'One Piece' chapter 852 spoilers: truth about Sanji revealed by Reiju, a major death looming?

The Vinsmoke clan's family fight against Big Mom and her army continues in "One Piece" chapter 852. In Sanji and company's effort to take the enemy down, many secrets will be revealed.

According to the latest spoilers for the highly anticipated next chapter of the manga, which will mark the two-decade anniversary of the "One Piece" manga (it began in 1997), Reiju will reveal more about who Sanji really is.

Spoiler Alert! The following contains plot spoilers for "One Piece" chapter 852. Read at your own discretion.

As Sanji tends to Reiju after she was attacked by his evil bride, Pudding, in "One Piece" chapter 852, Reiju reveals the truth of who they really are and how she and Sanji differ.

It turns out that their father wanted them to be made into ruthless soldiers, an idea that their mother so profoundly opposed but was forced into anyway. This did not stop her from tying her children to a horrible fate.

As per "One Piece" chapter 852 spoilers, this led the Vinsmoke matriarch to drink a drug that will render the effects of the process useless on her children. It did not work, not until she gave birth to Sanji.

Eventually, Sanji and Reiju's mother died of the effects of the drugs, but her sacrifice was not in vain as Sanji, as she hoped for, was a human and not a cold-blooded mercenary as his father wanted him to be.

Reiju's revelation in "One Piece" chapter 852 is expected to help Sanji flee. However, from the looks of it, this will also end with his sister's death.

The new information on Sanji's origin is considered to mark the conclusion of the Year of Sanji, in which the character was the center of the franchise for a period of time both in the manga and the anime.

Since the release of "One Piece" chapter 852 will mark the 20^{th anniversary of the manga, a special tribute in the entry's color page can be expected in the next issue of Shonen Jump.}