'One Piece' chapters 850, 851 spoilers: Could [spoiler] be a worst monster than Big Mom?

Some have seen it coming, while other fans are still reeling from the shocking revelation tossed out by the most recent chapter of the Japanese manga series "One Piece." And with Pudding's true nature now exposed, is there really no ray of hope left for Sanji and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates?

Or perhaps, in a rather bizarre way, this may well be the spark of hope they need to wage a no holds barred war against the Charlottes. Now that the key players know the truth, and the Sanji Retrieval Team are closing in on Big Mom's chateau, one grand skirmish is about to befall Sanji and Pudding's wedding day, assuming that they even make it to the break of dawn.

What will Sanji do with the information that his bride-to-be and the entire Charlotte family are planning on massacring his own brood? Will he be so hurt and betrayed that he ends up charging into Pudding's room and confronting her right then and there? Or will he be able to reign in his emotions and plan a better course of action, perhaps with the rest of the Vinsmoke family, who may be forced to set aside their differences and form a united front against their common enemy.

Reiju's fate is still left unknown. How badly hurt is she after that encounter with Pudding? And how did she even escape that room to begin with? Will Luffy end up really ripping off his arms just to free himself and take Pudding down before the upcoming massacre of the Red Wedding kind? Or will help, either from Chopper or Pedro or even Sanji himself, come in time? And has Brook already found his place on Big Mom's display cabinet?

There have been speculations that "One Piece" may be nearing its end now that it's entering its 20th year of publication in 2017. Creator Eiichiro Oda previously claimed via the promo newspaper "Dai One Piece Shinbun" that the manga series was approximately 65% complete. He also revealed on a "School of Jump" netcast that the currently running Whole Cake Island arc was halfway done, and that next year will take the story right into the Reverie council of kings arc and the pending Wano land of the samurai arc.

These said arcs are rumored to finally lead the Straw Hats to their ultimate goal, the One Piece, and may thus begin taking the storyline all the way to its long-awaited conclusion. It may still not happen next year, but 2017 is believed to usher in many significant progresses in the manga series' core story; that is, Luffy's quest to become Pirate King.

"One Piece" is a long-running manga series with new chapters published each week on the "Weekly Shounen Jump" magazine.