Chapter 698

Chapter 698 is titled "Doflamingo Appears".

Cover Page
Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New World Vol. 20 - "Seeing Him Off to the Harbor"

Short Summary
The Straw Hat Pirates, along with their allies and prisoner are heading out to Dressrosa on the Thousand Sunny where they are informed of Luffy's goal to defeat all of the Yonko and the plan by Trafalgar Law to reduce Kaido's power in the New World by destroying Doflamingo's SMILE factory. Regardless of the dangers involving an army of SMILE users and a potential encounter with Kaido himself, Kin'emon along with his son Momonosuke are coming along with the Straw Hats as one of Kin'emon's comrades is being held prisoner in Dressrosa.

Back on Punk Hazard, Smoker allows the G-5 Marines and Brownbeard to retrieve their comrades from their petrified states. One of Smoker's men questions if they should arrest the headless bodies of Doflamingo's subordinates. However, the heads suddenly come flying back to their bodies and the men are viciously attacked by Doflamingo himself. Doflamingo stands in front of Smoker and demands the location of the Straw Hats, but Smoker tells him he has no idea where they are going and call him by his alias "Joker". Seeing that his alias is exposed, Doflamingo strike a blow to Smoker's face severely injuring him. He then attempts to deliver the killing blow but is interrupted by the arrival of Kuzan, the former Admiral.

Chapter Notes

 * The old lady sends Caribou on to the port.
 * The G-5 Marines and former prisoners learn that Caesar's gas does not kill its victims for half a day, giving them time to save their comrades.
 * Smoker temporarily lets Brownbeard go free so that he can save his crew from Caesar's gas.
 * Buffalo and Baby 5's heads get reattached to their bodies.
 * Doflamingo's abilities of manipulating strings, Busoshoku Haki, and Haoshoku Haki are revealed.
 * Doflamingo arrives on Punk Hazard looking for Trafalgar Law and the Straw Hat Pirates, and attacks Smoker and the Marines. Doflamingo nearly kills Smoker, but is stopped by Kuzan, who also just arrived.
 * Law reveals his plan to bring down Kaido to the other Straw Hats, and they start making their way to Dressrosa, to destroy the factory where the SMILEs are being created.
 * Kaido has over five hundred Smile users in his crew, but the fruits are risky due to being artificial.
 * Kin'emon's friend is held captive in Dressrosa.
 * Kuzan is revealed to be the mysterious figure whose silhouette was shown in Chapter 695.
 * As indicated by Law, the Devil Fruits' power directly affects a user through the blood vessels, as discovered by Vegapunk.

Trivia

 * On page 14, an error is shown with Zoro having Luffy's scar on his chest.

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