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Chapter 871: You Can Do It, Caesar!!

Arc: Whole Cake Island · Saga: Four Emperors (Yonko) · Released: 2017-07-24

Summary

The Straw Hat / Firetank / Germa alliance scrambles to clear the wall of Whole Cake Chateau under cover of the failing Caesar Clown, who flies Luffy and the crew toward freedom. Perospero throws up a Candy Wall to block them; Capone Bege’s “Big Father” fortress form smashes through it (p2-4). On a tower above, the dislodged Tamatebako hangs out of reach — the underworld figure Du Feld lunges for its treasure and is shot out of the air by Stussy, revealed as a CP-AIGIS 0 (CP0) agent who declares the World Government will claim the box, and who leans on the newsman Morgans to spin the story (p4-6). Below, an enraged Big Mom corners Luffy over his Fish-Man Island taunts; ignoring his crew’s warnings, Luffy declares the next Pirate King “won’t be you — it’s ME!!” and lands a Gear 4 punch, vowing to return for her once he’s beaten Kaido (p6-9). Vinsmoke Judge, mourning Germa’s collapsed dream of three centuries, fires on Big Mom and is blasted down by her thunder-homie Zeus as his children cry out (p10-12). Caesar’s gas runs dry but he heaves the crew over the wall just as Brulee resurfaces and Big Mom declares “the execution”; a colossal gas-smoke cloud erupts over the chateau, covering the escape and leaving Big Mom confused (p13-17).

New reveals

• Stussy is a CP-AIGIS 0 (CP0) intelligence agent. Captioned on-page: “Queen of the Pleasure District, A.K.A. CP-AIGIS 0 Intelligence Agent — Stussy.” She downs Du Feld with a ranged Rokushiki “Flying Finger Pistol” and tells him the World Government will be claiming the Tamatebako (p5-6).
• Stussy is manipulating Big News Morgans to spin the story so the WG can quietly seize the box; she anticipated Morgans being present (p6).
• Du Feld — an underworld figure fixated on the “Treasure of the Deep” — gambles to grab the dislodged Tamatebako and is shot down (p4-6).
• Germa Kingdom’s history: Judge says his ancestors “were left as wandering ghosts unable to set foot on their homeland,” that he carries “the soul of three centuries of longing,” and that the dream has collapsed “in the wake of a dream of just 66 days” (p10-11).
• Luffy openly claims the Pirate-King title against an Emperor: “The one who ends up as King of the Pirates… won’t be you!!!! It’s ME!!!!” — then a Gear 4 punch, and a vow to come back after defeating Kaido (p7-9).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

(No earlier seed fully resolves on-page this chapter — the escape and the assassination plot are still in motion.)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Luffy (Gear 4 Boundman), Big Mom, Caesar Clown, Capone Bege (Big Father), Charlotte Perospero, Charlotte Brulee, Vinsmoke Judge, Vinsmoke Reiju, Vinsmoke Ichiji, Vinsmoke Niji, Vinsmoke Yonji, Sanji, Nami, Zeus, Stussy (recurring; first appeared Ch. 860 — her CP-AIGIS 0 affiliation is first revealed here), Du Feld (recurring; first appeared Ch. 860), Morgans (recurring; first appeared Ch. 860)
• Crews / groups: CP-0, Big Mom Pirates, Firetank Pirates, Germa 66, Underworld
• Locations: Whole Cake Chateau, Whole Cake Island, Totto Land · referenced: Fish-Man Island
• Props / lore: Tamatebox, Six Powers (Rokushiki) (Stussy’s Flying Finger Pistol)
• Devil Fruits: Gomu Gomu no Mi, Soru Soru no Mi (Zeus), Shiro Shiro no Mi (Bege), Gasu Gasu no Mi (Caesar), Pero Pero no Mi (Perospero), Mira Mira no Mi (Brulee)

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Cover/title splash. Cover story: “The Saga of the Self-Proclaimed Straw Hat Fleet, Vol. 8 — Bartolomeo: ‘Passing off Straw Hat crew stickers and Mister Luffy pins to the hooligans on the cheap.’” (Cover-story arc page; deferred to cover-tracker.)
• Page 3 — Bege’s “Big Father” fortress smashes through Perospero’s “Candy Wall!!!” (“KRUNCH!!”).
• Page 5-6 — Stussy reveal panel: “Queen of the Pleasure District, A.K.A. CP-AIGIS 0 Intelligence Agent — Stussy,” shooting Du Feld with a “Flying Finger Pistol.”
• Page 8 — Luffy’s Gear 4 punch on Big Mom: “IT’S ME!!!!” full-impact spread.
• Page 11 — Big Mom’s Zeus thunder strike on Judge: “BOLT!!!! … THUNDER … DOKAM!!”
• Page 16-17 — A colossal gas-smoke cloud (“BOO”) billows over Whole Cake Chateau, covering the alliance’s escape over the wall while Big Mom is left confused.

Open questions raised

• Who is Stussy really — what is the “Queen of the Pleasure District,” and how long has CP0 had her embedded in the Totto Land underworld?
• Will the dislodged Tamatebako fall and detonate, and who gets blamed?
• Can the Straw Hat alliance actually clear Whole Cake Chateau alive while Big Mom declares “the execution”?
• What becomes of the separated Vinsmokes after Judge is blasted down?