Corrida Colosseum

Key chapters

• Ch. 702 — first shown and named; the Mera Mera no Mi tournament prize unveiled; the officer-gladiator guardians introduced
• Ch. 703 — the arena’s special laws restated by the Thunder Soldier (police/navy barred; only the Don Quixote family’s laws apply within the walls, pp. 12-13); gladiators register by number (Luffy enters as “Lucy,” No. 0556, under the rule “fight all you like, but don’t give away your identity,” pp. 15-16); the sweltering Gladiator Waiting Room, where the 51-time monthly champion Spartan bullies entrants until Luffy flattens him with one punch (pp. 17-19)
• Ch. 704 — the tournament’s scale and rules laid out: 550 combatants across four blocks (A–D), battle-royale rounds with only four advancing per block; ranged weapons forbidden, armory weapons/armor allowed under a weight limit. The gladiator roster is introduced — Cavendish (Block D), Chin Jao/Sai/Boo, Elizabello II & Dagama, the Funk Brothers, Abdullah/Jeet, Suleiman, Orlumbus, Bellamy, “Champ” Jesus Burgess (masked “Mr. Store,” wins Block A) — and the mysterious Statue of Kyros, tended by Rebecca (“the undefeated woman”). “Lucy” (Block C) raids the armory and vows to win the Mera Mera no Mi to “take down Doflamingo.” Cavendish styles the arena a blood-sport “exhibition” that “strips man down to his barest, truest essence.”

• Ch. 705 — Burgess dominates a bout (“That guy’s a total monster!!”, pp. 2–3); Vice Admiral Maynard infiltrates the arena undercover as gladiator “Capman” No. 0429 and KOs the Barto Club’s Gambia (pp. 4–6); Admiral Fujitora oversees crowd safety (p. 7); Block B is called with a shadowed Bartolomeo among the entrants (p. 19).

• Ch. 707 — the Block B battle royale runs (138 fighters) with alliances explicitly legal (p. 3). “Hell within the ring! Hell outside the ring!”: the moat outside the fighting ring is stocked with a pack of vicious fighting fish, so a ring-out doesn’t merely disqualify — the seawater mauls the loser (“No one leaves unharmed! This is the Corrida Coliseum!!!”, pp. 7–8). Hiding one’s face is permitted (the Burgess precedent, p. 16). The Block-B fighters on-page include Bellamy, Tank Lepanto and the Prodence alliance (Dagama/Elizabello II), Hack, Blue Gilly (first-shown Longleg), King Riku, and Abdullah/Jeet; Bartolomeo and Cavendish watch from the competitor viewing section.

• Ch. 708 — the Block B royale continues (Tank Lepanto eliminated by Abdullah & Jeet, who are then one-hit-KO’d by Bellamy; Hack repelled by Bartolomeo’s unseen power). The Block C contestants (Luffy, Chin Jao, Sai, Boo, Cavendish) stage their pre-match scuffle; guards reiterate that fighting outside the arena is grounds for ejection (p. 9).

• Ch. 711 — Block C assembles (pp. 14–17). A tearful scene between Rebecca and the one-legged toy soldier: having seen her name on the entry list, he begs her not to fight and dreams that after she wins “we can live together,” while she resolves to fight on. Seeds Dressrosas Living Toys Coexist With Citizens.

• Ch. 712 — the Block C battle royale begins: “139 mighty battlers in Block C,” the opening bell rung, Luffy (as “Lucy”) already down in the ring; Cavendish tries to charge in and is held back (pp. 16–17).

• Ch. 715 — the Block C royale fights out: the giant Hajrudin is eliminated by the boxer Ideo’s single punch (pp. 2–5); the Happo Navy gangsters Sai (13th chief) and Boo (sub-chief) display Hasshoken before Chin Jao floors the field with Conqueror’s Haki (pp. 7–10); the assassin Funk Brothers (Kelly Funk/Bobby Funk) and bounty hunter Jean Ango fight on; Jean Ango strips “Lucy’s” helmet, exposing Luffy, and Chin Jao charges him over an old Garp grudge (p. 18). ~40 survivors remain by chapter’s end (p. 19).

• Ch. 718 — Doflamingo reveals (to Law) that the tournament — and the reborn Mera Mera no Mi prize — is bait to trap Luffy: “he’s never coming out of that arena again” (pp. 16–17). In the ring, Burgess eyes “Lucy” (Luffy) — “Who’s the shrimp?!!” — as the crowd roars over a Gum-Gum “Hawk Rifle” blow (pp. 18–19).
• Ch. 720 — tournament block structure clarified: Block A (Burgess), Block B (Bartolomeo), Block C (“Lucy”/Luffy) decided; Block D pending, the ring requiring a 15-minute repair between blocks (p. 2). Introduces the “Cells” — the gladiators’ underground lodging area, off-limits to “guest fighters,” where the imprisoned prisoner-gladiators are held (those who crossed the Donquixote Family, promised freedom only after 1,000 wins) (pp. 12–13, 18).
• Ch. 725 — the arena’s “medical examination room” is exposed as a trapdoor: defeated fighters are secretly dropped into an underground chamber beneath the colosseum, piled with a mountain of toys and dumped warriors (Chin Jao, Sai, Boo, Hajrudin, Elizabello II) — “Doflamingo tricked us… this is an act of war” (pp. 14–17). “Prisoner-gladiator cells” are referenced (p. 12). See The Colosseums Defeated Are Secretly Dumped Underground.

• Ch. 733 — Block D climax & wipeout: the Block D battle royale narrows to ~30 fighters (Cavendish favored; Rebecca, Suleiman, Orlumbus, Mummy, Damask among them, with Orlumbus felling the beast-gladiator Agyo the Fighting Lion) — then every surviving fighter is dropped in a single instant by an unseen attacker no one in the crowd could follow (pp. 18–19). See An Unseen Blade Fells All Of Block D In An Instant.

• Ch. 735 — the tournament reaches its ultra-final free-for-all: the four other scheduled officers dropped out, leaving officer Diamante and five surviving gladiators to contest the Mera Mera no Mi in a special ring before a live national audience (pp. 2, 18–19). Among the finalists: Bartolomeo and the cloaked Ace-cosplay figure (the disguised Sabo, hailed “Ace!!!”).

• Ch. 736 — the final round opens: a five-man battle royale hosted and fought by champion Diamante, who reveals his Ripple-Ripple Fruit (“Flag-Man,” “Corrida Glaive”) and is branded “Supreme Officer (Champion of the Corrida Coliseum)” (pp. 5–6, 9). Burgess is among the finalists; Rebecca notes “Lucy” is absent (p. 3).

• Ch. 737 — the final free-for-all for the Mera Mera no Mi: the prize fruit, strapped to a fighting fish, breaks loose and the contenders scramble for it; “Lucy” (Sabo) routs Jesus Burgess.

• Ch. 741 — the Kyros origin flashback is set here. A conditional-release rule is shown: a violent prisoner could earn freedom by winning 100 battles (“however many years that takes”). Kyros met it in 4 months and went on to 1,000+ undefeated victories over four years against giants, fish-men and “every hero,” becoming the arena’s unbeatable “beast.” King Riku is shown personally recruiting the young slum prisoner into the arena.