The Birdcage vanished. The strings snapped. For the first time in a decade, the toys turned back into people—husbands, wives, parents—weeping as they embraced their forgotten families. The people of Dressrosa lifted a bleeding, grinning Luffy onto their shoulders, not as a hero, but as a liberator. And behind him, seven pirate crews pledged their eternal loyalty to the Straw Hat flag, forming a grand fleet of 5,600 men.
But Doflamingo was a monster of a different order. He revealed his Awakening, turning the very buildings and ground into strings, skewering Luffy again and again. Luffy, pushed past exhaustion, entered his own final gambit: Gear Fourth – Boundman. A bouncing, giant form of compressed muscle and steam, he pummeled Doflamingo through the city’s crust, each Kong Gun a seismic shockwave. one piece dressrosa arc episodes
The clock began to tick. Doflamingo, cornered by Law’s scheme and Luffy’s defiance, unleashed his ultimate trap: the “Birdcage.” A cage of invincible strings erupted from his palace, slowly contracting to slice the entire island into ribbons. Panic consumed Dressrosa as the real King Riku, the people’s long-dead memory, emerged to confess the truth: Doflamingo had forced him to kill his own citizens a decade ago. The Birdcage vanished
“Protect him!” shouted Zoro. “For ten seconds, no one touches Luffy!” The people of Dressrosa lifted a bleeding, grinning
The calm before the storm had ended. The dawn of the Four Emperors saga had begun.