INTRODUCTION

Now this theory is inspired by the latest chapter 812. A lot of questions were raised with the revelation of Sanji’s Family Name and the declaration of the arranged marriage Big Mam has planned.

What I will seek to do in this thread is outline what events I think will occur during this particular Tea Party and what it will mean going forward in the plot. Whether the story will be diverted back to Big Mam, or will continue on to Kaidou.

Before we get started, there are some key things that we need to establish about the characters involved. As what happens at Big Mam’s tea Party will largely depend on the character of the people involved and how they would react to certain things. I have outlined several key questions that I think will dictate the events that occur during Big Mam’s Tea Party.​

• How would Big Mam react to Capone backstabbing Pekoms?
• Is Capone really loyal to Big Mam or playing for his own devices?
• Would Oda really interrupt all this momentum towards Kaidou to swing the story completely towards Big Mam?
• What about Jinbe and the bomb inside the Tamatebako box?
• Would Sanji really marry someone if it meant being permanently separated from the crew?

Just a small note about arranged marriages, by tradition they are done for logical reasons and not usually for love. If Sanji does marry, it could foster amicable relations between the two crew going forward.
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A MOTHER’S LOVE

Being honest, there is something that has been bugging me about Big Mam’s depictions so far. Why do her crew call her mama? So far she has proven to be stubborn, irrational, short-tempered, and overall very unlike the stereotypical view of a mother. Mother’s are supposed to be caring and loving to their children and fiercely protective if any harm should come to them.

If you look at the original Four Younkou, Whitebeard was like a father to his crew. He treated them like his sons. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Big Mam is named Big Mam and her crew calls her mama. I think Big Mam is just like Whitebeard. She treats her crew like her children and their safety means a lot to her, maybe even more than candy.

 

Pekoms was genuinely concerned and happy when he found out his family were alright. This doesn’t seem like the kind ofbehavior for a person with no moral fiber. In fact, recall that Lola also showed great honor when she refused to run when the sun rose.

Assuming Lola is indeed part of Big Mam’s crew, which is all but confirmed last chapter with the same marriage focus, I think these two characters reflect the way Big Mam herself operates and what their crew truly represents.

Would Big Mam really be okay with Capone almost murdering one of her crew, regardless of whether he appeared to be disobeying her orders? I mean we don’t know much about Big Mam, but what you usually expect in situations with pirates is that any punishment for insubordination by members of the crew is handled by the Captain. Other crew members aren’t given the authority to exact their own idea of how the other should be punished.

I think Big Mam would side with Pekoms in this case. If she truly does value family, then she would understand why Pekoms did it. After all, it was his home and it was destroyed by one of her biggest Rival’s man, Jack. I’m just guessing but I think I know where Oda is heading here.

LUFFY = BIG MAM

This characteristic in Big Mam also creates a parallel with Luffy, that the two of them aren’t really that different. They love to eat but when it comes down to it, their nakama come first. In her conversation with Luffy, they showed that share a lot of common views on the way Pirates are supposed to act when what they want is challenged.

Also, Luffy didn’t even think destroying a country over meat was that ridiculous a suggestion. Basically indicating that Luffy’s mentality is very similar to Big Mam’s.

I think because of these similar traits and the history with Lola, it is quite possible that both these crew could actually find common ground on issues and see eye to eye. Not become allied for the long term, but at least be willing to stay out of each other’s way because of mutual understanding.

CAPONE’S MISCALCULATION:

I believe Capone has made a big error, by being so hasty to “kill” Pekoms. Well it may not even be a miscalculation, as he may already be making his move against her, but even then, taking out Pekoms was a really rash move. Considering Tamago is down there as well and he didn’t even consult Big Mam.

I think Capone being the new member of the crew is the most likely candidate for someone who doesn’t see eye to eye with the agenda of the Big Mam Pirates. As he said this chapter, letting one’s emotions get the better of them is not what a real pirate does.

But as we know, that’s exactly the kind of person Big Mam is. She doesn’t consider making decisions with your emotions contradictory to the way a pirate should be. On the flipside, she considers what a Pirate most desires, the thing he should be most willing to fight for. A very “Roger-like” ideology if I ever heard on. I think this Tea Party is heading towards a showdown between Capone and Big Mam and a very likely falling out, instigated by Sanji.

Notice, Capone captured all the Strawhats, but he released Nami, Brooke and Chopper, indicating his plan was only for Sanji and Caesar.

THE TEA PARTY

Now who will attend this event. I’ll just list who I think are all the possible attendees but also highlight who I think will actually be there and who is most relevant to the current story. ​

Now to prevent this from getting overly long, I’m just going to spell out what I expect to happen at this event. I believe Capone wants to betray Big Mam in such a way that he can keep control of Caesar. Capone and his ideology just doesn’t seem like a good fit for Big Mam’s crew and I get this feeling he has no interest in upholding her brand of piracy at all. Mainly because as he said, making decisions on emotion just makes you a fool and I don’t think he would ever garner any emotional connections to Big Mam that he would truly be loyal to her.

I think he wants to kill Big Mam at her party somehow and take over her organization. The best way to kill a Younkou is to kill them without anyone knowing you have. The only way I can think of is exploiting Big Mam’s greatest indulgence as a weakness. Food. She eats it incessantly and likely doesn’t pay much attention to what she is actually eating. Let me draw attention to an article about the real life Al Capone.

If I was gonna kill Big Mam, the easiest way to me would be to poison her food. Luckily for Capone he has two assets capable of combining their talents to do just that.

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And this where Capone really miscalculated because this plan offers Sanji a unique opportunity to turn the Strawhat’s relations with Big Mam completely around. Sanji would NEVER poison his food or allow it to be poisoned. It’s a disgrace as a cook. By refusing to poison her meal, as I’m sure he never would, Sanji can out Capone before Big Mam as a traitor, saving her from being poisoned.

Couple that with the fact that he could make for her a very tasty delicious meal that she never had before, Sanji is probably the number one Strawhat who has a chance to appeal to her better nature. We already know he’s thinking of ways to subdue Big Mam’s wrath against the crew and create better relations. What better way than to stamp out an attempted coup and cook her the best damn food she’s ever had.

Capone will try to kill Big Mam and use Caesar and Sanji as scapegoats to be the culprit. This will fail as Sanji will save Big Mam, making her entire crew thankful to the Strawhats.

Big Mam will then offer some manner of military assistance to counter Kaidou. She has resources that Law and Luffy don’t have. And knowledge about Kaidou and his forces they likely don’t have either. I’m sure Kaidou bolstering his forces so drastically has made her worry.

Now we see why this is called the year of Sanji. Sanji will not be a damsel in distress who needs saving, he will prove himself as a force in the New World, by negotiating something monumental, which is making two Younkous indirectly get into a war.

ANTAGONISTS FOR THE FUTURE

But what about Capone? Does he get killed? No. But what he does get is a grudge against the Strawhats and a reason to be a direct antagonist in the future. I’d be willing to also double down that he will at least get away with Caesar in this whole incident, but lose his cushy protected New World position and gain a true hatred for the Strawhats.

I’ll make a separate theory on who I think Capone will end up working with to bring down the Strawhats. (Hint:Former villain who also likes cigars).

But out of all of this, does this mean the drama with Big Mam is over? Are the crews back on good terms forever? Yes and No. This is where Jinbe and the Tamatebako comes back into play.

Don’t forget this box has in a bomb and is rigged to blow. As much as Big Mam would be pleased by these events, there is still something that could throw her back over the edge. The Fishman people trying to kill her. There is no way imo that that bomb is NOT gonna go off near Big Mam and she will end up waging war on FI. Plus, Jinbe leaving her services would also piss her off.

WhatI see reigniting the fight between the Strawhats and Big Mam is if her attention is turned back on to Fishman Island and I believe that’s exactly where Oda wants it by creating a mistaken bomb being delivered to her on accident as a plot device. If there is anything that’s gonna bring us back into the conflict with FI and the Fishman people and the prophecy around Luffy, it would be someone threatening the safety of the Fishman People.

But I don’t think it’s the right time to really develop the story in that direction. As that is its own separate plot and we have too many plots already going on.

So another bold statement. I do not believe Jinbe will make it to Big Mam’s in time for THIS particular Tea Party, if he hasn’t already been there. I feel like the Fishman crisis is too much of a main stay storyline to be used atm.

SUMMARY

So to summarize, these are the events I expect to happen leading up to and during Big Mam’s Tea Party.
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I think these events work much better than Sanji just being captured and having to be rescued. This way, we solve the Big Mam issue for the moment, and keep the story’s momentum going where it has been.

*Theory by TheConqueror