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Gathering into a Powerful Front! Luffy and a Group of Brutal Warriors!

EpisodeEp. 684

Bruised but alive after Pica's blow, Luffy draws a crowd of Colosseum gladiators who shed their grudges in gratitude to God Usopp. They unite against the stone giant even as they squabble over who gets to bring Doflamingo down.

Air Date: March 14, 2015
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Summary

Flung clear by Pica's strike, the three of Luffy, Zoro, and Law touch down outside the Corrida Colosseum. As the swordsmen take stock of the giant's strength, Cavendish springs at Law, still bitter that the Supernovas robbed him of his fame. Luffy steps in, naming Law a friend, a label Law instantly and loudly refuses. Cavendish admits his old grudge against Luffy has faded, thanks to Usopp breaking his toy curse, and even returns a hat he picked up. As repayment, he offers to finish Doflamingo so the Straw Hats can lie low. Luffy waves him off, insisting he owes Rebecca for sharing her lunch, a motive Cavendish takes for a bid at fame and headlines.

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The liberated combatants arrive in waves, every grudge abandoned, all of them set on Doflamingo's head to settle their debt to Usopp. Chinjao turns up alongside Sai and Boo, Hajrudin follows, and then a whole throng pours in. Among them stand Dagama and Elizabello II, Jeet and Suleiman, Orlumbus and Ideo, plus Abdullah and Blue Gilly, each pressing the same claim for reasons of his own. Their bickering ends when bounty-hungry ex-toys press in; sickened that anyone would attack their liberators, the warriors drop the quarrel and smash the assault with ease. Luffy then picks Ucy out from among them, and the fighting bull knows its friend at once.

Sure the Straw Hats are dead, the townspeople raise their guns at the looming bull-shaped shadow, only to lock up when they see Luffy's crew flanked by the Colosseum's deadliest fighters. Pica moves to crush them, but Chinjao's drilling headbutt and a lighter King Punch from Elizabello II split the giant's stone arm apart, leaving the citizens speechless. All the while, Luffy keeps trying to shake his rivals so he can chase Doflamingo by himself.

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Notes

The episode falls under the Dressrosa Arc, and Elizabello debuts Light Version: King Punch. Several beats are anime additions: the plateau climbers feeling the aftershock of Pica's punch as Leo catches a falling Usopp, Pica stewing over Luffy's mockery, and the allies laughing at the giant's voice before the clash. On the page, Luffy and Zoro landed together outside the Colosseum, whereas here Luffy, carrying Law, comes down apart from Zoro. The manga gathered the allies right after Cavendish, but the adaptation has the group fight off enemies first, with the Chinjao Family pursuit invented for the broadcast. Zoro likewise reacts to Cavendish far more warily than the source showed.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the toys in Dressrosa?

Episode 684 refers to some Dressrosa warriors, including Cavendish, as former toys who had been transformed and then freed after Usopp broke their toy curse, an act of gratitude that leads them to unite against Doflamingo despite old rivalries.

Why do the Colosseum gladiators put aside their grudges in Episode 684?

The liberated Colosseum fighters abandon their grudges against Luffy because they are united by gratitude toward Usopp, whom they call God Usopp, for freeing them, and they turn their combined strength toward taking down Doflamingo instead.

What happens when Cavendish confronts Law in Episode 684?

Cavendish, still bitter that the Supernovas overshadowed his fame, springs at Trafalgar Law, but after Luffy calls Law a friend and Cavendish recalls that Usopp broke his toy curse, he backs down and even offers to finish off Doflamingo himself.

What happens to Pica's stone arm in Episode 684?

When Pica moves to crush Luffy's group, Chinjao's drilling headbutt combined with a lighter King Punch from Elizabello II shatters the giant's stone arm, stunning the watching citizens.

Who is Ucy and how does Luffy recognize him in Episode 684?

Ucy is a fighting bull among the Colosseum warriors, and when Luffy picks him out from the crowd, the bull immediately recognizes its old friend.

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