Volume 74

I'll Always Be By Your Side
Chapters:	732 - 742
Japanese Information
Japanese Title:	いつでもキミのそばにいる
Romanized Title:	Itsudemo Kimi no Soba ni Iru
Pages:	232
Release Date:	June 4, 2014
ISBN:	978-4-08-880069-1
Release Date:	September 4, 2014
Release Date:	October 4, 2016
English Information
Viz Title:	Ever at Your Side
Pages:	232
Release Date:	April 7, 2015
ISBN:	978-1-4215-7867-5
Pages:	225
Release Date:	April 7, 2015
ISBN:	978-1-4215-8354-9
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Volume 74 is titled "I'll Always Be By Your Side".

Cover and Volume Illustration

The illustration on page 3 of Volume 74.

The colored cover has a purple background, and the author's name is written in turquoise.

On the front, Sugar is at the center of the background eating grapes, with Trebol on her left side and Senor Pink and his groupies on her right. In front of Sugar, Luffy runs on top of Pica, carrying Thunder Soldier with his right arm and Viola with his left. To the left of them is Usopp and to the right is Franky.

Sugar and Trebol are featured on the spine, and the skull on the spine is colored light purple. The title logo colorscheme uses the colors pink (fading from white), hot pink, and white.

For the volume illustration on page 3, Luffy and Chopper show off their respective Teru teru bōzu. Chopper is holding a paintbrush, and the Teru Teru bōzus representing the rest of the Straw Hats are hung on a line behind the two.

Author's Notes

Author's Notes From time to time, people talk about things that have a mochi-like texture, and I've discovered a food that has a mochi-like texture as well. Mochi. A mochi-like Volume 74, starting nowwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

(Translator's Note: Text in image says "So mochi-like--, super mochi-like~~")

Chapters

See also the associated category: Volume 74.

• 732. An Underground World (地下の世界, Chika no Sekai^?): Usopp, Robin, Thunder Soldier, and the dwarves sneak into the underground harbor while Franky confronts Senor Pink.
• 733. What Soldier-san Wants (兵隊さんの欲しいもの, Heitai-san no Hoshii Mono^?): Thunder Soldier battles his way into the palace to assassinate Doflamingo, as all the Block D gladiators are struck down by a mysterious force, except for one.
• 734. The Kamaitachi of Rommel (ロンメルのカマイタチ, Ronmeru no Kamaitachi^?): Rebecca was the only gladiator not struck down, and she wins Block D. It is revealed that the person who struck everyone down was Hakuba, Cavendish's alter ego that emerges when he sleeps. Meanwhile, Viola meets with Luffy's group as they prepare to infiltrate the palace.
• 735. Fujitora's Intention (藤虎の思惑, Fujitora no Omowaku^?): Luffy, Zoro, and Viola infiltrate the palace as Franky is surrounded by more enemies at the Toy House. The Colosseum Finals are about to begin, and Fujitora reveals to Doflamingo that he planned to abolish the Shichibukai system.
• 736. Executive Officer Diamante (最高幹部ディアマンテ, Saikō Kanbu Diamante^?): Diamante enters the ring for the Finals and reveals his Devil Fruit power. Luffy's group causes a ruckus inside the palace, and Lao G arrives at the lift to deal with Thunder Soldier.
• 737. Officer's Tower (幹部塔, Kanbu-tō^?): Zoro confronts Pica as the Colosseum Finals rage on. As Cavendish is turned into a toy by Sugar, Leo reveals the plan to knock out Sugar by slipping a Tatababasco among her grapes.
• 738. Trebol Army, Special Officer Sugar (トレーボル軍 特別幹部シュガー, Torēboru-gun Tokubetsu Kanbu Shugā^?): Robin cuts Leo's plan short and distracts Trebol by bringing him out of the tower. While the dwarves in the SMILE Factory slave away, the dwarves in the harbor confront Sugar. However, she easily handles them and calls Trebol, and he responds by throwing a ship at the tower.
• 739. Commander (隊長, Taichō^?): Trebol easily defeats the dwarves and finds out about Usopp. Rebecca is injured by Diamante, while Thunder Soldier is forced to retreat from his battle with Lao G. The dwarves reveal to Usopp that Thunder Soldier is none other than the Hero of the Colosseum, Kyros.
• 740. It's in Your Hands!!! (頼む!!!, Tanomu!!!^?): Luffy rescues Thunder Soldier from Gladius, and he carries Thunder Soldier and Viola away from the Donquixote officer. Meanwhile, Sugar turns Robin into a toy, leaving Usopp the only one standing against her. However, he gets scared and runs away.
• 741. Usoland the Liar (うそつきウソランド, Usotsuki Usorando^?): Usopp flees the tower, but returns after he realizes the amount of faith the dwarves have in him, attacking Trebol. Meanwhile, Kyros remembers his past.
• 742. I'll Always Be By Your Side (いつでもキミのそばにいる, Itsudemo Kimi no Soba ni Iru^?): Kyros remembers how he met Scarlett, but she was killed and he was turned into a toy during the Donquixote Pirates' takeover of Dressrosa. Meanwhile, Trebol easily defeats Usopp, and Sugar decides to make him suffer by putting the Tatababasco in his mouth. However, this causes Usopp to make a facefault so extreme that it scares Sugar and knocks her out.

SBS Notes

Number of fan-drawn SBS Headers featured: 6

• Cavendish's and Issho's birthdays are revealed.
• The Straw Hat Pirates' bed times and wake-up times are revealed.
• All the unknown Worst Generation Jolly Rogers are shown.
• Drawings of Momousagi are shown.
• Interestingly, there was a question asked by a fan, whose pen name was "Sanji's younger brother Yonji". Despite the fact that this volume was released nearly two years before Yonji's debut.

Usopp Gallery Pirates

• Located on pages 166, 206, and 226-229.
• Total number of submissions featured: 35 (+1 mailing address poster)

Page 166.

Page 206.

Page 226-227.

Page 228-229.

Grand Prize: Mori, Nozomu [森望] (Okayama, Japan)

U: Aokiji, the man who wanders in search of justice!! Way too cool, def Grand Priiiiize!!!

Volume Changes

Magazine Version	Volume Version	Explanation
		Chapter 732, page 12. Correction: Changed the Trebol Army symbol to the Diamante Army symbol.
		Chapter 735, page 5. Correction: Added Zoro's scar.
		Chapter 737, page 7. Correction: Changed the number on the Boss Class Fighting Fish.
		Chapter 737, page 14. Correction: Fixed the shape of Sugar's legs, the length of her skirt, and her left eye.
		Chapter 742, page 19. Change: Leo's final line changed from 「あァ〜〜！！！」(lit."AHHHH~~!!!") to 「気絶したァ〜〜！！！」(lit. "SHE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS~~!!!")

Trivia

• On the inside back cover of this volume, Sugar's grapes are replaced by Pandaman heads.
• The inside back cover of this volume is a collage of Rebecca's and Thunder Soldier's memories.
• It was announced in 2015 on the SBS for Volume 78 that the Grand Prize winner for this volume's Usopp Gallery Pirates later debuted as a professional mangaka with his own one-shot being published in a magazine known as Monthly Afternoon.

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