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Chapter 704: Lucy and the Statue of Kyros

Arc: Dressrosa · Saga: Dressrosa · Released: 2013-03-04

Summary

In the waiting room of the Corrida Colosseum, Luffy — fighting under the alias “Lucy,” No. 0556, Block C — has just knocked out a coliseum star named Spartan and is nearly disqualified for brawling. The Chin Jao Family of the Kano Kingdom intervene, and the chapter pans across the heavyweight field assembled to win the prize: the Flame-Flame Fruit (Mera Mera no Mi) — 550 combatants across four blocks, only four advancing per block. Named entrants include Don Chin Jao, Sai, Boo, Dagama, “Fighting King” Elizabello II, the Funk Brothers, Abdullah & Jeet, Suleiman, Orlumbus, Bellamy (recommended by the Don Quixote Family), the rookie Bartolomeo, and “White Knight” Cavendish. Luffy raids the armory, where Cavendish — nursing a grudge that the post-Marineford “worst generation” (especially Straw Hat Luffy) stole his spotlight — vows to win the fruit and kill all the upstarts. Luffy admits to wanting the fruit and to take down Doflamingo. At the statue of Kyros, the gladiator Rebecca explains the central mystery: Kyros was the greatest fighter ever to enter the coliseum (3,000 battles, never once defeated, only ever struck once in 20 years) — yet no one alive in Dressrosa remembers him or has ever met him, and no one will remove his statue. Block A’s battle royale ends instantly: the masked victor “Mr. Store” unmasks as Jesus Burgess, 1st Division Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates — one of the Four Emperors.

New reveals

• The grand prize of the Corrida Colosseum tournament is the Flame-Flame Fruit (Mera Mera no Mi) — Ace’s old Logia fruit, regenerated and now offered as a prize. It is named on-page as the “Flame-Flame Fruit.”
• Tournament structure: 550 combatants, four blocks (A–D), battle-royale first round, only four survivors advance per block. Ranged weapons forbidden; armory weapons/armor allowed (with a weight limit).
• Luffy competes as “Lucy,” No. 0556, Block C. His stated goal: gain the Flame-Flame powers and take down Doflamingo (“Mingo”).
• Jesus Burgess is the 1st Division Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates — implying the crew now has a numbered-division structure. He won Block A masked as “Mr. Store.”
• Blackbeard’s crew is referred to on-page as “one of the infamous Four Emperors” (reinforces the post-war Yonko reshuffle).
• Cavendish, “White Knight,” Captain of the Beautiful Pirates, bounty 280,000,000, harbors a grudge against the post-Marineford rookie generation for eclipsing his fame.
• Kyros — undefeated legendary gladiator (3,000 battles, never lost, only struck once, still fighting ~20 years ago) — has been erased from all living memory in Dressrosa; only his statue and its placard remain, and the statue is never removed.
• Rebecca — a gladiator nicknamed “the undefeated woman” — is introduced, drawn to the Kyros statue.

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Luffy (as “Lucy”), Cavendish, Rebecca, Chin Jao, Sai, Boo, Dagama, Elizabello II, Bobby Funk, Kelly Funk, Abdullah, Jeet, Suleiman, Orlumbus, Bellamy, Bartolomeo (named, not clearly shown), Jesus Burgess, Spartan, Kyros (statue + legend), Doflamingo (mentioned), Usopp (mentioned)
• Crews / groups: Chin Jao Family (Kano Kingdom Gang), Beautiful Pirates, Don Quixote Family, Blackbeard Pirates, Four Emperors (Yonko)
• Locations: Corrida Colosseum, Dressrosa, Kano Kingdom (the “flower kingdom,” mentioned), Prodence (mentioned), Dias (the “Dias naval battle,” mentioned)
• Devil Fruits: Mera Mera no Mi (the prize)

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Cover / title spread, plus the cover-story side comic: “Caribou’s New World Kee Hee Hee, Vol. 24 — Proletariat Riot Suppressed.”
• Pages 5–6 — Roster fan-out: caption boxes formally introduce the heavyweight entrants (Funk Brothers, Elizabello II, Dagama, Abdullah & Jeet, Suleiman, Orlumbus, Bellamy, Bartolomeo, Cavendish).
• Page 8 — The Coliseum Armory two-panel reveal; Luffy gawks at a “half-naked fighter dude statue” (the Kyros statue).
• Pages 9–10 — Cavendish splash: caption “Captain of the Beautiful Pirates, ‘White Knight’ Cavendish, Bounty: 280 million berries”; lady officials faint at his beauty.
• Page 15 — Rebecca splash, caption “Corrida Coliseum Gladiator Rebecca,” sword + shield, beside the Kyros statue.
• Pages 18–19 — The “Mr. Store” mask comes off → Jesus Burgess reveal splash, caption “Captain of the 1st Division!!! Jesus Burgess!!!!”
• Page 20 — SBS column (Q&A): Bepo confirmed as the Heart Pirates’ navigator (drew Law’s map); the contents of Sanji’s three rice balls; Law’s sword named Kikoku (“demon wail”) with tattoo sketches. (Flag for SBS cross-link refresh.)

Open questions raised

• Why does no one in Dressrosa remember Kyros, despite his monumental record — and why can his statue never be removed?
• What is Rebecca’s connection to Kyros (the chapter pointedly ties them together)?
• Why is the Flame-Flame Fruit — Ace’s fruit — being dangled as a coliseum prize, and who arranged the tournament? (The Don Quixote Family’s hand is implied.)
• What is Doflamingo’s relationship to Dressrosa and to this tournament, given the fear his name provokes?
• Why has the Blackbeard Pirates’ 1st Division Captain entered the tournament under a false name?