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Chapter 846: Tamago Security
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- Plants
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- Firsts
- Road Poneglyphs revealed: four RED 'Road Poneglyphs' assembled point the way to the final island, Raftel (Laugh Tale).
- ~30 poneglyphs exist in total; nine carry essential information; the Big Mom Pirates hold three (two ordinary + one Road), including the one Jinbei recently delivered.
- Big Mom's goal for the Sanji–Pudding wedding is to seize Germa 66's military power.
- Big Mom offers Sanji a deal: submit to the wedding and she lets his current Straw Hat companions leave alive.
- Nami's Vivre Card belongs to Lola; the Big Mom Pirates recognize it and treat Lola as Mama's runaway daughter.
- Charlotte Smoothie introduced — Sweet Commander ('Sweet 3'), Minister of Juice, 14th daughter of Charlotte, bounty 932,000,000.
- Pedro backstory: a former Mink pirate captain who raided Big Mom five years ago to steal a Road Poneglyph, was caught, and was spared after Pekoms begged for his life.
- Brook and Pedro plan to seize/read Big Mom's Road Poneglyph now; Brook asks Pedro to be the decoy.
Arc: Whole Cake Island · Saga: Four Emperors (Yonko) · Released: 2016-10-31
Summary
Three fronts on Whole Cake Island. Outside Sweet City, an exhausted Luffy and Nami — who fought Sweet Commander Cracker’s biscuit army all night and finished it with lightning drawn from Big Mom’s own storm — are cornered by Big Mom Pirates officers (Lady Amande and her famed blade Shirauo/“Icefish”; a cream-spewing homie general; the Chess-Peacekeeper homies). The officers learn that the “Mama’s Vivre Card” Nami carries actually reads LOLA, recognize it as belonging to Mama’s runaway daughter, and — under Mama’s order to take the pair alive — prepare to march them in. At the Whole Cake Chateau, Big Mom strikes a bargain with Sanji: play by the rules, wed Pudding, and she will let his current Straw Hat companions leave the island alive — because the wedding’s true prize is Germa 66’s military power, hers “by this time tomorrow.” In the Chateau’s Treasure Repository, Baron Tamago lectures a captive on poneglyph lore — there are roughly thirty stones, nine carry essential information, four RED Road Poneglyphs assembled point to Raftel, and the Big Mom Pirates already hold three poneglyphs (incl. one Jinbei delivered) — while Sweet 3 Charlotte Smoothie looks on. The security surge is because Tamago has sensed the return of Pedro, the former Mink pirate captain who tried to steal a Road Poneglyph five years ago and was spared only when Pekoms begged for his life. In the adjacent Spirits Cellar, Brook and Pedro, realizing this is their one chance at the Road Poneglyph, resolve to act — Brook asks Pedro to be the decoy.
New reveals
- Road Poneglyphs. Four RED poneglyphs (“Road Poneglyphs”), when assembled and followed, point the way to the final island Raftel (Laugh Tale). (Tamago, pp. 12–13.)
- Poneglyph census. Roughly thirty poneglyphs exist; nine of them contain essential information; assembling/reading them makes “le stones speak the truth of the world.” (pp. 12–13.)
- Big Mom’s holdings. The Big Mom Pirates currently possess three poneglyphs total — two ordinary + one Road Poneglyph — including the stone Jinbei recently brought them. (p. 13.)
- The wedding’s purpose. Big Mom wants the Vinsmoke–Charlotte marriage to put Germa 66’s military power at her disposal “by this time tomorrow.” (p. 11.)
- The deal. Big Mom will spare Sanji’s current Straw Hat companions if he submits to the wedding and does not try to escape. (pp. 10–11.)
- Lola = Mama’s runaway daughter. Nami’s Vivre Card reads “LOLA”; the officers recognize it as Mama’s runaway daughter’s card and that Lola is alive. (pp. 8–9.)
- Charlotte Smoothie — Big Mom Pirates Sweet Commander (“Sweet 3” / Minister of Juice), 14th daughter of Charlotte, bounty 932,000,000. (p. 14.)
- Pedro’s past. Pedro was a pirate captain “of the Mink persuasion” who showed up five years ago to steal one of Big Mom’s poneglyphs, was caught, and was spared after Pekoms begged for his life. (p. 15.)
Foreshadowing seeds planted
Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)
Mentions / appearances
- Luffy — collapsed/exhausted after the all-night Cracker fight; cornered outside Sweet City (pp. 2, 4–7).
- Nami — finished the homie fight with lightning amplified by Big Mom’s storm; holds up Lola’s Vivre Card; ordered taken alive (pp. 2, 8–9).
- Sanji — at the Whole Cake Chateau; accepts Big Mom’s deal and promises to make Pudding happy (pp. 10–11).
- Big Mom — offers the deal; reveals the Germa-military-power motive; lists the Straw Hats’ offenses (pp. 10–11).
- Brook — in the Spirits Cellar with Pedro; proposes the Road-Poneglyph raid; asks Pedro to be decoy (pp. 16–17).
- Pedro — Mink; backstory as a former pirate captain who raided Big Mom five years ago revealed; volunteers as decoy (pp. 15–17).
- Baron Tamago — lectures on poneglyph/Road-Poneglyph lore; ordered the security surge after sensing Pedro (pp. 12–17).
- Charlotte Smoothie — first appearance (bio-box intro): Sweet 3 / Minister of Juice, 14th daughter of Charlotte, bounty 932,000,000 (pp. 12–15).
- Charlotte Amande (“Lady Amande”) — first appearance: Big Mom officer wielding the famed blade Shirauo (“Icefish”); cuts her victims at deliberately excruciating speed (pp. 3).
- Charlotte Pudding — referenced (the bride; Sanji vows to make her happy).
- Pekoms — referenced (begged Big Mom to spare Pedro five years ago).
- Jinbei — referenced (recently delivered a poneglyph to the Big Mom Pirates).
- Lola — referenced (her Vivre Card; revealed as Big Mom’s runaway daughter).
- Cracker — referenced (“fought brother Cracker all night long”; “eliminating one of my generals”).
- Kingbaum (homie general), the Chess-Peacekeeper homies, an unnamed cream-spewing homie general, and two unnamed Big Mom officers (a storm/weather user; a cat-featured interrogator) — Seducing-Woods / Sweet-City enemies (pp. 2–9).
- Big Mom Pirates, Charlotte, Vinsmoke, Germa 66, Poneglyph, Vivre Card, Minks, Whole Cake Island, Raftel.
Notable panels
- Page 1 — Title splash “Chapter 846: Tamago Security.” B&W request illustration (not a cover-story serial): Luffy and Chopper relaxing with rabbits. Request: “What’s your favorite animal? / I like rabbits. / Please draw some rabbits.”
- Page 3 — Lady Amande and the famed blade Shirauo (“Icefish”) — “Slow Ballad”; she boasts she cuts at the most excruciating speed possible.
- Page 8 — “The Chess Peacekeepers also happen to be homies” — explains why the homie soldiers couldn’t fight; Nami’s “LOLA” Vivre Card raised.
- Page 10 — Establishing shot of the Whole Cake Chateau; Big Mom’s “Okay, sure.”
- Page 12 — Grand establishing shot of the Whole Cake Chateau — Treasure Repository; Smoothie’s tall long-legged silhouette; the poneglyph lecture begins.
- Page 13 — Diagram panels: “Road Poneglyphs” (4 red) vs “Real Poneglyphs”; the route-to-Raftel mechanic.
- Page 14 — Charlotte Smoothie bio-box: Sweet 3 (Minister of Juice), 14th daughter, bounty 932,000,000.
- Page 15 — Pedro’s five-years-ago raid recalled; Tamago: “Pekoms begged us to spare this man’s life.”
- Page 18 — SBS Question Corner (Vol. 84, p. 150): Vinsmoke siblings are identical quadruplets (Ichiji/Niji/Yonji/Sanji all 21, born Mar 2); Reiju born 3 years earlier (24); blood types and heights given.
Open questions raised
- Where are the other Road Poneglyphs, and who holds them? (Four red stones exist; Big Mom has one.)
- Can Brook and Pedro actually reach and copy the Road Poneglyph, and at what cost to Pedro?
- Will Sanji honor the deal, or is the wedding a trap on both sides?
- Who are the unnamed storm-user and cat-featured officers cornering Luffy and Nami?