Wednesday, October 30, 2013

One Piece Chapter 726: The Riku Clan

coverpage (colorspread): SHs and when they were young with numbers on their shirt in order of when they became a member of the crew (from left to right: brook, robin, sanji, nami, luffy, zoro, ussop, chopper and franky). this is the first time we see a younger brook throughout the series

726--spoilers---AP Aohige
first half

Sai notices Ideo, Kelly, and Boo falling to their pit.
Tank Repanto approach Ricky, and tells him I've had this feeling all along...are you not.. my majesty, King Riku?
Ricky takes his helm off. He looks like Heihachi from tekken but with a cupid mayo baby hair on the forhead.
Riku Doldo the third, former king of Dressrosa

Tank bursts in tears, rejoicing to see his king alive.
Tank's disloyalty to Doflamingo was because he was royal to the Riku royalty.
Riku guessed Tank was looking after Viola's safety all along, and that he would never question his loyalty.

King Elizabello comes over and hugs Riku, glad to see his old friend alive.
Riku helped out his nation many times, and Elizabello is tired of all the warfare in the neighboring nations after Riku's disappearance.
Sai says there is someone benefiting greatly from all the war in the region.
Doflamingo is making a fortune off by manipulating the war from behind,and selling weapons to all sides.
Even their home nation of Ka no Kuni is caught in the wars.

Sai and his group were sent by the king of Ka, to investigate and destroy the weapon smugglers.
He blames Riku for losing his head and allowing Doflamingo to become a king for all the wars in the region.
To this Dagama agrees, telling his king that even though Riku was a friend in the past, they should alienate from him.
Enraged, Tank tells Riku he doesn't know the truth that transpired ten years ago.

Riku stops Tank, but Tank tells him he's a soldier loyal to your majesty.
Many gladiators stands up and announce that they are soldiers of Riku as well.
Some of the toys stands up with them.
Many soldiers and toys kneel before their king.

Hack, hidden from others, communicates with someone on a small Den Den mushi.
He reports that with such a huge pit underground, there may be more hidden secrets here.
The person on the other side of the communication acknowledges, and tells him to continue his recon.

Just then, a blob of slime stretches down, and snags Sai away.
Shortly later, Sai is turned into a monkey toy.
Trebol gives him orders.. "Do not harm humans" "Obay the Family", now head to the factory.
Sai is conscious, but cannot not disobey the orders, and his body moves on its own...

Meanwhile in Colosseum
Luffy is cheering on Rebecca, and tells the TV to show her more instead of Cabbage.
He heads to a better spot to see the fights, but before that he chats with the gladiators there.
He tells him how he though this country was fun and happy, but seeing them, that doesn't seem like the whole truth.
The gladiators tell him how this nation exist both light and dark, and the losers are thrown in the darkness.
If you take out the trash (losers) of course the country will look clean and bright.
Luffy tells him it reminds him of the country he grew up in.

As Luffy leaves, Barto finds him. *bursts into tears of joy*

At the flower garden:
The elder explains their history. The Tontatta faced extinction every time they encountered humans in the past.
But the king of Dressrosa at the time, Doflamingo, offered them resource and safety in return for small amount of labor.
But in truth, it was a slave system. Enslaved, the Tontattas were locked underground and abused.
Due to their slave work, the people of Dressrosa flourished in wealth.

But after the "Void Century" all changed. A new king appeared in Dressrosa. King Riku.
Riku found out about the Tontattas, cried, and apologized to them for all the cruelty.
He promised them that they can take any resource they need for survival from his country, he'll simply chalk it up to "fairies did it".
Thus the fairy legend was created in Dressrosa.

Riku royalty were generous rulers. They were never very wealthy, but always helped others in needs, including neighboring nations.
But the the 800 years of ties with Riku and the Tontattas were broken 10 years ago when Donquioxte, the descendant of the Doflamingos took the throne. He plans to reenact the terrible history of the past. He's already claimed 500 Tontattas, including the elder's daughter princess Manshelly.

Hearing their tale, Usopp riles up for a battle, while Franky sheds tears for them.
Robin asks why the girl on the screen is being jeered on by the crowd for being the granddaughter of Riku then?
The toy soldier explains that the King lost the favor of his people 10 years ago, but they don't know the truth of what transpired.
The king was trying to protect his own country the whole time. Doflamingo tried to rid all the Rikus at the time, but he took Rebecca and fled. But at last they've been caught and now she's an exhibition at the Colosseum...!
He couldn't protect her mother, but he'll protect Rebecca and King Riku's trust with all his life.
Usopp asks him exactly who are you?

The soldier replies that although she wouldn't remember him after he's been turned into a toy, he is the true father of Rebecca.

End of chapter.

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