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Chapter 713: Usoland
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- Plants
- 5 seeds🌱 chekhov-explicit🌱 chekhov-explicit🌱 prop-tell🌱 chekhov-explicit🌱 visual-silhouette
- Firsts
- Naval HQ Admiral Fujitora demonstrates an (unnamed) gravity power — he calls a meteorite down from the sky as a 'little test,' cratering the Green Bit coast and leaving only the pillars beneath himself, Law, and Doflamingo intact
- Fujitora is blind ('whether he can SEE or not is merely a secondary concern') and was promoted to Admiral via the 'International Military Draft' (World Conscription)
- Ryokugyu ('Green Bull') is named for the first time, as the other newly-monstrous power paired with Fujitora
- Doflamingo addresses Law as a former subordinate — 'the boss you haven't seen in over a decade' — the first on-page tell of Law's past inside the Donquixote Family
- Fujitora will judge Law's punishment by whether the Law–Straw Hat alliance is real: if allied, he will arrest Law AND the entire Straw Hat Crew; Law publicly affirms the alliance to buy time
- Violet is a Donquixote Family officer who has betrayed Doflamingo — she gives Sanji a map to the secret factory (publicly the 'House of Toys') and arranges to meet the crew at Dressrosa's Western Harbor
- The Tontatta Kingdom — the dwarves' nation beneath the forest of Green Bit — is shown; Robin recognizes the dwarves' legendary 'HERO' statue ('Usoland') as Montblanc Noland, who came to their kingdom 400 years ago and helped them win a battle
- Usopp has told the dwarves he is a descendant of Montblanc Noland, so they hail him as 'Usoland' returned and expect him to lead their uprising against the Donquixote Family
- The dwarves cite 'the captain an' his Riku Royal Army' waiting in Dressrosa for 'the final battle' — first mention of the Riku name
- Kanjuro is being held prisoner at the 'House of Toys'
- Luffy, fighting in the Corrida Colosseum as 'Lucy,' is broadcast overpowering the field
Arc: Dressrosa · Saga: Dressrosa · Released: 2013-06-17
Summary
At the Green Bit bridge, Trafalgar Law holds Caesar Clown hostage and rebuffs Buffalo and Baby 5’s attempt to retrieve him, declaring the deal void. Doflamingo — addressed as “Joker” — calls Law a former subordinate (“the boss you haven’t seen in over a decade”). The new Naval HQ Admiral Fujitora interrogates the situation: Caesar’s amnesty hinges on whether he’s Doflamingo’s man, and Law’s punishment hinges on whether the Law–Straw Hat alliance is real; if it is, Fujitora will arrest Law and the whole crew. Law affirms the alliance to stall, and Fujitora answers by dropping a meteorite from the sky as a “little test,” leaving only the patches of ground beneath the three of them standing. In Dressrosa, Violet — revealed as a turncoat Donquixote officer — hands Sanji a map to the secret “House of Toys” factory and promises to get Team Franky out via the Western Harbor; Kin’emon recruits Sanji to free the captive Kanjuro. Beneath the forest of Green Bit, Usopp and Nico Robin are feasted in the Tontatta Kingdom, where the dwarves hail Usopp as the returned hero “Usoland” — a “HERO” statue Robin recognizes as Montblanc Noland, who aided their ancestors 400 years ago — and beg him to lead their uprising against the Donquixote Family alongside “the captain an’ his Riku Royal Army.”
New reveals
- Fujitora’s gravity power (unnamed) is shown for the first time: he raises his cane-sword and pulls a meteorite out of the sky — “a meteorite?!!” — that craters the coast; afterward “somehow, only the spots they’re standing on are still intact.” He calls it “just a little test.” (pp. 6-11)
- Fujitora is blind — observer line “I guess whether he can SEE or not is merely a secondary concern” — and was “promoted to Naval Admiral after the International Military Draft.” (pp. 3, 11)
- Ryokugyu (“Green Bull,” per the chapter’s admiral-color footnote) is named for the first time; Doflamingo: “They say you and Ryokugyu are both powerful monsters.” Named, not shown. (p. 3)
- Doflamingo names Law a former subordinate: “Is that really the nicest thing you can say to the boss you haven’t seen in over a decade?!” — the first on-page tell of Law’s hidden Donquixote past. (p. 3)
- The punishment logic: if Caesar is Doflamingo’s man he’s exonerated (amnesty); Law’s fate turns on whether the alliance is real — “if you’re allied with the Straw Hats… then you’re guilty,” and Fujitora will arrest “you AND the Straw Hat Crew.” Law: “we have an ALLIANCE!!! Straw Hat and I are EQUALS in this matter!!!” (thinking: “Gotta buy some time.”). (pp. 4-5)
- Violet is a Donquixote officer turned traitor: “I bet all the other officers know about my betrayal by now.” She gives Sanji a map to the secret factory (“publically, it’s known as the HOUSE OF TOYS”), and sets a rendezvous at the Western Harbor. (pp. 14-15)
- The Tontatta Kingdom of dwarves is shown beneath the Green Bit forest; their “fighting fish” feast sustains the kingdom for months. (pp. 16-17)
- “Usoland” is Montblanc Noland: the dwarves’ legendary “HERO” statue is the “great big-person botanist who came to our kingdom 400 years ago” and “helped us win the battle”; Robin: “Is that a statue… of Montblanc Noland?!” (pp. 17-18)
- Usopp’s lineage lie: he told the dwarves he is “a descendant of Montblanc,” so they revere him as “Usoland” returned and expect him to lead them. (pp. 18-19)
- First “Riku” mention: the dwarves invoke “the captain an’ his Riku Royal Army… waitin’ for us in Dressrosa, the place of the final battle.” (p. 19)
- Kanjuro is held prisoner at the House of Toys. (p. 15)
- Luffy fights as “Lucy” in the Corrida Colosseum, broadcast “overpowering the field.” (p. 13)
Foreshadowing seeds planted
Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)
Mentions / appearances
- Characters: Trafalgar Law, Doflamingo (as “Joker”), Caesar Clown, Buffalo, Baby 5, Fujitora (“Issho”), Ryokugyu (named only), Sanji, Violet, Franky, Brook, Nami (referenced — Brook can’t reach her), Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Usopp (as “Usoland”), Kin’emon (shown recruiting Sanji, p. 15 — name not printed), Kanjuro (referenced — held captive), Luffy (as “Lucy,” on broadcast), Mont Blanc Noland (statue + dwarf-history)
- Groups: Donquixote Pirates, Marines, Straw Hat Pirates, Dwarves (Tontatta), Riku (“Riku Royal Army”)
- Locations: Green Bit, Tontatta Kingdom, Dressrosa (House of Toys, Western Harbor), Corrida Colosseum (footage)
- World-building: Pirate Alliance, Living Toys of Dressrosa, Seven Warlords of the Sea
Notable panels
- p. 1 — Title splash + cover story: Caribou’s New World, Vol. 31 (“Mad Dash to Escape the Deadly Pirate Scotch!!”). Caribou flees in a plaid suit.
- pp. 6-11 — Fujitora calls down a meteorite; the coast is reduced to bare pillars beneath Fujitora, Law, and Doflamingo. Splash-tier; mirror-worthy. Fujitora stands atop an intact pillar, tapping his cane-sword (p. 11).
- p. 17 — The dwarves’ “HERO” pedestal statue of “Usoland” — visually Montblanc Noland; “the same guy we saw in the picture book back in Jaya.”
- p. 20 — SBS (Volume 71): Law’s crew nicknames; the Straw Hats mapped to Japanese prefectures (Luffy=Okinawa, Zoro=Hokkaido, Nami=Ehime, Usopp=Kanagawa, Sanji=Kyoto, Chopper=Toyama, Robin=Osaka, Franky=Nagasaki, Brook=Tottori); the “rabbit waves” on Vol. 70 p. 154. (SBS cross-link refresh flag.)
Open questions raised
- What is Fujitora’s (unnamed) gravity Devil Fruit, and is his blindness self-chosen?
- What is Law’s true history with Doflamingo / the Donquixote Family — what does “the boss” mean for Law’s past?
- Who is the dwarves’ allied “captain,” and who are the Riku / the Riku Royal Army?
- Will the Marines use the alliance as a pretext to arrest the entire Straw Hat Crew?
- How does Montblanc Noland connect Jaya/Shandora to the Tontatta Kingdom 400 years ago?