To Lucyanne, With Love

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The chapter opens with Princess Mansherry cheerfully asking Leo, "I've hurt my legs-- can you give me a piggyback ride?" or offering to let him carry her in his arms. A side caption calls her "a kindhearted princess, right...?" Leo, Kabu, and the others are exasperated by her sudden selfishness. Leo tells her she can heal her legs herself and asks why they do not both run out together. Mansherry answers, "Fine. I won't run, then," and says she does not remember asking Leo to save her. When the others protest that the princess's mood swings are already back, Kabu tells Leo to just give her the ride because they do not have time to dilly-dally. The title reads "CHAPTER 775: TO LUCY ANNE, WITH LOVE."

Leo carries Mansherry on his back while Kabu complains that she is selfish, moody, short-tempered, and a handful of a princess. Kabu adds that the princess is cordial to everyone except Leo for a reason, while Mansherry calls out affectionately, "Leo's back." Behind them, Giolla lies defeated and orders the guards to capture the dwarves. She says the matter is of great importance and that she must report it to the young master as soon as possible. At the same time, the fallen executives have not yet been healed. Giolla thinks the young master's calculations included the ultimate technique of the Chiyu Chiyu no Mi, and the restoration power it grants at the cost of one's lifespan.

The scene shifts to the Smile Factory, where Franky and Senor Pink are still fighting. A label reads "Franky vs. Senor Pink," and people shout that the factory is in danger. Someone calls, "Senor! You must protect it at all cost!" and another warns, "Dodge it, Senor!" Franky attacks with a heavy "Hammer!" but Senor Pink stands strong and takes the blow head-on. The factory trembles with the sound "Frrrranky~" while spectators react in shock. The page re-centers the chapter on the duel between Franky and Senor Pink after the Mansherry rescue.

Senor Pink keeps taking Franky's attacks despite warnings. The onlookers shout, "Fraland! It's coming again! That move!" and urge him to dodge. Senor Pink uses his swimming ability through the ground and then launches "Meow Meow Suplex," smashing Franky down with enormous force. The attack leaves Franky gasping "Geho!" while Senor Pink and the spectators remain locked in the strange, manly rhythm of the fight. The page shows both fighters still refusing to fight cautiously: Franky keeps attacking head-on, and Senor Pink answers with another absurdly powerful swimming suplex.

Franky and Senor Pink lie amid the wreckage, both breathing hard, while the women watching say, "They... they're both at their limit!" A Tontatta protests that Senor Pink has taken the same attack thirty times and should dodge it, but Franky snaps, "Shut it, Tontatta!" He says a man does not pull away his glass and refuse when offered a drink, and that is why he will not dodge a single one of Senor Pink's attacks. Franky declares, "I'll take every single one head on... and still come out on top! That's my 'strong style'!" The spectators, despite themselves, admit the two have a huge pair on them.

The crowd cries, "Haaaah! Go Fraland!!" Senor Pink reassures the women that this is a duel between men and promises he will win if they let him do it his way. He says he is not as young as he used to be, but he will finish it with the next one. Before that, he asks Franky for a comment about how far away he is, and Franky answers that Senor is really far away. Senor Pink laughs, saying Franky sure knows how to let a man enjoy his booze, and tells him he will remember his words. Franky confirms that Senor has said he will take all his punches with no questions asked, then starts his next attack: "Take this and try to survive it!"

Franky warns that if Senor Pink somehow manages to stand up after the next attack, it will be his loss. He says, "I'll eat whatever attack you throw my way!" and Senor Pink answers, "You got a deal!" Senor swims upward through the tower, shocking spectators who cry, "What in the world is he--?!" and "Whoa! He swam up that tower!" He then drops from above as Franky and the others look up. The huge vertical panel emphasizes the height of the tower and Senor Pink's bizarre ability to swim through solid structures.

As Senor Pink falls, he thinks the sky is sadder today than he would like, and remembers Lucy Anne and his son Gimlet. He says that if only he could keep going like this, he would be able to see her and his Lucy Anne. Then gravity comes between him and Franky. Franky realizes Senor Pink is still flesh and blood beneath the cyborg back, and Senor tells him to keep his mouth shut unless he wants his tongue bitten off. He completes the attack with "Meow-Meow Suplex," driving Franky downward from high above while the crowd screams. The page bridges the present attack with the sadness of Senor Pink's past.

Senor Pink follows the suplex with "Baby Buster!" and slams Franky into the ground. The spectators cry "Fraland!" as the impact shatters the area. After the smoke clears, Franky is still standing, badly damaged, and mutters, "...Well, shit." He says, "Forgive me, young master!" while Senor Pink wheezes, and the watching women and dwarves stare in disbelief. The page suggests Franky has endured the promised attack and is about to answer with the finishing blow, while Senor Pink's thoughts continue to drift toward the past.

Franky lands "Franky Iron Boxing!" directly into Senor Pink, the impact filling the page. As the punch connects, Senor Pink remembers Lucy Anne. Flashback panels show it raining hard while she says, "It really started pouring, didn't it? Ahaha~ but I love it. The rain." She says the things she does not like are pirates, because she hates them more than anything else in the world. When asked what he does for a living, Pink answers, "Ah, er... at a bank, I, uh..." and she calls him a banker. In the present, the blow continues while Pink thinks of the day he met Lucy Anne and the day she stopped laughing.

The flashback continues. Pink and Lucy Anne marry and have a son; he says, "I've got it," and names the child Gimlet. Lucy Anne smiles and calls it a splendid name. Pink remains involved with his violent pirate life outside the home, but eventually Lucy Anne stands in a dark room and asks where Gimlet has been. A voice says, "Gimlet... is he... dead?" while the rain beats outside. The page shows the happiness of Pink's family life cracking apart, contrasting the joy of naming Gimlet with the later darkness of loss.

Lucy Anne explains that exactly a week earlier, the day Pink disappeared, Gimlet's fever suddenly rose. She took him to the hospital, but it was no use. Pink says, "Gimlet..." and Lucy Anne calls him a liar. She says she called the bank, but they had never seen anyone like him, much less an employee. She asks where he got the money they had and how he can even call himself a father. Pink tries to stop her, saying there was a reason he did not tell her everything, but she runs out into the pouring rain and yells, "Quit making a fool of me!" He follows, shouting, "Lucy Anne! Where are you!?"

A doctor explains that the earth and sand from the landslide fell right on top of Lucy Anne, trapping her underneath, and that her condition is grave. Pink asks if she is in a vegetative state. The doctor says she is unaware of what happens around her and will probably never express outward emotion again. Pink sits beside her bed, apologizing: "If you had never met me, you'd still... I didn't want to lose you! That's why I never told you the truth!" He says he wants to hear her voice, hear her respond, and see her smile just once more. He finds Gimlet's bonnet and puts it on, asking Lucy Anne whether he looks like their son and whether he has his face. The page reveals how Pink's infant outfit and behavior began as an attempt to make Lucy Anne smile.

Lucy Anne reacts to Pink wearing the bonnet, and a faint smile appears on her face. Pink, startled, apologizes that it was not funny and asks what if someone sees him like this. But the smile remains. Outside, people mock him as a pervert and say he has lost his sanity after his son died and his wife was left in a terrible accident. Pink ignores the ridicule, laughing "Uwahaha! Pink!" and changing into baby clothes because he knows they make Lucy Anne smile. The page shows him accepting public humiliation because, to him, her smile matters more than any expensive suit.

Pink tells Lucy Anne that the baby clothes have much more value to him than any expensive suit, because when he wears them, he can get her to smile. The memory overlays the present as Franky's punch lands into Senor Pink with a massive impact. The women watching scream while Pink is driven backward by the blow. The page connects the reason for Senor Pink's ridiculous clothing directly to Lucy Anne's smile: the outfit became his way of keeping a tiny emotional connection with the woman he loved.

Senor Pink falls, and the spectators shout, "Fraland!" and "Senooor!" Franky, bloodied and breathing hard, asks what Senor Pink is reminiscing about and wipes his own tears. He says that if they ever cross paths again, Senor should tell him that story over a drink or two: the story of the woman named Lucy Anne. Senor Pink lies defeated while the crowd calls his name. The status box declares, "Smile Factory Battle Victor: Franky," and an ending note says the two men feel each other's pain and that Gimlet went too soon. The page marks "ONE PIECE Ch. 775 END."

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