'One Piece' chapters 851, 852 spoilers: Sanji retrieval mission comes to a head as reinforcements begin to arrive

The Sanji Retrieval Team is gradually coming together with valuable help stemming from unexpected sources. With Sanji now aware of the true nature of his would-be bride, there is nothing stopping him from reuniting with his crew in the next chapter of the Japanese manga series, "One Piece."

The entire Vinsmoke family is about to get slaughtered and Sanji is the only one who knows about Big Mom and Pudding's secret evil plan. But did he go? Pudding erased the memory of her and Reiju's revealing encounter from Reiju's mind using the memory manipulating ability that was given to her by the Mem Mem Fruit, and while she was doing this, Sanji had decided to leave his secret post, along with his gifts, to go somewhere.

Did he think of warning his family about their impending fate, and possibly team up with them to bring the Charlottes down before the sun shines on his wedding day? Or did he go see his imprisoned friends, Luffy and Nami, to possibly work out an escape plan? Perhaps he is about to launch a secret plan of attack all on his own?

Whatever it is that he is planning and wherever it is that he plans to go, Chopper and Carrot are about to find out by using Brûlée's Mirror World to get into the castle right where Sanji is. They currently are the Retrieval Team's best hope of finding Sanji, and Brook has also been keeping his ground against Big Mom and is himself determined to fulfill his goal of stealing the Yonkou's Road Poneglyph.

Moreover, with Jinbe's arrival, it seems that the scales are finally tipping in favor of the Sanji Retrieval Team. Or is all of these just scratching the surface of a much bigger danger that is about to befall the Straw Hat Pirates? Is there more help arriving after Jinbe?

Fans are speculating that the Straw Hats will be forced to form an alliance with the Vinsmoke family, if only to defeat Big Mom. Meanwhile, others are supposing that Big Mom and Brook's fight will be interrupted by the arrival Luffy, Nami, and Jinbei, and it is this distraction that will allow the Soul King to escape with a copy of the writings from the Road Poneglyph.

"One Piece" is a long-running Japanese manga series created by Eiichiro Oda with new chapters published weekly on the "Weekly Shounen Jump" magazine.