‘One Piece’ Episode 748 Recap: Luffy and Bartolomeo Trapped to Face Tram Human, Where’s Zorro?


Luffy has been sent to a mysterious island where he was hunted by the head of the pirate community there. After being hunted, he was trapped in a circular metal ball made by Bill, he and Bartolomeo were hunted down by his crew.

Unfortunately for Luffy and Bartolomeo, they were thrown off a cliff, together with one of Bill’s crews, Desire, a known pirate from the East Blue who was also recruited on Bill’s team.

Luffy, Bartolomeo and Desire fell on the deep landing. Without anywhere else to go, Desire found out that her battle ship was wrecked by the fall. With just the three of them, Desire announced that they will still kill Luffy, but Bartolomeo stopped her.

Desire and Bartolomeo used to belong in a different pirate team. Though they had a past working together, Bartolomeo’s views changed when he met his now senpai, Luffy. Desire still could not figure out what was so special about this thin strawhat boy.

Bartolomeo warned Desire that if she tried to hurt Luffy, who was still trapped inside the massive metal ball, he would defend him with his life.

In the middle of their argument, Luffy noticed that the entire cave-like structure has rails in it. He wondered if they could use the rails to get out. But, as they were trying to figure out how to manage their escape, they heard a noise, a train station announcement that “Avelon” was arriving.

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To their surprise a train/human appeared in the tracks and began attacking them. Luffy got rolled around the trails and they were cornered. The trio tried to find a different route to escape, but they were at a disadvantage because they did not know the place at all.

During their long chase, they found a dead end and they were sent falling down to a deeper level. Avelon, the train-like human, did not pursue them any longer. He received a call from Bill asking for an update. Bill told Avelon that he should finish the three.

On the other hand, Bill was faced with Desire’s three groupmates. They were asking for Bill to help them because Desire fell with Luffy and Bartolomeo. Bill manipulated them into believing that he had sent a crew to search for her. But, in fact, Avelon had already been ordered to kill Luffy, Bartolomeo and Desire.

Bartolomeo and Desire were both surprised that there was a deeper level from where they came from. Then, they heard people coming in.

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A group of large men appeared with tools at their backs. They thought they would be Avelon’s crew who would be set to attack them, but they were wrong.

The men told Luffy, Bartolomeo and Desire how they got there. They said that whenever Bill could not extract what he wanted from his crew, whether it be money or people, he would send them at the bottom of the mineshaft to work there indefinitely. They should work or else Avelon would come in to terminate them.

The men said there were many who tried to escape, but since Avelon knows the place from top to bottom, he always knows when someone is coming.

Desire could not believe what they were saying and went out to verify. When Avelon arrived to attack them again, Desire just got the information she needed. Bill ordered her to be killed as well.

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Avelon then attacked Luffy with a Bill-made digger that cut through the metal ball. Bartolomeo thought this killed his senpai, but it only broke the ball. When Luffy escaped, he made sure that Avelon was put to rest.

In the next episode, Luffy, Bartolomeo and Desire will find a way to escape, while Zorro is with Trafalgar Law to defeat another swordsman.

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