Chapter 888

Chapter 888 is titled "Lion".

Cover Page
The Stories of the Self-Proclaimed Straw Hat Grand Fleet Vol. 21: Ideo Arc - "The Ideo Pirates - We Started a Pirate Crew -"

Ideo and his group decide to become a pirate crew going by the name of the "Ideo Pirates".

Short Summary
Luffy returns to the Mirro-World and confronts Katakuri again. Katakuri asks if Luffy returned to be killed or to join the Big Mom Pirates to which Luffy answers by claiming that he'll beat Katakuri and resumes the fight.

Meanwhile, the Big Mom Pirates Fleet has surrounded the Thousand Sunny as Smoothie and Daifuku begin their assault on the Straw Hats. Perospero notices that Big Mom has lost weight due to her chasing the Thousand Sunny for hours. Carrot tells the Straw Hats that she'll handle the situation due to the full moon and proceeds to transform into a Ceylon.

Carrot begins her attack on Daifuku's Fleet and proceeds to disable his helm. Carrot smiles back as Chopper and the Straw Hats are stunned by her new powers.

Long Summary
Luffy returns to the Mirro-World to confront Katakuri once more. Curious about this, the latter asks why Luffy has come back. He ponders if this is due to Luffy not wanting to be ashamed at being known as a runner or if he recognizes the difference between their skill levels. When he mentions the option of Luffy returning to join the Big Mom Pirates, Luffy starts to chuckle and launches several punches at him, declaring he came back to beat him. Katakuri dodges them all, saying that was not one of the options given.

Out at sea, the Big Mom Pirates pursuing the Thousand Sunny begin to launch cannonball homies but they are distracted by Nami and veer off-course. One of the commanders, Charlotte Bavarois, curses that the cannonballs they're using are useless; one of his crew members poses that Big Mom may not have as much control over them when she's not in her right mind but mentions that they have effectively surrounded the Straw Hat Pirates. Daifuku arrives from the front of the fleet, with Smoothie covering the rear. Perospero gives the order to sink the ship while him and Big Mom are heading towards Cacao Island; as they leave, Persopero notes that Big Mom has slimmed down considerably due to pursuing the Straw Hats for so long. Daifuku orders the ship's guns to take aim and fire when ready and, seeing what happened when the homie cannonballs were used, demands that the crew use only the cannonballs without faces.

Aboard the Sunny, Brook decides that the only thing they can do is go right through them and pulls out his sword. Jinbe notes that Daifuku is the one aboard the ship directly in front of them and reminds them that he has a genie. Chopper takes out a Rumble Ball and wants Jinbe to get close to one of the ships so he can go wild on them, but Carrot volunteers instead. As a full moon rises, Carrot transforms into a Ceylon, surprising both the Straw Hats and Big Mom Pirates. Nami recalls back on Zou when Inuarashi said to them that when they next fight, the true power of the mink tribe will be shown. The helmsman of Daifuku's ship recognizes the threat Carrot now poses, with Daifuku remembering that Pedro was a mink from Zou and wonders if Carrot is from Zou as well.

Carrot dives off the top of the Sunny and as she is about to hit the water, changes course in mid-air and rapidly approaches Daifuku's ship. Her eyes narrow as the crew opens fire on her but she dodges them all, biting several of the crew and swiftly striking the others with Electro. When Nami asks Chopper what's going on, he can only stare in awe. Daifuku laughs at Carrot's intention to fight them all by herself and tells her to give up; his crew suddenly turn pale when it's shown that Carrot has torn the ship's wheel off, breaking the helm and causing the ship to be left to the mercy of the current.

Chapter Notes

 * Luffy confronts Katakuri once again.
 * The Thousand Sunny is surrounded by Big Mom's fleet.
 * Due to chasing the Thousand Sunny, Big Mom has lost weight.
 * The 26th son of the Charlotte Family, Charlotte Bavarois, is introduced.
 * It is revealed that minks transform on a full moon.
 * Carrot transforms into a Ceylon and launches an attack against the Big Mom Pirates.
 * Carrot disables the helm on Daifuku's ship.