Disclaimer: This column contains spoilers for One Piece manga chapter 825 as well as predictions for things to come in One Piece chapter 826 and beyond.

Welcome to The One Piece Podcast‘s weekly column, “OPP Predicts”! Each Tuesday we have predictions from numerous members of The One Piece Podcast news, editorial, and podcast staff about thoughts on the latest chapter and where they think things may go in the next chapter, or even beyond that. Please comment below with your own predictions and we’ll feature it on the next column. This week we will be looking at One Piece chapter 825!

Let’s start out with a prediction from a few fans last week regarding what they expected in this week’s chapter (825):

Kaido

Sanji sure is infatuated with Purin… While I do believe she is the three-eyed girl, we won’t have that little catch confirmed until later. Tamago may show Sanji a bit more of the island. Afterwards we’ll return to the Straw Hats, famished due to only having Luffy’s random curry. If they come to one of Big Mom’s outposts, and if it’s made of edible material… Bye bye outpost

The Trick Merchant

We’ll see Sanji reacting to Pudding then cut to Big mom talking to either Pudding or the vinsmokes we may learn more about the deal made through the marriage. Then we will cut to Luffy being forced to fish for food (for most of which he will try to eat the bait again) until they ransack one of those tartes only to realize they are on Whole Cake Island and we may find out it’s gimmick and/or that Big mom made it with a devil fruit.

Gentleman_Bastard

It’s the year of the Sanji and so far we have gotten very little Sanji, come on Oda show us the goods. Next chapter will see Sanji and co. arrive on Whole Cake and maybe we get a glimpse of all the bigwigs there that are attending the tea party. I’m hoping we get a full Big Mom reveal (maybe with a bounty but probably unlikely) and a shadowed glimpse of Sanji’s dad. Hopefully Pekoms can help Luffy and co. escape bombardment by Big Mom’s outpost, but depending on the state they’re in and if the Tarts are made of actual sweets they might just end up attacking and eating them. But then again Nami does have those tangerines and they are awfully hungry….I’m not too keen on Carrot eating Monet’s fruit but hey she doesn’t know what a devil fruit is and starvation makes you do craaaazzzyyyy things.

Were They Close?

Everyone was hoping to catch a glimpse of Big Mom, but it was a no-go! Kaido was right that we’d start with Sanji and then switch back to the famished Straw Hats, and The Trick Merchant was right that Luffy would be forced to fish for food. Gentleman_Bastard was also right about Sanji reaching Whole Cake Island and Pekoms offering to help the Straw Hats avoid bombardment by Big Mom’s Tarte ships. And while we got a glimpse of a very mysterious man with a twirly eyebrow, there’s no guarantee that it’s papa Vinsmoke. We’ll have to wait two weeks before we can find out!

Want to hear the One Piece Podcast reactions to chapter 825? Go ahead and listen below.

As an additional disclaimer: these are just predictions and are just the opinion of each individual member and not the podcast as a whole. One Piece chapter 826 comes out Monday May 23 on shonenjump.viz.com.

Without further ado, here are this week’s OPP staff predictions for One Piece chapter 826. This week we have a very special prediction in the form of a comic from our news correspondent Alison:

Alison

Japan News Correspondent

It doesn’t have to be in the next chapter. By the end of this arc, please, let Sanji know about the crew’s brief experience with starvation and just how helpless they all were without him. And mummy Luffy.

Chao

Editorial Writer, “Chao Time“

Through the looking-glass and what Sanji found there…

With the threat of decapitation, Sanji’s being escorted by some tweedling weirdo to a tea party held by a queen, all while being surrounded by soldiers resembling chess pieces. Nope, I don’t think it rings a bell or anything… *whispers badly*

The poisoning could work to their advantage. It’s simply an excuse to delay the inevitable showdown between Germa 66 and Luffy to the end of the arc. San-bro could possibly underestimate them and let them off. On the other hand, he could surprise us by leaving him antidote and tell them to stay away from the tea party.