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Chapter 736: Supreme Officer Diamante

Arc: Dressrosa · Saga: Dressrosa · Released: 2014-02-24

Summary

The Corrida Colosseum reaches its final round: a five-man battle royale presided over and fought by the host-champion Diamante, with the reborn Mera Mera no Mi (Flame-Flame Fruit) as the grand prize. When booing gladiators rush him to demand a redo, Diamante reveals his power — the Ripple-Ripple Fruit — flapping his hard-steel cape into a fluttering blade (“Corrida Glaive”) and crushing them. The arena’s water then unleashes the final round’s special fighting fish: the alpha “bosses” of every school, blood-scent-tuned and lawless, one of which (fish #01) carries the prize fruit on its back. Meanwhile the real Luffy, having slipped out of the coliseum, infiltrates the Dressrosa palace with Zoro, Kin’emon, Robin, and Violet; a stray fighting fish chases Luffy, who flattens it with a Giant Pistol. Reports reach Doflamingo that “Straw Hat Luffy” is breaking into the outer tower even as “Lucy” still fights below — leaving him baffled by two Luffys. Lao G of the Diamante Army bungles an ambush on the port-to-palace lift, and as the team climbs the outer tower, Pica rises up as a colossal stone monster to bar the way.

New reveals

• Diamante’s Devil Fruit is the Ripple-Ripple Fruit (Hira Hira no Mi). He is a “Flag-Man”: he can make any object he touches ripple/flutter like a flag regardless of its real qualities — his cape “ripples as though by a breeze, but is actually hard steel.” He hardens and snaps it into a glaive (“Corrida Glaive”). (p.5–6)
• The final round of the coliseum is a five-man battle royale fought under host-champion Diamante; the Mera Mera no Mi prize rides on the back of fighting fish #01. (p.8–10)
• The final-round fighting fish are a tier above the rest — the alpha males / “bosses” of every school, fine-tuned to the scent of blood, attacking ring fighters and following no rules. (p.7–8)
• Jesus Burgess (Blackbeard Pirates) is among the finalists, openly coveting the fruit; Rebecca observes the expected “Lucy” is missing. (p.3)
• The real Luffy is infiltrating the palace with Zoro, Kin’emon, Robin, Violet — while a “Lucy” still fights in the coliseum, confusing Doflamingo’s command into reporting two Luffys. (p.11–15)
• Lao G belongs to the “Diamante Army” of the Don Quixote / Doflamingo Family; caption “DOFLAMINGO FAMILY (DIAMANTE ARMY ♦) LAO G.” (p.16)
• Pica is revealed as a giant stone monster fused with the palace’s stone. (p.18–19)
• Palace geography: an external outer-tower ward, an underground “House of Toys” port, and a lift between the trading port and the palace. (p.11, 16–17)

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

(No clean in-window payoff — the Mera-Mera-as-prize beat is reinforced, not yet resolved.)

Mentions / appearances

Diamante · Rebecca · Jesus Burgess · Luffy · Zoro · Nico Robin · Violet · Kin’emon · Doflamingo · Lao G · Pica · Donquixote Pirates · Blackbeard Pirates · Fighting Fish · Mera Mera no Mi · Hira Hira no Mi · Corrida Colosseum · Dressrosa · House of Toys · Nami (cover request art)

Notable panels

• p.1 — Chapter title page / reader-request art: “Nami the Cat Burglar Gets Burglarized by Some Cats,” requested by Jun Sanpei (female). One-off request illustration (B&W), not a serial cover story.
• p.5–6 — Diamante reveals the Ripple-Ripple Fruit; his cape “ripples as though by a breeze… but is actually hard steel” → “Corrida Glaive.”
• p.7 — fighting fish #06 mid-charge; p.8 — fish #01 carrying the Mera Mera no Mi on its back.
• p.9 — Full-figure splash branding Diamante “Don Quixote Family Supreme Officer (Champion of the Corrida Coliseum).”
• p.12 — Luffy’s “Gum-Gum Giant Pistol” flattens the koi/fighting fish.
• p.16 — Diagram of the lift between the trading port and the palace; caption introduces Lao G of the Diamante Army.
• p.18–19 — Pica surges out of the palace stone as a giant stone monster; Zoro draws against it.
• p.20 — Bundled SBS (Vol. 72) Q&A: a “correctly dressed Trebol” quiz; Oda corrects himself that the coliseum is modelled on ancient Rome, not Greece. (Back-matter, not story.)

Open questions raised

• What exactly is Pica’s power, and is the entire palace (or island) effectively his stone body / domain?
• Who is wearing the “Lucy” persona in the coliseum now that the real Luffy has left for the palace?
• Will the infiltration team break past Pica to reach Doflamingo before the officers trap them?
• Will Burgess seize the Mera Mera no Mi for the Blackbeard Pirates?