Episode 826

"Sanji Comes Back - Crash! The Tea Party from Hell" is the 826th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
After Luffy and Sanji reconcile, the Sanji Retrieval Team manages to contact them through a mirror shard. Jinbe proceeds to talk about Bege's past before revealing that he plots to assassinate Big Mom during the tea party. Jinbe then proposes forming an alliance with him.

Long Summary
In the Mirro-World, Chopper finds a shard of a mirror that had been broken previously. With this shard, he is able to communicate with Luffy, who found the other shard near Kingbaum's body. They update each other on the situation, and plan to crash the upcoming tea party and wedding.

At Big Mom's castle, Charlotte Daifuku, another officer of the Big Mom Pirates, appears at the gate. Chess soldiers offer to open the door, but Daifuku uses his Devil Fruit ability to summon a genie to pry the gate open.

Meanwhile, back in the Mirro-World, Jinbe tells more about Capone Bege's past. Bege was the leader of one of the five mafia groups in West Blue. He gained notoriety for his method of attacking other mafia groups; he would assassinate the leaders of each group and steal their valuables, leaving the rest of the group intact. He would grow bored of attacking on land and formed the Fire Tank Pirates, using the same methods to attack various pirate crews until he entered the Worst Generation. To gain even more influence, he became affiliated with the Big Mom Pirates, and he would be in charge of security during the upcoming tea party.

Jinbe reveals, to everyone's shock, that Bege intends to assassinate Big Mom. Bege previously shot Pekoms because he refused to join his plot. However, Jinbe confirms that Pekoms was saved by the Sun Pirates, and that he is indeed alive.

Although Luffy was initially hostile to Bege, Jinbe instead advises Luffy to form an alliance with him to take down the Emperor.

Anime Notes

 * The anime adds the following:
 * Daifuku arriving at the Whole Cake Chateau and using his Devil Fruit power to open the gates and he wasn't shown rubbing his body when he summoned the genie.
 * Daifuku makes his first anime appearance in this episode. In the manga, he was first shown during the tea party and his ability was not revealed until he attacked Sanji.
 * While Jinbe is talking about the Five Families of the West, the silhouettes of the four other bosses beside Bege are shown.
 * More scenes of Bege's past are shown.
 * One of the pirate captains Bege assassinated in the past was known as Mobu Head.
 * Big Mom putting Bege in charge of security for the Tea Party is shown.
 * Aladine and the other Sun Pirates saving Pekoms from sharks is shown.
 * The opening shows in the first half, Sanji turning to the camera and in the second half, future scenes of Luffy's fight with Katakuri inside the Mirro-World.
 * While Jinbe is talking about the Big Mom Pirates attending the Tea Party, images of Big Mom, Perospero, Katakuri, Smoothie, Compote, Daifuku, and Oven are shown similarly to how they appeared in the opening.