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Chapter 946: Queen vs. Olin

Arc: Wano Country · Saga: Four Emperors (Yonko) · Released: 2019-06-16

Summary

At the Udon Excavation Labor Camp, the amnesiac Big Mom — “Olin” — rampages after Queen for his oshiruko, knocking the 1.3-billion-berry All-Star out cold in just two hits and leaving the wardens screaming to report to Kaido (pp. 2–6). The chaos cracks open the “never-opening cell,” and in the Officers’ Tower the scabbards’ plan surfaces: Wano’s “Smart Snails” relay through one regional Boss Snail, so Kawamatsu — who knows where Udon’s Boss Snail sits — will devour it to black out all communications while Raizo steals the keys, with the imprisoned Caribou running decoy out front (pp. 7–9). Big Mom finds the oshiruko pot empty and her rage peaks; when Luffy blurts aloud how good the oshiruko was, she rounds on him — but, amnesiac, fails to recognize “Luffytaro” through his disguise (pp. 10–13). She reveals she wanted the sweets for the poor village that was kind to her. With the prisoners’ kill-collars beeping toward detonation, Luffy’s advanced Haki blossoms under the mortal pressure: he knocks the collars clean off himself and Hyogoro and dodges the wardens’ fire (pp. 14–16). Hyogoro names the lesson — that power blossoms in the midst of danger — and Luffy turns the Emperor’s onslaught into live training, daring her: “Then come!!!” (p. 17).

New reveals

• Big Mom, still amnesiac, is physically undiminished — she flattens Queen (bounty 1,320,000,000) in two hits (pp. 3–6).
• Wano surveillance mechanics: the “Smart Snails” (Smails) used across Wano have one weakness — weak mental signals — so every snail’s signal is funneled through a single Boss Snail that exists per area and rebroadcasts it; destroy the Boss Snail and the whole region’s relay collapses (pp. 8–9).
• The breakout plan: Kawamatsu, long imprisoned, knows where Udon’s Boss Snail is and will eat it to cut comms; Raizo will steal all the keys; the captive Caribou is being used as a decoy (“That Caribou is a useful fellow!!”) to scatter the wardens’ “they went thataway!” relay (pp. 8–9).
• The “never-opening cell” (Kawamatsu’s, 13 years sealed) is busted open in the rampage — the wardens have no idea what’s chained inside (p. 7).
• Big Mom’s amnesiac motive: she wanted to take the oshiruko back to the kind people of Okobore Town (“Everyone in that poor little village was so nice to me”) (p. 14).
• Big Mom does not recognize Luffy through his samurai disguise — “Big Mom person?!” (p. 13).
• Luffy’s advanced-Armament breakthrough escalates: under the collars’ detonation threat he produces a touchless Haki burst that strips the explosive collars off both himself and Hyogoro and lets him dodge the wardens’ gunfire; Hyogoro frames it as a power that “truly blossoms… in the midst of danger” (pp. 15–17).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Big Mom (“Olin”) · Queen · Luffy (“Luffytaro”) · Hyogoro · Kawamatsu · Raizo · Caribou · Babanuki · Daifugo · Kaido (referenced) · Kin’emon (cover art) · Otsuru (cover art)
• Locations: Udon (Excavation Labor Camp / Officers’ Tower) · Onigashima (referenced) · Okobore Town (flashback memory) · Wano Country
• Groups: Animal Kingdom Pirates · Big Mom Pirates · Caribou Pirates
• World-building: Den Den Mushi (Smart Snail / Boss Snail relay) · Haki · SMILE

Notable panels

• Page 1 (title page): Request art — “Kin’emon and Otsuru on a nighttime date by foxfire-light!” by Honeylicker. A one-off fan-request illustration (not a cover serial); decorative.
• Pages 3–6: Big Mom hurls Queen across the camp and decks the All-Star in two hits; “She knocked out a guy worth 1.3 billion berries…”
• Page 8: The Boss Snail / Smail diagram — Wano’s relay network explained schematically.
• Page 10: Big Mom finds the oshiruko pot, hearts in her eyes — then “EMPTY!!”
• Pages 15–16: “Come off!!!” — the explosive collars are blown clear by Luffy’s Haki burst; the wardens: “He just used—!!”
• Page 17: Luffy braces against the looming Emperor — “Then come!!!” — using Big Mom as a Haki sparring partner.

Open questions raised

• Will devouring the Udon Boss Snail keep Kaido and Onigashima in the dark long enough for the scabbards’ breakout to succeed?
• Will Big Mom’s memory return when she registers Luffy / the Straw Hats?
• Can Luffy keep the danger-forged advanced Haki alive against an Emperor without it killing him?