Volume 73

Volume 73 is titled "Operation Dressrosa SOP".

Cover
The colored cover has a honey-colored background, and the author's name is written in pansy purple.

On the front, starting from the top, the order of featured characters begin with Luffy once again under his "Lucy" disguise, being trapped by the bars of the Corrida Colosseum. It continues with Donquixote Doflamingo and Trafalgar Law attacking each other, a crying Riku Dold III as he appeard 10 years ago, and Tony Tony Chopper, Caesar Clown, Sanji, Momonosuke, Nami and Brook at the bottom.

Sanji is used for the spine, and the skull on the spine is colored pinkish-purple. The title logo colorscheme uses the colors purple (fading from white), red, and dark purple.

Chapters
722. Royal Bloodlines (王族の血統): The final block of the Corrida Colosseum begins after the Cavendish stopped the crowd from jeering Rebecca. Off the coast of Dressrosa, Brook tricked Jora that led to her defeat and the returns everything into normal.

723. Change of Plans (変更作戦): Zoro and Kin'emon tries to find a way to enter the Colosseum to save Luffy, while Violet helps Sanji to return to the Sunny to reunite with Nami and the rest of the crew.

724. Law's Strategy (ローの作戦): Sanji makes 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 Zo as soon as possible.

725. The Undefeated Woman (無敗の女): Law and Doflamingo begins to duel on the iron bridge between Green Bit and Dressrosa. At the Battle Royale in the Colosseum, Rebecca defeats the participants by tripping them into the ring.

726. The Riku Family (リク一族): The defeated fighters of the previous block are dumped on in a pit full of toys with the others. Ricky reveals himself to be Riku Dold III, the former king of Dressrosa. In the Flower Field, Gancho reveals the cruelty done by the Donquixote Family to the dwarves.

727. The Lurking Hero (待ち伏せるヒーロー): Thunder Soldier tells the Straw Hat Pirates how the former King Riku lost his throne and the respect of his people.

728. The Number of Tragedies (悲劇の数): The story ten years ago continues as Doflamingo continues the process of dethroning King Riku. After telling the story, Thunder Soldier tells everyone that Riku is alive in exchange of Princess Viola's allegiance.

729. Shichibukai Doflamingo vs. Shichibukai Law (七武海ドフラミンゴVS.七武海ロー): Dellinger attempts to kill Bellamy upon Doflamingo's orders. Meanwhile, Doflamingo continues to fight Law up to the outside of the Colosseum, where Doflamingo defeats and shoots Law.

730. 3 Cards (3枚のカード): Doflamingo and Fujitora takes Law to the palace. In the Sunny, the Sunney crew encounters the ship of Big Mom and attacks the ship in order to retrieve Caesar.

731. Operation Dressrosa SOP (ドレスローザSOP作戦): Thunder Soldier tells everyone the plan that is to defeat Sugar to revert all of the toys back to their original form. Inside the Colosseum, Luffy and Bartolomeo meet someone who has been long dead.

SBS Notes
Number of fan-drawn SBS Headers featured: 6
 * Aremo Ganmi (Peekatha Krotch in the VIZ translation)'s name is revealed.
 * Straw Hats' least favorite foods revealed.
 * Tontatta dwarves' names and hierarchy revealed.

Usopp Gallery Pirates
Grand Prize: Kaho [佳穂] (Hiroshima, Japan)
 * Located on pages 202-209.
 * Total number of submissions featured: 47 (+1 mailing address poster)

Trivia

 * On the inside front cover of this volume, you can find a small pandaman posing inside Doflamingo's feather coat.