Summary:
Nami, Chopper, and Carrot run from the anthropomorphic rabbit Randolph, who relentlessly attacks them, and also encounter a very large and strange man buried up to his neck in the ground. Unbeknownst to the trio, everything in the Seducing Woods is alive and out to catch and kill them.
Meanwhile, Sanji arrived at his family’s castle where he was reunited with Yonji. Yonji tries to berate his brother for trying to defy his arranged marriage, and the two’s argument leads to an attack on each other.
Back in the forest, the Sanji Retrieval Team reunites with Luffy as they attempt to escape back to shore. However, every time they run back to where they came from, they end up back in the same clearing. They then realize that everything is alive and Luffy with them appears as a mirror duplicate of the one he fought earlier. Mirrored Luffy returns to his true form: the eighth daughter of the Charlotte family, Charlotte Brûlée. Brûlée captures Nami and prepares to cut her and Carrot’s face with her nails.
As Nami, Chopper and Carrot continue to run through the luscious forests of Whole Cake Island, they suddenly come across an extremely large man buried up to his neck. Shocked to see him, they ask who buried him, but the man reveals that he buried himself. Chopper gets angry at his irrational behavior and Nami and Carrot try to run away to stop Chopper from getting upset about him. The man reveals that he saw a man run past him earlier and will tell the trio about him if they give him apple juice from a nearby waterfall. Nami, thinking it might have been Sanji, agrees, but the trio is suddenly ambushed by an anthropomorphic rabbit named Randolph. Randolph rides a crane and swings his spear at the trio extremely quickly, but Carrot hears him coming and helps his teammates avoid his attack.
The trio manage to leave Randolph behind and regroup as Nami states that they should return to Luffy. The matter of Sanji was still unresolved, but due to his unusual behavior when the team encountered him, it was questionable whether he was actually real. The trio prepares to return, but are shocked to notice that all the Log Poses and clocks are collapsing in these woods. As they try to escape the way they came, all the objects in the Enchanting Woods come to life and sing as they block the way to the shore, excitedly plotting to catch and kill the Sanji Retrieval Team. As the trio run, Randolph attacks them again and Carrot turns back and the two clash. Carrot states that the rabbit is not a mink, as evidenced by his inability to use Electro. Nami tells Carrot to stop fighting so they can get back to Luffy, and Carrot disables Randolph’s crane with Electro so he can’t pursue them. However, Randolph leaps into the air and spins his spear at the trio, hurling it at great speed.
Meanwhile, Sanji walks through the halls of his family’s castle and passes a spot in the wall with a dent. He recalls a time when he suffered severe bullying from his three brothers and was kicked against a wall, causing a dent as he became angry at the thought of it. Yonji appears and asks Sanji if he is nostalgic, before expressing surprise at the fact that “weak” Sanji is still alive and now a pirate. Yonji tells Sanji to say something while Sanji tells his younger brother to leave. Sanji retorts that he has cut ties with his family and has nothing to say to them, as an angry Yonji tells Sanji that he heard about Sanji’s refusal to marry Pudding and demands that Sanji follow their family’s orders. In response, Sanji repeats his demand for Yonji to go away as the latter angrily dares him to force him before attacking, but Sanji dodges the attack. Yonji uses his technology to attack as Sanji activates his Diable Jambe to face his brother, surprising the other.
Back in the seductive forest, Nami, Chopper and Carrot run from Randolph’s spear and successfully avoid it when it hits the buried man in the back of the head. The buried man cries out in shock, but the trio ignores him as they use him as a landmark. After running through a field of lollipops, they meet up with Luffy again, and Luffy is still fighting his mirror clone. When they tell the two Luffys about their situation, one of them goes with them while the other goes in the exact opposite direction. They return to the destroyed donut bridge and Nami is excited about their progress as they jump over the part Noble Croc ate. However, as they jump, Luffy suddenly blurts out that the person with the team isn’t him. However, Luffy and the team cover their mouths before the team can hear more and keep running. Much to their shock, however, they somehow find themselves back in front of the buried man, and the buried man is confused by their shock when he states that he hasn’t moved.
The team tries to retrace the path they were on before, only to find themselves in front of the buried man again. While trying to piece it together, Nami and the team suddenly notice trees and flowers walking towards them. When the talking objects are spotted, they become shy and begin to sing, adding to the Sanji Retrieval Team’s horror as they see cakes, lollipops, and even parts of the ground begin to speak and move. Nami realizes that there is no way back to the ship and Luffy’s eyes light up as he says that Nami has realized what’s going on around her before he puts his arm around her neck. Confused by Luffy’s actions, the team realizes that it is not Luffy when she transforms back into her true form: the eighth daughter of the Charlotte family, Charlotte Brûlée. Now holding Nami high above the ground, Carrot mistakes the very tall Brûlée for a tree, angering her. Brûlée points to a large scar across her face and says that it makes her jealous of Nami and Carrot’s pretty faces. In retaliation, she plans to slice their faces open with her extremely sharp nails, and Nami screams.
The anime adds the following:
Just after Randolph appears, Carrot prepares to fight him, but Nami tells her to run away instead.
An early glimpse of Sanji’s suffering at the hands of his brothers is shown.
Sanji and Yonji’s conversation and the beginning of their fight is shown.
Luffy and his duplicate attack each other with Gear Third.
Nami, Chopper, and Carrot’s conversation about the fake Sanji is expanded with additional dialogue.