One Piece, Vol. 73: Operation Dressrosa S.O.P.

One Piece [ワンピース] #73

by Eiichiro Oda

Trouble is everywhere in the mysterious kingdom of Dressrosa. As his crew searches for a way to stop the island’s tyrant, Doflamingo, Luffy continues his quest to win back the Flame-Flame Fruit. But when he learns more about Rebecca and the true history of the kingdom, how will it affect his plans?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Shonen, Adventure, Graphic Novels, Action

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 4, 2014

About the author

Eiichiro Oda (尾田栄一郎, Oda Eiichirō) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime One Piece.

As a child, Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's works and aspired to become a manga artist. He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular TV animation series titled Vicky the Viking. He submitted a character named Pandaman for Yudetamago's classic wrestling manga Kinnikuman. Pandaman was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would later return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works.

Please also see:
尾田荣一郎 (Chinese, simplified)
尾田榮一郎 (Chinese, traditional)

Reviews

[jay · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eijo digga, natürlisch hol isch dir die Feuerfrucht, Bruder, isch schwör Alter (canon sentence in the german translation btw, i’m not being funny)

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Hobby-Hobby Fruit is absurd.

[Emi.acg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un poco de torneo y más avance en la historia. Ya está luchando el bloque D, el de Rebecca y Cavendish, entre otros. Ya sabemos quién es Rebecca, la nieta del antiguo rey del país y también que este sigue vivo.
Los muwis se separaron, tras el ataque de doflamingo tuvieron que zarpar Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Brook y Momo junto a Caesar. Law se quedó enfrentando a Mingo para que pudieran escapar, spoiler perdió xd
Los demás excepto Zoro y Luffy se enteraron de la verdad, Como hace 900 años dirigía el país la familia Donquixote y como fueron una de las familias fundadoras se fueron a vivir a Mariejoa dejando a la familia Riku como nueva realeza. Los tontata eran esclavos pero después del siglo vacío y que llegara la familia Riku al poder se les pidió perdón y se les permitió tomar de la isla lo que necesitaran y se creó la leyenda de las hadas.
Hace 10 años llegó Mingo a reclamar su lugar como rey y hurdio un plan aprovechándose de su fruta para que todo el pueblo odiara al rey actual. Cómo arabasta pero con un enemigo más sádico y con más poder.
Nos cuentan también la identidad real de Violet, es la hija del rey y tía de Rebecca xd mingo se la quedó a cambio de dejar con vida al rey Riku
Lo último fue Luffy intentando salir del coliseo y un encuentro con un personaje misterioso XD es Sabio jajsjs

[Ben Truong · Rating 4 out of 5]

One Piece, Vol. 73 continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next ten chapters (722–731) of the on-going manga series.

This tankōbon continues the Dressrosa Arc. The final block of the Corrida Colosseum begins after Cavendish stopped the crowd from jeering Rebecca, which she manages to defeat her opponents by tripping them out of the ring. The defeated fighters of the previous block are dumped on in a pit full of toys with the others. Later on, Luffy and Bartolomeo meet someone who has been long believed to be dead.

Meanwhile, Zoro and Kin'emon try to find a way to enter the Colosseum to save Luffy, while Violet helps Sanji return to the Thousand Sunny to reunite with Nami and the rest of the crew. Sanji begins a fight with Doflamingo, but was defeated immediately. Before delivering the killing blow, Trafalgar Law came to deflect Doflamingo's attack and returned both Sanji and Caesar back to the ship, telling everyone to go to Zou as soon as possible.

Ricky reveals himself to be Riku Doldo III, the former king of Dressrosa. While Thunder Soldier tells the Straw Hats how the former King Riku lost his throne and the respect of his people – ten years ago.

This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Eiichirō Oda. For the most part it is written and constructed rather well. It continues the Dressrosa Arc, which is divided into three main stories – the Battle Royale that Monkey D. Luffy enters. The second story deals with the Straw Hats and their continuing mission to destroy the SMILE Factory. Lastly, there is a flashback history about Dressrosa and how the king of the island lost the respect of his people.

All in all, One Piece, Vol. 73 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was pretty cool. We have Luffy continue watching the battle of Rebecca and we learn the history of what happened ten years ago with King Riku and how Doflamingo orchestrated the destruction of his image amidst his people, history of the toys and the tontotta kingdom and how they are planning a resistance and take the fight to him and then next up while others make their way to Zou, some of them stay behind with their new allies to fight Doflamingo and enter Sabo which was a great scene and the big battle and escape is coming! This arc is just becoming epic and the art is next level good handling so many characters!

[Sophia Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

LAW. GET UP. REF. DO SOMETHING. anyways… backstory of dressrosa does indeed eat. pieces are moving around and shit is about to get down. LETS RID OF THE HEAVENLY DEMON PLEASE

[Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oda does it again.

The plot of the Dressrosa arc is thickening well. It's the standard One Piece formula: the Straw Hat crew go to a new island (this time Spanish-themed) that seems nice on the surface but something sinister is bubbling under the surface. Yet, everytime the stakes are raised ever higher. This time with a little fairy revolution. The tournament battle scenes are awesome as well, which is a bit of a manga cliche but well done a testament to One Piece and Oda that it only took 70-odd volumes to do a tournament.

The new revelations about the secret history of the One Piece world are intriguing - the founding of the world government and Celestial Dragons and the connection to bigtime villain Doflamingo oh my! Can't wait to learn more about Trafalgar Law, and that mysterious 'not dead' fellow that got Luffy so emotional on the last page...

It's taking a lot of willpower for me to not illegally skip to the next pirated chapter, and I remain hooked on the official Viz-translated volumes. The following cannot come out fast enough.

[Quirky Omega · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lights, camera, action!
We're not seeing much of Nami, Sanji or Brooke in this part. GLAD of it!
Nami was getting on my nerves. Sometimes the only assets she shows are the ones she shouldn't be showing. And I swear if I had to see Sanji spouting fountains of blood from his nose one more time, I would have made him spout blood out of a lot many more holes than what God intended.

Luffy is still the lovable, rubbery superhero but he isn't the hero this time. The hero is Sanji. And what a twist! I am lapping up the attention that he's getting. Just goes on to show how much potential his character has.

[Léa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeksksksksks si c'est Sabo à la fin je meurs

[Juju ♡ ～('▽^人) · Rating 3 out of 5]

DRESSROSA ARC - PART 3
1. wait, traffy used the substitution jutsu but in reverse. i love this man with all my being. ALSO OMFG, traffy leaving his heart at the ship and putting caesar's heart inside his chest nfgnnhngnhnnhngh he is so smart

2. i also like that law allows the straw hat crew to call him traffy haha

3. i HATE DOFLAMINGOOOOO; his entire shitty spiel with king riku was insanely heartless, but what can you expect from a celestial dragon

4. nobody somehow gives a shit about traffy's plan LMFAO franky wants to help the little people, and luffy and everybody else is like "yep, i'm on board" meanwhile law is losing his mind

5. WHAT THE HELL IS BIG MOM DOING HERE

6. SABO? PLEASE TELL ME IT'S SABO

[Sarah|ساره🍉 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dressrosa Zoro is so attractive😮‍💨

[Blake the Book Eater · Rating 5 out of 5]

This arc just keeps getting better and better. Oh wow. I love the vibe of the country on the verge of a revolution! It’s so epic.

[lizzie mcguire · Rating 5 out of 5]

You have no idea how emotionally attached I am to this series. The last chapter in this volume has had me bawling my eyes out for a WHILE. This is everything I wanted, I’m so so happy ❤️‍🩹

[Esther Sánchez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Así que si todo tu pueblo está oprimido... solo tienes que aguantarte y esperar hasta que llegue un opresor que no te oprima... ajá.

[Zehra · Rating 5 out of 5]

The whole background story just destroyed me like how dare you

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yes Law, keep on failing, go girl give us nothing.

[urbanoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my god I think this might be my favorite arc

[Libbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Doflamingo is a piece of shit but he's literally the only thing keeping me reading rn

I really don't get why this series is so beloved by so many 😭😭😂

[maggie]

SABOOOOOOOOO

[bookstories_travels🪐 · Rating 4 out of 5]

¡OMG Como se está poniendo el patio! Este tomo me ha gustado bastante más que el anterior, la trama está avanzando a pasos agigantados por todos los lados, y no hay casi momentos de descanso, lo que hace que el espectador no pueda despistarse ni un momento. La historia de Domflamingo y su relación con el pasado del reino de Dressrosa se aclaran, a la par que descubrimos que Domflamingo es mi más ni menos que un Dragón Celestial, y cual maquiavélico puede llegar a ser. La verdad es que cada vez tengo más claro que es uno de los antagonistas mejor perfilados de todo el manga, y lo impredecible y cruel que puede llegar a ser. La pelea en la que acaba aliándose con Fujitora vs Law es uno de los platos fuertes del tomo, donde vemos desarrollarse el pasado entre esos dos, que promete ser dramático e influyente en lo que pasa ahora, y que quiero ver. Mientras, los planes del pueblo Tonatta, con la colaboración de Usopp, Robin y Franky, prosiguen ( y nos dan la excusa perfecta para descubrir el pasado de Dressrosa), los miembros de la banda que permanecen en el Sunny tampoco tienen un momento de descanso. Destaca la aparición en escena de Los piratas de Big Mon para complicar aún más el patio, y la decisión que toman de que algunos miembros vayan a la isla de Zou en pos de favorecer el plan que ya tenían. Creo que esta decisión muestra hasta que punto todo ya no es un juego de niños, que contra Yonkou y Shichibukai ya no sirve solo ir de pelea en pelea, hay que ser cuidadosos.

Y por supuesto mención especial a las últimas páginas del tomo. Ha sido muy sorpresivo todo, me hubiera esperado que Oda hubiera dejado caer alguna pista en capítulos previos (a parte de la cover con las tres copas de same sobre la tumba de Ace en capítulos anteriores. Me refiero alguna escena introduciendo al personaje que nos ocupa). Pero eso no es malo, ni quita para que uno de los reencuentros más esperados ( porque era obvio que “esa persona no había muerto” ) sea uno de los momentos más emotivos de toda la serie. No importa cuantas veces la vea, esta escena siempre termina emocionándome.

Desde luego este tomo ha sido muy completo en todos los sentidos, y toda la trama y personajes muy bien llevados.

[Snooparty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This MANGA. This manga is one of the best things I read in my entire life. I'm not exaggerating, I read plenty of English (and translated to English) and Arabic books as well as plenty of Mangas, and honestly from all of these... One Piece is the best.

Oda is great in world building. His characters are lovable that even if(and I'm speaking for myself) your favourite characters are not part of the main characters you STILL enjoy the story just as much! Since side characters (unlike MANY books) are strongly connected to the story and they never fade out and never get neglected. One of the reasons you never get bored is because Oda developed these many different friendships until the very latest chapter and every character keeps growing on you, and SEVERAL moments you witness these strong bonds between those characters that either make you extremely happy or just cry your eyes out from the touching and heartbreaking scene. And he manages to create all these unique and interesting people even though he has a large cast already, but you can't help but love them all!

Not only the main characters and their friendships but the sibling's bond as well. For example Ace/Luffy/Sabo.. you know how strong their bond is during the war, you know how deep they are connected once you read the last chapter in this volume.

Other than those things above. The plot! Oh God, the plot! It's perfection. And how Oda connects something from the first chapter to the 500th something chapter and your mind doesn't have the option but blows from awesomeness.

And this volume is one pile of crazyness and wonderfulness. We have all these new creatures and not only ONE but TWO Yonkou's involved somehow into this arc, while the Strawhats have to deal with an Admiral and a Warlord and also trying to aid an uprising to succeed! And in the midst of all this we have this old character coming into the story so the revolutionary army is also involved.

And what's lovely about all this? THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW WORLD. Just imagine the rest of the story!

[Thelma · Rating 4 out of 5]

2025 reread : if I ever needed proof that Oda is troll the last few pages of this volume would be that proof.
Other important point of this volume : Zoro is so funny. Him wanting to cut into the coloseum had me in giggle. The man is hilarious.
I love seeing the connection between the strawhats. By this point they know how the others work so well that they can just go with the flow at any time (like when Usopp says they are legendary heroes and they all just roll with it, no questions asked).
Lastly : I feel like I forgot to mention him in previous volumes but Bartolomeo is a riot. I love him. He is so stupid. I think visually he would have fit into Kid's crew super well, but since he loves Luffy so much Kid probably wouldn't take him in (though I bet they would be good friends and just fight over that one thing if they met).





I feel like this is slowing down? But the ending totally won me over for reasons ^^

[Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume starts off with Chapter 722: The Bloodline of Royalty.

The final round of the tournament begins, and Rebecca is out to prove herself to Soldier-san. I'm kind of impressed by her defense only fighting style. On the other side of the island Ussop, Robin, Franky and the Tontatta tribe are making their final plans to knock out Sugar.

I'll write more when my editing mode hits.
Happy Readings!
Fly my Pretties! Fly!

[Vyshakh Aravindan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 73 – “Operation Dressrosa S.O.P.”
The plan to stop Sugar, the child with the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, begins. Usopp, Robin, and the Tontatta army sneak into the palace. Meanwhile, Doflamingo manipulates the birdcage, trapping the entire island. The threads tighten — allies form, lies are broken, and Luffy starts to gain an army without realizing it.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The tragic Riku clan in Dressrossa, the uprise of Donquixote clan, Sanji to the rescue, Big Mom, The rebellion of the dwarves and soldier-san, Robin's shocked face(if I'm not mistaken), the big fan of Strawhat crew, and finally SABO is back!!!!!!!! 4 stars!

[Graham Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

The plot threads of the Dressrosa arc are coming together, so that means it's simpler and easier to follow right? Eh, not so much and in some ways it's getting even more convoluted (i.e., Oda Sensei threw in the return of the Big Mom pirates, and the (admittedly enjoyable) return of two flashback characters from the Revolutionary Army) but it's still enjoyable. Probably the standout of this volume was the extended flashback showing how Donquixote Doflamingo ousted the Riku family as rulers of Dressrosa. Pretty heinous stuff on par with or beyond what some of the previous villains had done (at least as bad as what the Navy did in Robin’s backstory). The inevitable Luffy vs Mingo showdown will be epic and satisfying to see. The other highlight of the volume was the closing chapter with the revelation that Koala (from the Fish Man Island arc flashbacks) is working for the Revolutionary Army as was Luffy learning that Sabo is alive (his subsequent reaction was both funny and sweet). Looking forward to the next volume and having that interaction explained.


There were a couple of other enjoyable moments from the other characters.

- It’s a bit annoying that the Straw Hats are splitting up with Brook, Nami, and Chopper going to the next island but I really did like Nami’s logic for doing so in order to keep an edge over their enemies.
- Sanji being able to go toe-to-toe for a bit with Mingo was great to see, it’s a bit boring that the main villains take down the other Straw Hats with less difficulty than when they fight Luffy. So nice change of pace.
- While we’re waiting for Luffy vs Mingo, for the moment the fight between Mingo and Traffy was thrilling to see as was Zoro dueling Issho. Issho in general seems like a neat admiral or at least not as bad as the others so I’m curious as to where Oda Sensei is taking his story next (as well as his feelings towards the Straw Hats).
- Usopp getting over his fear when he finds out his enemy is a little girl was hilarious (and probably will be funnier when that attitude blows up in his face)

[belle ☆ﾐ (thisbellereadstoo) · Rating 3 out of 5]

the crew on sunny was turned back to human. they made their way towards law and Caesar. doflamingo almost intercepted and was stopped by sanji. law and caesar boarded onto sunny, but all of them had to leave via sunny so that doflamingo doesn’t follow them, leaving half of the straw hat crew in dressrosa.

doflamingo was a celestial dragon.

all the losers of the competition were dropped down the rubbish chute. king riku, Rebecca’s grandfather, is still alive!

for 100 years, the dwarfs were enslaved by doflamingo's family. but for the past 800 years, they've been living in peace and no longer slaves during king riku's rule. mr. soldier is rebecca's biological father. years ago, doflamingo told king riku that he would sell him the country for 10 billion belli and king riku tried to get the money from everyone in the country without telling them why. the citizens trusted him and gave them their money. however, he started to slash at his people because he was being controlled by doflamingo. acting as their saviour, doflamingo entered the fight and “defeated” king riku.

VIOLET = VIOLA = REBECCA'S SISTER = MR. SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER = KING RIKU'S GRANDDAUGHTER?????

law is being pummelled by doflamingo, and was captured by the marines/doflamingo. big mom's ship caught up to sunny.

”If we hand over the cards Law tried to protect with his life to the enemy, we'll let him down!

someone was instructed by doflamingo to kill bellamy but bartholomeo saved him.

once they knock out the hobby fruit user (who made them into toys), the toys will become humans again and the rest of dressrosa will regain their memories of the toys.

although luffy really wants to retrieve ace's devil fruit, the situation calls for him to leave the coliseum and save his friends. someone took over luffy's identity as “lucy” while luffy snuck out.

volume 73: chapter 722-731

[Hafeez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 73: Chapter 722-731
Saga 8: Dressrosa
Arc 27: Dressrosa

Doflamingo is a former Tenryuubito. Law changed his plan and trying to escape with Caesar. Doflamingo heads to the Thousand Sunny. Sanji appears to stop him. Doflamingo is too strong to be defeated. Law make another plan. He let the remaining Straw Hat Pirates to escape. Sanji, Nami, Brook, Chopper, Momonosuke and Caesar escape to Zou. The remaining Straw Hat Pirates stay in Dressrosa to further their mission.

Back at the Corrida Colosseum, all the defeated contestants were thrown into a pit under the colosseum. They were turned into toys. Gladiator Ricky is the former king of Dressrosa, King Riku Dold III. 

Back at the Tontatta rebellion HQ, 900 years ago, the Tontatta tribe arrived at Dressrosa after the House of Donquixote offered them a place to live. But they were forced to be a slave. In result, Dressrosa become a rich country. Later, the House of Riku come and changed the fate of the Tontatta tribe. 10 years ago, the House of Donquixote, through Doflamingo take over the country and do the same like their ancestors. It is revealed that the toy soldier is Rebecca's father. King Riku's daughter, Princess Viola is in Doflamingo's care and she is now known as Violet.

Doflamingo vs. Law; Law lose the battle. Zoro and Kin'emon trying to save Law but Admiral Fujitora interrupted. At the same time, Sanji's team is confronting the Big Mom's ship. They also wants Caesar. They have 5 mission simultaneously:
- to save Law
- to destroy Smile Factory
- to get Mera Mera no Mi
- to save Kanjurou
- to escape from Big Mom's ship and head for Zou

The Tonttata Tribe planned to take out Sugar, the one who turned all people into toys.

Mysterious man appears an take Luffy's job to get Mera Mera no Mi.

[Agung Wicaksono · Rating 4 out of 5]

Salah satu yang dijelaskan di volume ini adalah asal-usul kedatangan Doflamingo dan komplotannya ke Dressrosa sehingga mereka bisa berkuasa di sana. Ternyata, ia melakukan cara licik dengan mengendalikan tubuh raja sebelumnya sehingga sang raja bersama para prajuritnya yang lain membantai rakyatnya sendiri; padahal raja tersebut dikenal sangat baik dan cinta perdamaian. Nah, dari masalah itu, anggota bajak laut Topi Jerami pun bersedia ikut membantu para boneka dan kurcaci untuk memberontak kepada Pemerintahan Doflamingo sehingga raja sebelumnya bisa berkuasa kembali.

[afton · Rating 5 out of 5]

(chapters 722 - 731: 5 stars) fighting for my life trying to remember everyone’s name, though I’m succeeding for the most part. someone from the past appeared at the end of this volume andddd i cannot remember them to save my life, but honestly so many past players are in this arc it’s insane. i’m actually obsessed with this saga and want doflamingo to pay for his crimes. after i think i know what’s going on, there’s another darker layer to unpack. it’s insane.