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Chapter 755: A Man's World

Arc: Dressrosa · Saga: Dressrosa · Released: 2014-06-09

Summary

Beneath the trading port, the freed captives climb out of the scrap-heap pit on Kanjuro’s painted ladders (“Thanks a ton, samurai!!”). Inside the SMILE Factory the Tontatta dwarves riot — plugging their ears against the overseers’ lie that leaving will doom “Princess Mansherry’s cure,” they overwhelm the guards with Tontatta Swing and Tail Hammer and turn the snails wild before backup can be called. The princess’s aide Mouji races to Mansherry’s quarantine room only to find it an empty storeroom. At the factory’s front entrance Franky (“Fraland”) breaks in to save the slaves and is cornered by the SMILE Factory Manager Kuween (age 20) and by Señor Pink, who tricked him with a fake “old grandma needs help.” A “real man’s fight” erupts: Señor Pink suplexes Franky (Southland Suplex) and trades Diaper Bombs for Franky’s Nipple Light Special, while Franky neutralizes Kuween by kissing her to fluster her out of the fight. At the New Royal Plateau, Zoro keeps battling the stone-statue Pica. Above, the dwarves airlift the freed people out; Leo learns Mansherry is not in the factory and may be in the palace. At the Former Royal Plateau, King Riku, Viola, and Usopp flee a mob — Viola assures her father the people now know the truth and won’t harm him. Riku orders Viola to use her power to search the palace for Mansherry, reasoning Doflamingo must desire her power. The final panel shows Mansherry imprisoned, crying for Leo and Mouji and begging to be saved.

New reveals

• Mansherry is shown on-page for the first time — held captive in a cell (likely in the Dressrosa palace, not the SMILE Factory she was thought to be in), crying for Leo and Mouji and to “go back to Greenbit” (p. 17).
• Doflamingo covets Mansherry’s power — King Riku deduces Doflamingo would not kill her but “must desire her POWER” (her healing ability), and orders Viola to search the palace (pp. 16–17).
• The SMILE Factory’s enslaved dwarves discover the “Mansherry’s-cure” threat was a lie and revolt; the factory’s child-slave operation is broken open (pp. 2–8).
• Kuween, the SMILE Factory Manager (age 20, female, a “convict with a single star”), wields a suction machine; named on-page (p. 7).
• Mouji, a Tontatta dwarf and Princess Mansherry’s aide, named on-page (p. 4).
• The people of Dressrosa now know “the truth of the past” — King Riku’s framing is publicly understood, so the citizens will not harm him (p. 16).
• Señor Pink tricked Franky with a fake helpless-grandma ploy and fights him as a self-styled hard-boiled “man’s man” (pp. 6, 9, 12–13).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Franky, Pink, Kuween (new), Leo, Mouji (new), Mansherry (first on-page appearance), Zoro, Pica, King Riku, Violet (as “Viola”), Usopp, Kanjuro (the “samurai” / painted ladders), Doflamingo (referenced)
• Locations: Dressrosa, Dressrosa Underground Trade Port (the Scrap Heap / SMILE Factory), Greenbit (mentioned), New Royal Plateau / Pica Statue, Former Royal Plateau, the Dressrosa palace
• Groups: Dwarves (Tontatta), Donquixote Pirates
• Devil Fruits (implied/referenced): Sui Sui no Mi (Señor Pink), Giro Giro no Mi (Viola, “use your powers”), Ishi Ishi no Mi (Pica’s stone statue)

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Cover story: “The Solitary Journey of Jimbei, First Son of the Sea, Vol. 5: ‘Got an incident on our hands. Town’s gone.’” Sea fauna weeping on a beach beside a vanished town (“DON!”).
• Page 2 — The captives climb out of the scrap-heap pit on Kanjuro’s crooked painted ladders (“Thanks a ton, samurai!!”).
• Page 7 — Title card: “SMILE Factory Manager KUWEEN (age 20/female).”
• Page 13 — “A real man’s fight is about ta begin!!” — Franky’s Nipple Light Special vs Señor Pink’s Diaper Bombs.
• Page 14 — New Royal Plateau, Pica Statue: Zoro vs the stone-colossus Pica continues.
• Page 17 — Mansherry shown captive for the first time, crying “Leo!! …come and save me…”

Open questions raised

• What does Doflamingo intend to do with Mansherry’s healing power, and where exactly in the palace is she held?
• Can Viola’s clairvoyance locate Mansherry before Doflamingo uses her?
• Who is the mob pursuing King Riku, Usopp, and Viola at the Former Royal Plateau, if the citizens know the truth?