One Piece Chapter 720

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"Prisoner Gladiators"

09/04/2013

*Spoiler*

So, now we have the results for the first three blocks:

A - "Champion" Jesus Burgess, from Blackbeard's Crew
B - "Cannibal" Bartolomeo, the Super Rookie
C - "Lucy" (Luffy)

Block D will soon have the fight to determine its champion, but there will be a delay due to Luffy's last fight destroying the ring. Pretty convenient for them though to have a spare ring available. I wonder if the ring that has happened before?

Cavendish continues his vendetta against Luffy, after finding out Luffy's true identity, and attacks him in the hall. Cavendish is extremely jealous of Luffy's fame and also hates him and all of the other Super Rookies from the "Worst Generation" aka the 11 Supernovas. Nothing much comes of the fight and eventually Luffy runs off with Rebecca, who helps him hide.

We get a little bit of information on Bartolomeo's personality, which is actually quite funny. Apparently he is Luffy's biggest fan. I'd go so far as to call him a "fanboy," since he's such a big fan of Luffy's that he can't even bring himself to speak with him face-to-face.

As Luffy escapes, we get a little confrontation with Burgess who has Blackbeard on the Den Den Mushi. Of course Burgess and Blackbeard simply harass Luffy after discovering his true identity. They plan to lay claim to Ace's devil fruit. Can Luffy stop them?

Two more things are revealed in this chapter. First, that Rebecca, after failing to kill Luffy, is basically a prisoner of the colosseum. She, along with other wounded gladiators, are kept prisoner until they can win 1,000 battles. That, of course, is impossible, so they are essentially kept as prisoners and forced to fight until they die. It appears that this is not the way it used to work before Doflamingo. That's why Rebecca wants the devil fruit, to have the power needed to defeat Doflamingo. We also learn that Rebecca knows the toy soldier, Mr. Soldier. Clearly they have/had some kind of relationship. Maybe she knew him when he was still a man?

That was a long chapter. What will happen next? Will Luffy help the gladiators? Who will win Block D?

Keep reading and find out.