Episode 899

"Defeat is Inevitable - The Strawman's Fierce Attack!" is the 899th episode of the One Piece anime

Short Summary
As Komachiyo flees with Luffy, Zoro, and the ill Tama, Hawkins pursues them with the straw entity. Zoro defends against the straw entity's attacks and eventually defeats it. After the group escapes from Hawkins, Tsuru, who had been hiding inside Komachiyo's tail, reveals herself and invites the group to her teahouse in Okobore Town, where she can help Tama.

Long Summary
Hawkins draws the "Reverse Hierophant" card, sending the straw monster to chase after Komachiyo, armed with a spiked bat. Zoro fights off the monster's attacks. He deals hits to the monster, but Hawkins redirects the damage to his subordinates. The monster then starts shooting nails at Zoro, causing minor wounds, then strikes down on Komachiyo. However, Zoro ends up cutting off the monster's hand. He finishes off the monster with the "Nigiri: Toro Samon" move, cutting the monster into two before it disintegrates.

Although the monster was destroyed, Hawkins is unharmed, redirecting the damage to a subordinate. He draws a third tarot card, choosing the "Hierophant" card. He predicts that someone will help guide Luffy and Zoro to safety.

Luffy and Zoro successfully escape Hawkins but Tama's fever worsens, and Komachiyo approaches a fork in the road. A woman appears, having been hiding in Komachiyo's tail the whole time. She explains that she is the one that Zoro previously saved from pirate assailants. She guides Komachiyo to Okobore Town, where they could go to her teahouse and brew a cure for Tama's condition.

At the teahouse, one of the waitresses is harassed by Urashima, a professional sumo wrestler. Komachiyo arrives, they enter the teahouse, and Zoro scares off Urashima. Inside the teahouse, Luffy grinds the herbs and Tsuru brews the tea. Unbeknownst to them, Luffy is secretly watched from afar by Bepo and other Heart Pirates. They go to Law, who is resting in a tent.

Meanwhile, in Onigashima, Kaido rests with rage in his eyes.

Anime Notes

 * The anime adds the following:
 * Before talking to Tsuru, Zoro comments that Hawkins has an annoying ability.
 * Komachiyo gets lost along the way right before Tsuru shows herself and gives directions.
 * Kiku serving dango dumplings before Urashima comes and scares the customer away.
 * Zoro intimidating Urashima is shown. In the manga, it was only mentioned.
 * Luffy helps Tsuru and Kiku with treating Tama.
 * When Shachi points out that Bepo would stand out because he is a bear, Bepo gets depressed.
 * Law rests in an abandoned household pondering while Shachi, Penguin, and Bepo arrive to inform him about Luffy and Zoro.
 * Zoro's fight with the straw entity is extended.
 * In the manga, Zoro did not remove his haori like in the anime.
 * In the manga, Zoro only used one attack against the straw entity.
 * Komachiyo is temporarily knocked out during the struggle.
 * While not shown in the manga, the straw entity disappears after Zoro slices it in two.
 * The wound on Zoro's head is not bleeding as much as in the manga.