel thrusts.
• Garp used Geppo to escape into the sky and target Cracker, but the Biscuit Soldiers unfolded wings and pursued him through the air.
• Garp unleashed a powerful Haki-fueled kick that damaged the soldiers and returned him to the ground, but Cracker quickly restored them by clapping his hands.
• The watching guests realized Garp was in danger of losing as Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers continued to fight after recovering from severe injuries.

Monkey D. Garp discovered how to break Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers, but after biting into one, he found the biscuits tasted terrible. The battle continued with Cracker still able to repair his soldiers, while Garp faced an unexpected problem.

• Kuzan warned Monkey D. Garp that biscuits were afraid of fire, but Garp’s flaming fist failed to harm Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers.
• Monkey D. Garp began tearing the soldiers apart with clawing strikes, and Cracker realized Garp had found a way to overcome their defenses.
• Mousse recognized that Garp was targeting the soldiers’ weak points with a claw technique resembling Dragon Claw Fist.
• Mousse noted that Cracker could repair the soldiers with a clap, so Garp risked being worn down unless he made them disappear completely.
• Monkey D. Garp bit through a Biscuit Soldier, then turned green after chewing it, leaving Mousse amused by the biscuits’ terrible taste.

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.