Chapter 703

Chapter 703 is titled "Waiting Room".

Cover Page
Color Spread: Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, and Brook are on a broken boat surrounded by sharks.

Short Summary
After finding out that his brother's Devil Fruit is being offered as the prize in the colosseum, Luffy made it his mission to win the tournament and claim the fruit to prevent anyone from taking it.

Meanwhile, Zoro is still chasing the thief that took his sword and Sanji catches up to him only to get distracted by a dancer named Violet who asked him to hide her from the police because she stabbed her lover who cheated on her. Sanji, being lovestruck says it is all right since he never says no to a crying woman.

Relieved, Violet asked Sanji to protect her until she gets to the next town because there is a man there she wants him to kill. Luffy and Franky reach the colosseum where upon Franky's advice Luffy entered with a fake name "Lucy" so that no one will recognize him.

In the waiting room, some of the large contestants looked at Luffy with amusement while one of them takes his appearance as an insult and proceeds to attack him, but Luffy answers back by giving him a brutal shoulder flip, breaking the floor. The other contestants were rendered speechless as Luffy greeted them.

Chapter Notes

 * The phrase on the color spread, "We'll send an SOS to the world", is a reference to the song "Message in a Bottle" by the rock band The Police.
 * Just as Doflamingo predicted, Luffy decides to get the Mera Mera no Mi, not wanting just anyone to eat it. He offers the fruit to Franky, but he declined, wanting to keep his ability to swim.
 * Zoro separates from Sanji who meets a dancer named Violet.
 * Violet is fleeing from the police after stabbing her lover and she wants Sanji's help to kill a certain man.
 * According to Thunderous Wrath Soldier, only the Donquixote Family's law exists in the Corrida Colosseum. The police and the Marines are not allowed in the colosseum and they can't use their authority.
 * Luffy enters the tournament under the alias "Lucy" to win the Mera Mera no Mi.
 * Luffy easily defeats a contestant named Spartan.