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Chapter 772: Cabbage & Lomeo

Arc: Dressrosa · Saga: Dressrosa · Released: 2014-12-22 (VIZ on-page title reads “CABBAGE & LOMEO” — Bartolomeo’s nicknames in the comedy double-act: “Cabbage” = Cavendish, “Lomeo” = BartoLOMEO.)

Summary

The assault on the New Royal Plateau continues across its tiered “steps.” On the Fourth Step’s flower hill, Pica’s awakened stone terrain ripples underfoot as he duels one-legged Kyros — gleefully realizing this is the toy soldier who screamed during the kingdom’s enslavement, Rebecca’s father and Scarlet’s widower. Kyros refuses to let Rebecca fight, vowing to protect her now that he is human again, and shatters Pica’s steel cloak. On the second step Sai’s Happo Navy has dropped Lao G (Baby 5 cheerfully “reserves two locations — wedding and funeral”), while Gladius blankets the steps with exploding ground (“Pop Rock Fest”). Bartolomeo and Cavendish bicker through a barrier-sharing comedy routine as they climb to protect Nico Robin; Robin slips past Gladius with a wink that sends a fanboying Bartolomeo into a frenzy. A long-armed gladiator fights to buy time “while Straw Hat beats Doflamingo,” only for Dellinger — boasting his Fighting Fish blood — to bite him down. As Dellinger and Gladius converge on the third step, a “really freaky guy” with a wild grin appears on the other side of Bartolomeo’s barrier: Cavendish’s sleeping alter-ego, Hakuba.

New reveals

• Pica connects Kyros to the toy soldier’s scream. Atop the rippling Fourth Step, Pica recognizes one-legged Kyros as the toy that “was screaming and shrieking that day,” Rebecca’s father and “Scarlet’s husband” — and frames their duel as fate (p. 2).
• Kyros’s vow. Now human again, Kyros refuses to let Rebecca fight, swearing to protect her “to make up for Scarlet” and that he’ll “never let you swing a sword again” (pp. 4–5).
• Lao G is down. Sai’s Happo Navy of Kano Kingdom has defeated the Donquixote supreme officer Lao G on the second step; Sai shouts “Don’t die, gramps!!” while Baby 5 plans wedding/funeral venues (p. 5).
• Hakuba emerges. Cavendish, carried along inside/around Bartolomeo’s barrier, gives way to his murderous sleeping self — the grinning figure that is “bad news” to both Gladius and Dellinger (pp. 16–17).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Pica, Kyros, Rebecca, Lao G, Sai, Baby 5, Gladius, Dellinger, Bartolomeo, Cavendish (alter-ego Hakuba emerges), Nico Robin
• Referenced (not shown): Doflamingo (“while Straw Hat beats Doflamingo”), Luffy (“Straw Hat”), Scarlet (Rebecca’s mother / Kyros’s late wife)
• A long-armed gladiator — unnamed on-page; the colosseum “Fighting Champion” who fights Gladius/Dellinger to buy time for Luffy. Gladius’s taunt (“you long-arms are so pesky!!”) flags Longarm Tribe heritage. (Inference: by tribe and role this is plausibly Ideo, but he is not named this chapter — recorded as unnamed.)
• Groups/Crews: Donquixote Pirates (Gladius, Dellinger, Pica, Lao G — supreme officers), Chin Jao Family (Sai’s Happo Navy of Kano Kingdom), Barto Club Pirates, Beautiful Pirates
• Fruits/powers: Ishi Ishi no Mi (Pica — “Vipera Glaive”), Pamu Pamu no Mi (Gladius — “Pop Rock Fest,” “Bracchium Bulls,” “Catapult Pop,” “Racket”), Bari Bari no Mi (Bartolomeo — “Barrier Bulls”)
• Races: Fighting Fish (Dellinger’s “Fighting Fish blood”), Longarm Tribe (the long-armed gladiator)
• Cover story: Jinbei, Wadatsumi

Notable panels

• p. 1 — Title page: “Cabbage & Lomeo.” Cover-story corner: The Solitary Journey of Jinbei, First Son of the Sea, Vol. 18: “The Giant Monk, Sea God Wadatsumi Appears. ‘No Need to Thank Me.’”
• p. 2 — Pica’s rippling stone terrain on the Fourth Step’s “Flower Hill”; he names Kyros as the screaming toy soldier, Rebecca’s father, Scarlet’s husband.
• pp. 4–5 — Kyros’s vow to protect Rebecca; “Now that I am human once more…” → “DOOM!!” he smashes Pica’s steel cloak.
• p. 5 — “Lao G is down!!”; Sai and Baby 5’s wedding-and-funeral gag.
• pp. 6–8 — Gladius’s swelling-ground bombs (“Pop Rock Fest”) engulf Cavendish; Bartolomeo’s barrier-sharing refusal.
• pp. 9–11 — The “is this a hotel?!” barrier comedy; Robin winks at Bartolomeo (“Thanks, Rooster!!”); Bartolomeo loses his mind.
• pp. 13–15 — Dellinger arrives, biting down (“CHOMP!!”) the long-armed gladiator with his “Fighting Fish blood.”
• pp. 16–18 — Hakuba’s grinning emergence on the far side of Bartolomeo’s barrier; final gag panel: Bartolomeo still reeling — “Sh…she winked at me!!!” (p. 18, pg. 172).

Open questions raised

• Who exactly is the long-armed “Fighting Champion” gladiator, and will the Longarm-tribe heritage be confirmed/named next chapter?
• How far will Hakuba’s slaughter reach up the plateau before he stops — and who reins Cavendish back in?