Trafalgar Law, the Donquixotes, and the Effects of Love
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Pre timeskip Law: med student with a dubious prescription for something fun, can't afford drip.
Post timeskip Law: doctor with a caffeine dependency, definitely can afford his drip now.
pfft
Yeah
This is the most accurate description of Law's character design I have ever read
Pre time skip law looks like a pothead
@@lilporky8565 part of the charm
The newest chapter when they made Law a busty lady for one full panel just goes to show Oda really CANT keep getting away with it
HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
Oda knows damn well what he's doing, and as a bisexual, i thank him immensely
@@blooperofahuman1706 everyone thanked him for that. law makes everyone question themselfs xD
@@blooperofahuman1706 as a straight man, I thank him
Can i get fem crocodile 🥺🥺
Laws popularity in japan is no joke, i saw it first hand when i visited the One Piece Museum back in 2019 where it still existed. There was this bench with a life sized Law sitting on it, clearly made to be a photo spot where you can sit next to him. Whenever i walked past that bench, girls would just sit there and stare at him in awe, it was surreal.
I cannot stop laughing at the thought of this. I, too, wish to stare upon the holy Law statue in awe.
I would totally be one of those girls 😂
I want to be in those girls shoes.~
I also saw a photo of a guy "giving a head" to that statue xDD
I want to be in those girls pants
Since Sengoku was like an adoptive father to Corazon, that kind of makes him Law’s adoptive grandfather.
Lets hope Garp never finds this out.
At this point the highest ranks of the navy are filled with grandfather's with pirate grandsons...
If he finds out he will scrub it at sengoku face for his entire life
@@hurricaneofcats 😂
Garp: pff, and you we're ginving me sh*t For my Family! Hahaha x"3
Just a couple of marine grandpas an their pirate grandchildren living their best life taking the navy as guidelines instead of the actual law
Law’s conversation with Sengoku is one of my favorite moments in Dressrosa because it adds a whole new level of tragedy to his character. All this time Law never knew he was loved, he’s been thinking Corazon only saved him for his name. And yet he still dedicated the rest of his life (as well as his crew name, Jolly Roger, and a bunch of tattoos) to honor Corazon. Imagine how starved for love that child must’ve been :(
I wholeheartedly agree! The two people who loved Rosinante the most finally being able to meet was an important part in the arc which is often overlooked.
Right-! And when Sengoku told him to stop looking for a reason for someone to love him, it was like a cherry on top, perfect.
Law: *gets beaten up again*
Law fans: "Oh, no~" *nosebleeds*
FR FR
"OH NO HE'S HOT"--Squidward
Gay thoughts entering my body when law apears
@@Boooiiiiii That's gay wtf
@@Boooiiiiii the gay awakening for one piece always starts with Law or Zoro
So in Mel's words Law is the broken sexy emo man and tsundere friend interest in Luffy's platonic harem of rivals. No wonder he's popular.
Not to mention, Post-Wano Law is no pushover, even against someone as busted as Blackbeard
@@Shiftinggers wasnt Law the one that got the bust in that fight?
😂👌🤌👏👏
Totally platonic
@@Phantasmen we do not know the end result yet. Oda is keeping us on our toes. But it's blackbeard won, he's gonna be the most powerful person on the seas. Look, he has the darkness fruit, quake fruit, and then he gets the ope ope fruit? The fruit that is perfect in a doctor's hands, but in a madman?
Everyone is dead.
I just reread. Funny joke, completely went over my head
"I don't know how popular Law is in Western fandom-" OH BELIEVE ME HE'S POPULAR. Those fingers have had girls fangirling and fanfiction writing for YEARS
This is so true 💀
Law will put you in a Room and leave you in Shambles... and Shock you with his Willie- alright, I'll stop.
@@ritacirocavalcante ...
@@ritacirocavalcanteplease do ur scaring me
Yea I can see it. If I had watched OP during the time it came out younger me would definitely be 😳 for the weird man.
1:38 "He makes QUESTIONABLE noises"
*Proceeds to show clips of him screaming and groaning in pain*
Nothin sexier than a man in physical and emotional pain
@@somedragonbastard😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
percisely
Trebol didn’t make doffy a monster, but he sure helped
he facilitated his monstrous tendencies
That was the job of the dragons
this reminds me of the line from the original Scream "horror movies don't make psychos, they just make the psychos more creative"
@@nicky923nk yea i dont think doffy was bor a monster at least not any more than the other celestial dragons he was raised around but he definately was on his way to become one when he met trebold and all he really did was give doflamingo his ito ito no mi and empower him to become what he is today
Doffy is really fascinating because he adopts the worst of the pirates and the world goverment and and his brother the opposite.
Law went from skinny little gremlin to being so drippy that he had to sit on Sanji's shoulder like he's sitting on a throne and pass out in a cool pose after defeating Big Mom.
Holy shit this gives so much more meaning to when Sengoku tells Law not to find reasons for a persons love, Law breaks down because he finally gets it 😢
Oda's emotional intelligence is so deep and he presents it in such a nuanced way and to think so many people (including me) miss it.
FR :( I am so envious of people with emotional intelligence.
Istg Oda is retelling events from a parallel dimension cuz no way a sane human can make a story so depressing and even more tragic than AOT
Frr
@@katipunan4212 yeah, one piece doesn't really come close to being AOT levels of depressing.
Something I find worth mentioning is that Oda famously came up with the Worst Generation members in two days because he felt Sabaody needed something to make the arc more interesting. He also originally planned for Kid to become the foil for Luffy, but instead we got Law being a big part of Dressrosa. So the psycho doctor image is basically the first conception of Law and as stories are wont to do over time, the characters develop in ways you didn't foresee as you are writing them. I always thought this was a neat peak into the process of creating a story that you both have planned out and are fleshing out as you go :D
I feel like Kid is still the foil for Luffy and we'll get to see him play a major role in future arcs, its just Law had to go first since we had to encounter Doffy first
I like to think psycho doctor and serious planner are both parts of his personality, but he uses the former as a façade to intimidate enemies. You can see pre-TS serious Law at the end of Marineford when he just finishes operating on Luffy, he’s cold and straightforward when answering Iva and Hancock. Similarly you can still see post-TS psycho doctor Law in Punk Hazard when he interacts with Smoker and the marines, all creepy and smirky
@Katipunan maybe Elbaf but after that there will be no more arcs except for the final battles
@@pankojoy9372 make sense. If the "Man with Burned Mark" is supposedly Saul that survived Buster Call in Ohara, then Kid is probably on his way to Elbaf rn
I think it was within a day he did.
'He's my babygirl cringe wife'...I feel that so deep in my heart!
"Oh, female Law is just fan service!"
Yeah, me. I'm the fan.
More plz.
Nahhhhhhh
Law is one of the most complex characters, and I firmly believe he is a good person who has been jaded, and probably one of the best examples of trauma manifestation in the series- and that makes those soft spots of his shine through so brightly. The way he surrounds himself with such bright people, is exceptionally loyal, and is so afraid of loss that he would rather fight satan by himself than lose a friend.
To a degree, I think part of him has been shaped by the fear of loss, he has the same fear of being alone that luffy does but he handles it so differently because of his upbringing. Now I’m not one to think the heart pirates are weak, I think they have a lot of hidden potential- but a lot of people comment on how they appear to be less developed than some other crews, and I think that portrayal is a consequence of the way law pushes them intentionally away from conflict in an attempt to shield them. And it’s not because they are not strong or he doesn’t trust them, it’s that he doesn’t trust the world with them.
That fear is so ingrained in his character that he even rides on a fucking submarine.
Law is just as selfish and reckless as luffy js, they have a lot of similar characteristics, the biggest difference is he is afraid to risk other peoples lives.
The strawhats are so strong because luffy is chaotic and his recklessness forces them to keep up with him- law is reckless but only with himself- and you can tell it drives the Hearts crazy sometimes.
He did it when he sent them to Zou, he did it in the film stampede, he fucking ‘chaperoned’ Bepo in film red, he throws himself in danger for the strawhats at Green Bit, he gave himself up for torture in Wano, or how he literally told Zoro he would rather the plan fail than have any of them die. And while this honestly isn’t a super healthy dynamic, it is extremely endearing. His crew is his family and he feels the weight of that responsibility immensely- he’s the anti doflamingo, instead of using the people around him, he’s averse to it the point of overly endangering himself.
If you want to put it on the transactional love terms you stated, it’s like he repays their loyalty to him by giving his body and soul in return.
He’s been opening up a lot more since meeting luffy. He’s never been a fan of injustices and will intervene if he can so long as it won’t be too compromising, but he’s more compelled to act even if it’s inconvenient as the series progresses. And I think it’s because he’s becoming more used to accepting support himself, that if he chooses to fight for something he won’t be alone and it’s okay for people to fight with him if they want- which he’s known but probably not truly accepted emotionally.
What I mean is, he will go out of his way only if he wants to, like luffy, because they aren’t heroes, but he becomes a lot more open about it after him.
A good example is how on Dressrosa law tells him he should leave, and luffy asks him what will happen to the country if they leave now and they can’t. But on Zou the table has totally flipped, now it’s luffy who is being reckless and self centered, and it’s Law who points out that if they just bail or Zou could face the consequences, and there’s this cute little scene of the minks fawning over how considerate he is. That’s GROWTH.
They are good at stepping up when the other falls short. Best Alies. 10/10.
It’s like 2:30 am I have no idea if this is coherent, basically, I just love him. And his adorable grumpy cat attitude and pension for soft fluffy things.
Bless this is the best Law analysis I've read thank you sm and have a good sleep ✨
Thank you so much for putting this into words !
(I hope you slept well)
beautiful
Such a great observation and such a great comment!
Well put my friend ! 😊
I know it’s a small detail, but one off my favourite things in Punk Hazard is just the little moments of horrified introspection Law had when he doesn’t know how to deal with Luffy.
What still kills me
is the simple metaphor that Law represents.
What chair was empty?
The heart. Corazons seat.
What pirates does Law captain? The Heart Pirates.
What did Doflamingo want?
His heart back. So badly the man kept it beating even after it was shredded.
Oda man. Oda man.
Shit I didn’t even see it way god dam
I love Corazon but I'm not gonna lie I was always fascinated more by Doflamingo's "love" for Law and his quest to regain his control and his place in Law's life during the whole arc. Sure, he had a fruit he needed. And sure, he saw him as a tool. But does a tool who's going to die eventually needs executive seats in his crew? (He fucking CHAINED HIM to the seat he was saving for him, the seat of his brother, FOR TEN YEARS). A tool only needs to fulfill its function. Why would its feelings matter? Why should a tool need to aknowledge Doflamingo as his one and only benefactor?
From Doflamingo's point of view, the little kid whose ressemblance with him he felt emotional about, who admired him and followed him everywhere, the kid he sat down with to teach him things and study some books, just came back. But he doesn't recognize the person Law has become and he tries to cling to the parts of the old him he recognizes. I think he was desperate for Law to keep ressembling him, because if he did and hated the world as much as he did, that meant Doflamingo's way of life and his actions (the murder of his father, the murder of his brother) were justified. He's not the one who's to blame, they're the ones who betrayed him. His anger (and Law's) is righteous and true.
Law betrayed him in Dressrosa, but he couldn't kill him for plot reasons. So he was coping, badly. Still shot him in anger, many times. The whole arc, Doflamingo was essentially battling for custody of a grown adult with his dead brother. Kinda like a crazy, abusive divorced mom. It was sad to see.
Law is certainly the product of both Doflamingo and Corazon's influence, but the only will he's gonna inherit is Corazon's.
"Kinda like a crazy, abusive divorced mom" - I like this comparison a lot XD
Oh my, this might be the best comment in this video! You've opened my eyes, I've never thought of their relationship that way. It makes a sense of Doffy never attempting to kill Law outright and keep having shouting matches with him, which I thought was only for plot reasons
I thought that dofi wanted to use law because he can oparate on someone to make them imortal but for the cost of his life
YES omg u hit the nail SO ACCURATELY
Yeah my favourite villain definitely Doflamingo
Doflamingo is a character who believes that if he wins and essentially destroys the world, everything he has done is justice. It is what he learned over his life.
There is a saying, he who commands, commands, even if he commands badly, is a common slogan in some Spanish-speaking countries to denote a bad leader who is impossible to get rid of. Donquixote and Rosinante are characters from Don Quixote de la mancha, the most popular Spanish-speaking book in history, the criticism of the society created by the ruling system present in Don Quixote, satire and the search for the idea of justice makes me think that Oda must have fallen in love with this book at some point.
So he's Eren Jeager in the OP world!
"Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!" -Doflamingo at Marineford
The scene with Sengoku and Law at the end of Dressrosa destroyed me 😭. Sengoku's pain over Corazon's death was a perfect heartbreaking foil to the entire arc and Law's own grief over Corazon. It was Sengoku who saved Corazon from his own dark path and allowed him to pay the empathy forward, but when Corazon died he lost a son without ever knowing why.
It's bonkers to me that people will jump to "Doflamingo was born evil" or "Trebol made him evil" before factoring in that the first few years of his life, outside of his family damn near everyone around him had some variation of Charloss' perspective.
yeah and since they were rather young, corazon being even just a couple years younger means he’d remember very little of it in comparison. corazon was still in his “clinging to the parents” age but doffy would’ve have other snotty spoiled kid friends
@@zahrah2269 But also we need to considerate that maybe his parent's ideals were already established since then and tried to raised him in another way which make a conflict between his enviroment vs his parent's morals.
Not to mention the trauma? That does things to the brain.
Aww you made me imagine little baby corazon hanging on to his dads big coat. It's an adorable mental image
In the latest chapters on the celestial dragons, we see that celestial dragons do kill other celestial dragons, and I don't think seniority matters. Sth like 'people who care about trash are worse than trash'. So Doflamingo's murder may have precedence.
The first time I saw law in that stupid hat and that yellow hoodie I knew he'd be my favourite
And I was right that man's been my favourite anime character for over a decade now
His backstory just made me love him 10x more, because I could relate to him so much.
I grew up terminally ill, and having a *lot* of feelings came with knowing I wouldn't live past 13-14.
But then I did live, in part because I wanted to see the end of this wonderful show. And finding out Law and I had something like illness in common, it just solidified my absolute love for him.
Bro deadass said screw dying because of one piece
Praying for your complete healing!
@@moosesues8887that’s a W
Bro did you get the Ope Ope no mi????
as someone who is also ill and loves law, this is VERY relatable
Doflamingo isn't chaotic evil, he's as lawful evil as you can get, he wants rules, structure, balance, but only so long as he's in control over it.
Chaotic Evil is much more about the concept of might-makes-right, Doflamingo is fine not being the strongest, so long as he controls the system. Kaido is chaotic evil, Blackbeard is chaotic evil. Doflamingo is lawful evil, just like the celestial dragons
Hence his devil fruit: strings.
This
The only argument you could make for him being chaotic is his nihilistic view of the world and his outright rejection of objective morality where only the winners decide what's right or wrong (which tbh very on brand for Chaotic Evil I recognize), but everything in the way he operates and wants things to run, he is pretty textbook lawful evil, he plans out everything, he literally IS the puppet master that has people dance at the end of his strings, he manipulates, lies and deceives as much as he pleases, nobody is allowed any freedom except himself etc etc. This man makes Lex Luthor look like a Libertarian
No, no, no, he's Neutral Evil. His most famous quote reflects on that. "Pirates are evil? Marines are good? Those saying changes many times like a tide!" This shows he doesn't care whether it's good or evil. "Justice will prevail? Of course it is, whoever prevails becomes justice!" See this saying? That's not lawful, that's radical and even anarchical. Doffy is NOT LAWFUL EVIL. If he's lawful evil, he will be like Akainu/Sakazuki, he did everything in his name to uphold 'the law' even if it means killing innocent civilians.
Doffy? He doesn't care about law. He's neutral. Because not choosing of being lawful or not is already neutral but not in a good way. That's why he's neutral evil.
@@arthurmorgan2887being lawful doesn't mean "follows the law", it means "follows a strict code".
It can be the law, or it can be your own personal code of conduct.
Example: a pirate does terrible things, but has the personal code " don't hurt kids". If he's lawful, he follows that to a T. Will not hurt children even if that made his life and journey easier.
Doflamingo doesn't care about the law itself, but he does care about creating a structured world where he leads and dictates as a ruler (after destroying those that wronged him).
"Makes weird noises" BRO WAS HAVING HIS HEART CRUSHED
So much depth to Law, Doffy, and Corazon's story. It really is one of the best told stories in One Piece. "Don't try to find a reason for someone's love!" That line is always a heartbreaker. T T
That line is every kid who had a shitty upbringing only to find 1 person that gives a damn about them and wondering why they do.
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It’s interesting how you pointed out the “give and take” mentality Law has since there’s a novel dedicated to Law after what happened with Corazon, where he met Bepo, Sachi, Penguin, and Wolf, a man who raised the four of them for 5 years. His moto it “give and take”.
What's the novel called?
It’s One Piece Novel Law. An English version has not come out yet, but you can find fan done translations online! :)
Law's case is fascinating as he seems to struggle with accepting his innate kindness. Sure he did dirty to other pirates and wouldn't save someone if it ruins his plans (ie. poisoned kids in PH) but if it doesn't hurt, he'd rather save someone than not. He says lots of bullshit ("let them kill you but don't screw up the plan") but he can't live up to it when tested ("I'd rather abandon the plan than have one of us killed"). He doesn't like to injure others, his crew is full of random fellas who were probably saved by him not based on their potential but simply on a whim as he's a doctor (it's canon that he saved Shachi and Penguin from severe injuries and Bepo from being bullied. And, mind it, they may have become pretty strong now in a team performance but I doubt they hit any marks at al when Law recruited them. Compare Kidd or Luffy's crews for example). Rather than Law giving love on condition, he seems the type who saves people for no reason but he forces a condition on it afterwards (because "benevolent piracy makes him sick").
Corazon's sacrifice was massive for him to comprehend (literally abandoned everything for an unknown I'll-mannered brat who came in terms with his shortened life) and Law has not shown a sympathy to such extent to anyone. Law follows own set of morales and, as you said, he must've avenged Doflamingo to pay a debt. That's why Sengoku's words hit him, a much needed assurance that he truly needed to hear. Perhaps his experience with Luffy was an eye opener on this matter.
Well said, well said. I like your way of interpreting Law and his motivation.
Something I need in one piece is Law admitting he cares for Luffy. As much as him being baffled and annoyed at Luffy is amusing, I really want him to actually call Luffy a friend (I'm on whole cake island rn so Idk if that scene exists yet). A moment like that would hit me in the FEELS man.
I agree. After reading Law's novel, i think it isnt easy for him to call someone a friend, so after all he and luffy have been through would be nice to hear that from him.
Damn, this makes Law wanting to kill doflamingo hit different. Really makes you think Law did all that to make him worthy of Rosinante's love. And Sengoku's words to Law is just all that more impactful.
I'm obsessed with him, the fandom makes moaning edits out of his pain noises and it's.. something.
🤣
Me too. And tbh i don't know why, he just built diff
ahaha that's so weird...where can I find these? For research purposes of course.
Where can I find those?.... Asking for a friend.... Yeah a friend
I also would like to know whete to find these questionable edits, for science purposes
22:40 You keep on bringing up killing his father and saying that he was only killing him for revenge, but it's more than that: he killed him because he hoped that, by bringing the traitors head to the Celestial Dragons he and Cora would be allowed back in.
Thank you, I had forgotten that, and it is an important point
As for the science behind the differences between Doflamingo and Corason or Law: children can be born with some genes predisposing to psychopathy, but if their environment when they grow up is good, they develop as normal people nonetheless. But the more trauma they experience, the more likely they are to become psychopaths. Doffy had heaps of trauma, starting at birth with lack of reasonable boundries which came with being a celestial dragon, which could trigger his predisposition. Sad part is that many of those children had a chance at normal life if only their environment had been optimal. I don't know if that's what Oda had in mind though :)
I think one piece as a whole and particularly dressrosa shows how certain environments and influences can shape a person so I don’t think this is off base.
To add onto that Mjosgard a celestial dragon who acted like every other celestial dragon until he had the fishman island moment became a surprisingly compassionate person and died for shirahoshi.
Yeah, Mel was completely off about doffy. Doffy only acted bad because that was the standards of the celestial dragons, and Mel thinks that you're being manipulated if you empathize with him 😂😂
Doffy however does not show many of those genetic traits towards paycopathy, other than narcissim, and maybe cetain struggle for empathy, at most. And we don't know how many of these traits are genetic or just due to the context he was brought up in. Psycopathic kids are semi "easy" to spot, for they usually expereince emotions in a very supericial level, if anything at all, they don't show fear, happyness nor rage, they are also very difficult to entertain, have extremelly low or complete lack of empathy, and it is difficult (more like impossible) for them to create emotional ties with anybody else, not even their own parents. Tbh, Doflamingo is almost the opposite of a psycopath, if anything, he became a sociopath, difference being that it was the context what turned him into what he is right now. There might be some genetic predisposition to show narcissist behaviour, which is certainly included within the anti-social behaviour tendencies, but being a psycopath is more than just being narcissistic, and with all the range of emotions we see Doffy show as a kid he doesn't seem spycopathic at all. He does develop some psycopathic traits later on, but he certainly didn't have them as a kid., and even in his adulthood he is still able to feel strongly, it is just that he only seems to feel the "bad" emotions, while the "good" ones are superficial and bleak. Actually, sociopaths, those who are not born psycopaths nor necessarily have any genetic predisposition towards psycopathy, are known for their superficial emotions, but for those of rage and hatred. So Doffy doesn't show any clear traits of psycopathy, he could be genetic predispose towards it, he could be not , there's no way to tell, what is clear is that he wasn't born a psycopath, he was turned into one. And do not fool yourselves, born psychopaths can have a normal functioning life, but their feelings are fake, no matter how much of a good childhood they had, they can't do anything about that, they were just born with the innability to feeel, or feel deeply, at least, (of course, there are different degrees of psychopathy) they are just so good at faking emotions. Doffy doesn't fake shit, it is obvious he's in rage 24/7. Rob Lucci or Borsalino are way more psychopathic than Doffy is, as in the actual classic meaning of psycopath, Lucci even shows some sadistic behaviour, I seriously think was he not working for the Marines and whithin the system he would be a serial killer.
law is the definition of a comfort character being the most fucked up guy youve ever seen, i love him
law is probably the most glass canon character in one piece, he keeps getting beat up, but can flip the fight in one second
Bro I’m actually sobbing. He has to be one the most well written characters in one piece 😭 also oda had no business making him so fine. HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!! MY HEART CANNOT TAKE ANYMORE
Law became a warlord to achieve Emperor Levels of Drip.
Theres a line in the english anime that I love:
When Ivankov asked Law why he saved Luffy after Marineford, Law says he doesn't have a reason, or at least not an easy one to explain. Ivankov says don't bother, "Lets just say your heart lead you to help Strawhat boy." And it makes one thnk of Corazon continuing to lead Law to those who will help and change him, even from beyond the grave.
as far as future videos? Id love to see your thoughts on CP9, including the cover stories (if you're willing) and their re-emergence in the current arcs.
In my oppinion it was the Tenryubito society that raised Doffy to be a monster.
And later on Trebol VALIDATED those superiority feeling Doffy had and supported him in that path. As a child.
Wich mens he never had to get out of his mental confort zone ever again, and so he kept being like that.
Of course he had more of a tendency tha Corazón to do evil. But just like in our world, a psycho can become a murderer or a surgeon, and both are born the same.
Corazón was clearly not a psycho and Doffy was, but still having those tendecies he would ha e become a decent human if he had someone good in his life.
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I agree with almost everything, but I disagree with everyone calling Doffy a psychopath. Maybe it is just that most people don't truly know what psychopathy stands for. Doffy as a kid doesn't show any traits towards psychopathy other than narcissism, and we do not know to what extent that was context induced. Psychopaths, if murderers (they have a sadistic personality), only seek pleasure in the suffering of others (we do not see that in Doffy, he doesn't seem to have saddistic tendecies as a kid, maybe he had them, but we don't see them), if surgeons, they're still psychopaths, can't feel a thing (they may act within "goodness", but they really can't feel a thing nor feel empathy nor love for others, you wont' see them scared shitless either, nor in range, if anything, they may show mild annoyance). Doffy is in rage 24/7, we see him cry, we see him laugh, we see him rage, we see him hate, that's no psychopath. Sociopath is a better term, he wasn't born, he was made. Sociopaths, though very similar to psychopaths, are able to feel, just very superficially, and the only emotions they may feel strongly about are usually the bad ones (rage, you recognise them because they do feel rage/hatred quite often), they lack empathy but can form superficial emotional bonds with a very reduced group of people (maybe two or three, psycopaths cannot, they just fake it), feel no remorse but some may feel guilt (as they know what they did was wrong and may even wish they hadn't had to do it but think it was necessaary and they were right on doing it, always justifying themselves and their actions, or pinning them into others; psychopaths will only blame you for their own actions if they get a gain out of it, if by doing that they are manipulating you into doing something else they want you to do, not because they feel they did something wrong or feel bad about it and want to distance themselves from the responsability of their actions or the act itself, they feel no need to justify themselves nor their actions at all). Psychopaths can be functional memebers of society (in fact, more so tha sociopaths), but they're still psycopaths (in fact, the overwhelming majority of them are indeed functional memebers of our society), but Doffy is no psychopath, although he is very possibly quite close to what we could consider a sociopath, this is, a aperson who turned very psychopathic-like, but not quite, due to his upbringing and life expereinces at a young age. They share most of their personality traits with psycopaths the difference being they're still able to feel, and they were not born that way (imagine a normal person to be like a cristal window, a psycopath would be a window completely covered on black paint, you can't see through it, a sociopath analogy would be close to that of a very dark tainted window, their emotions are filtered, hence superficial, the brain decides to filter them for survival purposes, what they distinguish the best are the darkest shadows that darken the light getting through., and so the only strong emotions they feel are the negative and explosive/intense ones, again, most sociopaths are "easily" recognised for they show high levels of rage, and Doffy is so in rage all the time he has no option but laugh through it, he even admitts that much to Law when he says he's smiling because he is so enraged at the moment he doesn't know what else to do, he just has no other way to exteriorise all that anger, too much for his brain to compute). Sorry for the long comment, I just don't see Doffy as a psychopath at all, sure he may have certain genetic predisposition towards psychopathic traits (narcissism, low levels of empathy), but we do not know to what extent those traits are genetic predisposition or context induced, as he was raised as a celestial dragon, so... And he was certainly not born a psychopath, again, maybe he was indeed born with certain predisposition to SOME psychopathic traits, but just maybe, we can't know for sure, and narcisissim and low empathy levels alone do not make a psychopath, unable to feel anything but on a very superficial level if at all is key on psychopaths, and that's a trait Doffy certainly does not share.
Law: screaming in agonizing pain
Us: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
when Oda turned Law into waifu in chapter 1063 I almost got a heart attack and had it as a phone wallpaper for long time. Moments like this make me 100% sure that I'm pansexual
'believe me, you don't torture a character to this extent if you don't like them.' are words that I try to live by melonteee
i was so moved by the law with a choker and acting like a pet scene
that the babygirl manifested to me in dreams and the next day i ordered a law figurine in that exact same outfit
THANKYOU SO MUCH TOEI
also
damn i cry everytime i see corazon or that last sengoku scene :"3
this story is SO emotional im dead
These characters are beautifully written. Oda is awesome. And may I say these video essays are sooo daaaaamn goooood.
th-cam.com/video/Su-MqW4B4Vw/w-d-xo.html Oda is Goated
Corazon is one of my most favourite influential characters of all time. He may be a minor character, but his story is the most humble and moving I have ever had a pleasure to read/watch.
Makes me cry everytime I see it.
Law is the quiet kid that gets beat up even if he has a gun
law and luffy are so different in so many ways that we dont even noticed how similar they are that in punk hazard and his decisions kind of hinted that he is a part of the D clan, making luffy and law similar. law accutally has a character development. he went from no trusting anyone to actually trusting luffy and maybe luffy's crew. Dressrosa honestly there are princesses to be save, but its all focus to law that he seems to be the princess here 😂 jk. This is why i love law and his story.
Law the best princess
I love this! Dressrosa has and will be my most favourite arc in Manga.
Its funny how the princess of the dressrosa arc wasn't Rebecca but Law
Law is truly the pretty princess of One Piece
I will forever argue that Law is a protagonist from another anime that somehow ended up in the One piece canon. He's just amazing.
Law is one of the most popular even international, where he managed to get 5'th Place in the Top 100 Poll.
And Corason even went 13'th place x3 while Doflamingo ends in 20'st Place
So you can see what their storys has done to the fandom
You could say that Law approaches problems with....surgical precision.
I remember crying so much during every part of Rosinante and Law's story. Like every One Piece Backstory (my fav thing in the world).
Sometimes one piece is just too smart for its own good. Like oh Dolfamingo his secret name is Joker. And he has minions named after card suits. But then in the world itself we see the Doflamingo has NO HEART
'It's very possible any form of love in general doesn't exist within Doffy at all.'
That's tricky. Because while I do know that the majority for why he has the Donquixote Family is to use them, I do also believe there's a shred of truth to it.
When you get down to it, Doffy has lost all faith in blood relations. He felt betrayed by both his father and brother. And so he surrounded himself with unquestioningly loyal people. Sure this is to use them, but it also gives him a kind of security that he never really had before.
The scene where he makes a big speech about how no one is allowed to laugh at his family is one thing. It could still be for the purposes of manipulation, but I also think there's a non-zero chance that he believe it himself. Perhaps as a pride thing, that he wouldn't allow his choice of people to have in a family to be mocked. When you get right down to it, the Donquixote Family is a huge bunch of weirdos. Pica's voice, Jora's art, Senor Pink's clothes, all things that are easy to make fun of, and yet it's things he wouldn't allow to be talked down on. On top of all that, he's also very lenient with them and forgives mistakes, which doesn't fully lean into them just being useful. But you can still ultimately see this as very deep manipulation.
Where manipulation truly doesn't fit is with Monet. He obviously asked her to sacrifice herself for him, but unlike so many other villains who expect their subordinates to die for them, he doesn't take pleasure in it, doesn't yell at her or laugh. He's even shocked to hear that she was already going to sacrifice herself without him asking. The kicker for me is him going to Punk Hazard himself afterwards. It's shown by the reaction of the other family members that it was a spur of the moment thing that he didn't tell anyone else about. It felt like him taking things more personally. Plus when Jora was being held hostage, he knew Law wouldn't kill her, and so gave her a chance to escape instead of just attacking outfight with her in the way.
I always felt there was one good way of describing Doffy's opinion on his family, and that's comparing him to Crocodile.
With Crocodile, he expects to be betrayed, but will not forgive failure.
With Doflamingo, he will forgive failure, but does not expect to be betrayed.
In the end I admit I could really just be grasping at straws here, but I think it makes Doffy an even better character in the idea he can only find some humanity left in him through a connection with people who aren't blood related to him, even if that can ultimately become a means to an end. Maybe I just have a bit of a bias.
Law became my favorite character the moment he spoke because he is voiced by my absolute favorite Japanese VA Hiroshi Kamiya. Somehow all the characters he voiced always became my favorite character in any series. But of course over time I began to really love him for everything else as well. Saving Luffy, his bad boy persona, how much he becomes a softie, his backstory.
Law had my heart (haha) since his first introduction and I am so happy that he is one of the main characters now days
Not to mention, he extracted the white lead himself. He's gained such a high pain tolerance that, more than likely, shows a reason why he tanks so much damage in every fight. If you think about it, he should never get hit with that devil fruit. But, he doesn't. Someone could see that as a form of penance for failing his family, Cora-san.
thank you for putting into words the exact reasons why i ADORE this character and why i feel so deeply about this man. this video is perfect! i am bawling again!
17:51 I love how this bit on Luffy can basically be put into any context and still make sense for him
I'm not one to fancy anime characters, but Traffy tests my resolve every time he comes on screen. Must be the goatee. And the tattoos. And his Devil Fruit power. GAAAAAH I love Traffy!
law is so popular even oda wife gotta crush on him
Yeah you got that right, Law was the rope in the tug of war between DoFlamingo and Rosinante, I believe Corazon came in so personal because he was seeing first hand how his brother was making Law a carbon copy of himself (plus servitude), and took upon the duty to free him from this fate, he saw Doffy's begginings first hand so yeah he did his best...except it was a bit late since Doffy's psyche had already took root to an extent, so at the end, Law became the middle way between both brothers, even the 'smile virus' jolly roger he bears, it honors Rosinante, but it 's just way too similar to Doffy's symbol, a complicated affair for sure.
17:12 I absolutely love how Luffy's cameo in Law's video is so meaningful. "Luffy, of course, ... doesn't give a shit." I love it so much! This video is amazing, you're amazing, haha!
I legit liked him already when he was a creepy freak and I feel so called out!
6:01 I swear on my life it's absolutely that fucking coat. The pretimeskip fit said "Greasy weasel man", THIS fit is worthy of a man called "The Surgeon of Death". It fits him nice, it's not too busy and keeps up the energy of "what's his deal?" by not drawing too much attention and keeping your eyes on his face and his long sword.
PLEASE. OFC IT'S HIS COAT!!!
I think it's how simple yet practical and drippy it looks. 😼
Badass coat energy.
ok to add to 1:10, toei ALWAYS animates him so fucking HOT when he's injured/bleeding like??? we all know that one wano scene where he was bleeding 🥴
Me when I was first introduced to Law in the anime: Oh, that's the guy that the fandom loves. I wonder if I'll love him too.
Me now, having recently finished Dressrosa: Law is my precious most special boy and if anything were to happen to him, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.
Excellent analysis. Got me emotional over Law's character and story all over again (which admittedly isn't hard to do... but I thought you organized and presented your thoughts very effectively).
I honestly liked his dead tired eyes expression. It makes him look like a man who does things with little effort and is very relaxed. And in a way, he is just that kind of man.
Law is so popular in Japan, when you go to second hand anime store in Japan, you won’t find too much items of him. If you do, they will be much more pricier in comparison to the other characters good.
This is such a good analysis of Law's character, and by extension Doflamingo's, and I laughed so hard at that part in the beginning. Anytime you ask how Doffy is, just assume he's mad.
No but this perfectly encapsulated why Law is my favourite character in the series and Doffy my favourite villain, they're so well written and the way their trauma is so evident in everything they do is amazing! Poor Law just needs a hug!
Oda is truly a genius. The way he can mingle so many questions of nurture vs nature, crossroads, revenge, freedom, choice, corruption, and unconditional love to name a few from just three characters out of the hundreds in One Piece is a sight to behold and why I love One Piece. This is a bit of a tangent but it's amazing to see a lot of people get into One Piece because of the live action and realizing the millions of analyses they can draw from just the East Blue saga.
I think Doflamingo genuinely loved his father, his brother and Law. This was realized better in the manga bc it doesn't have anime's exaggerated, prolonged anime-original quotes and scenes. Some details to highlight on:
-Even though Corazon was highly suspected of betrayal, Doffy readily accepted him in his family and gave him a position.
-Doffy STUDIED flevance's history after Law's arrival. Everyone Law met until that point abandoned and called him a monster. Doffy was the first person to say his disease isn't contagious.
- Doflamingo hated the idea of having to kill his brother. He says he'd forgive Law after killing him as he did with Corazon and his father.
-The quote "Your freedom/motivations was never yours, it was always mine" is anime-only.
Doffy is betrayed so often that he can't stand it. He was betrayed by his father who took him away from a safe home, his brother who backstabbed him as a spy. This, along with his noble upbringing made him very selective of people he gives his love to. Doflamingo would love and protect these people but he'll severely punish them if he's betrayed. After the punishment, he'll "forgive" them.
Doffy saves young, broken children (Law, Sugar and Monet, Baby 5) based on the potential he sees in them. Once they meet his conditions, they become Doflamingo's family. Everyone else are Doffy's playthings including the useless pool of subordinates (not his "family") ie Bellamy, he gives them the typical "Celestial Dragon" treatment.
Point to note that the "broken" children Doffy saved are poor and filthy, not selected based on nobility. This comes from Doffy's life experience that any other Celestial dragon doesn't have, it proves the impact Doffy's experience has in his personality.
Doflamingo's earlier behavior and his hate towards civilians is easy to understand, he's no Corazon, but he's not a monster for hating the civilians. What if there was ONE civilian who gave him heartfelt, unconditional love? What if Doffy had that one person Law had in his life that is Corazon? What if Corazon's love for law was partly from the wish of wanting to save his young, broken older brother that shaped him into an irredeemable monster? I'm sure Doffy would've been slightly different from he is now.
Tldr: Doflamingo has natural sadistic tendencies but he's not a monster who can't love, and imo it's possible that he would've been a different person if he received unconditional love from someone who didn't betray his expectations.
Thanks for sharing this. It is indeed noteworthy that 'your freedom belongs to me' is anime only, so arguably not canon
I love it so much when people have a "new" interpretation like this. I love these characters to death, so it feels real nice to learn new things about them. Didn't think of it like this before lol
@@erwinsmith5038 thanks! I'm having a huge brainrot and taking every opportunity to rant about these charactere lmao
this, you understand the situation quite well my friend
This is such a great analysis and I agree with you, however- even if I don't think Doffy is incapable of love *in his own way*, I don't think he'd be a different person if he's shown "love that meets his expectations"? The donquixote family are pretty much have been undoubtedly loving him while also meeting his standard-- the problem is his standard is "someone who's willing to die for him", not unconditional love. I love doflamingo but he definitely has fcked up view on the world and I think that's what makes him a fantastic character x"D
Every video is such a banger. This depth of analysis is so rare to see in the OP community. Keep it up g.
Mr. Morj has similar in depth analysis of OP I recommend you check him out!
that give and take mentality relates to his ability, he cant teleport objects, he can swap objects
Huh, that's an interesting observation. I like it.
i love how even after telling the whole story word by word, Oda still keeps things upto self interpretation, and how beautifully Melonteee presents her views on them for our dumb heads.
Her interpretation is so shallow and negligent that i almost lost interest in the character
How can I love a character that is already on my number 1 spot for characters in medium in general even more? He and Doflamingo are so well written both of their story is a masterpiece. Now I appreciate him even more
This videos little by little are becoming something else ☺️
this is a few months late but another thing to mention is cora-san saying 愛してるぜ which is the purest and strongest declaration of love you can give and that the ope ope no mi is in the shape of a heart that cora-san gives law. law quite literally is made up of cora-san's love.
'...how it breaks, heals, and loves'. Such a good line! Thanks for doing these kinds of videos! You really fill in a niche in the fandom and your perspective/humor is one of a kind!
Man, I cried. What a great explanation of Law's character and what build him the way he is! Law's character is about heart, Rosinante could love you unconditionally so was doing his father Homing to both of his sons. Love, Heart - those are the main themes you're so right on this. Also the thing I find very interesting a lot of people missed: Oda made a point in the story that Doflamingo has a "Heart curse" and the Heart (in a form of a Heart Seat as a metaphor) keeps getting away from him. Rosinante didn't get to sit on that seat for long and I don't think he'd ever truly accepted being a Heart for Doffy, the monster. Then Doflamingo kept the Heart seat empty waiting for Law to return and take it. Law refused. So the Heart "slipped away" from Doffy again. I think the point with Doffy and the heart theme Oda was making is that Doflamingo wants for that empty heart spot to be filled and for it stop cursing him but at the same time Doffy is the one who's killed the Heart: his father who gave him unconditional love, his kind-hearted brother, and the last but not least - Law. Law was about to die by Doflamingo's hand as well.
Speaking about Law: YES! he is an ultimate babygirl and needs to be protected at all cost as Corazon wished. So let's do that. Let's honor Rosi by keep loving Law.
(p.s. the scene when Sengoku finally drove the thought home for Law and explained that he shouldn't look for a reason of the love he received is one of my favorites in One Piece too. And then Sengoku hit it even harder by following with if Law truly wants to do something for Rosinante then live freely and keep him in his memory, that should be enough. THAT moment made me tear up. Law was so driven by hatred he was ready to throw away the life Rosinante gave away everything to protect and he also seemed to misinterpret Rosinante's simple wish at the end for Law to remember him (always smiling). Can't do that if you got yourself killed because revenge, can't you? And Law absolutely CAN'T die NOW because how's he going to keep Rosinante's wish otherwise :')
This was a truly WONDERFUL analysis of these characters' themes and roles, thank you for sharing!
ah yes "questionable noises.": proceeds to scream in agony
It’s normal to simp for someone in pain fictionally
Law and Corazon are that rare instance of perfect back story and perfect aesthetic that makes them my favorite characters of the series
I may have only caught up very recently, and binged it over an incredibly short period of time as well (I read it in like two and a half weeks and chapter 1068 was the first I was caught up for the release of) but I think one pieces themes of love and friendship will make it stick with me for a long time to come, even after it ends in a few years. A common theme among my favorite stories is breaking past cycles of hatred and trauma, and building a better future with love and friendship and kindness and hope. And one piece is maybe the best use of these themes, in no small part due to having over 1000 chapters to explore them. And even among that vast story Law’s comparatively small tale is one of the best. I can’t put into words how truly beautiful one piece as a story is and how much it’s struck me, but I can say thank you for talking about it. And as a side note I find it truly hilarious how even in Wano law is still a fundamentally good person even if he does not want to admit it even to himself. He really wants to be a brooding evil pirate and nothing in his life from Corazon to Luffy will let him.
Punk Hazard law + heart abuse by Vergo HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT
I'm actively watching One Piece right now and just saw the episode last night when Sengoku tells Law don't try to find reasons for a person's love. I started bawling seeing it hit Law like that lol excited to see what comes next!
I don't know if you read his novel, but actually the man who takes care of law after he runs away from doflamingo, Wolf, actually says to law that he can live with him but in return he has to help him with taking care his harvest, “There's really no reason. I simply allow them to live with me in exchange for
help me. It's just a matter of give and take.”, this is where law must have learned the "must give to recieve" you talk about, great analysis of his character!
That "Dont find a reason for someones love" hit DIFFERENT after watching this
EXACTLY!!
I FINALLY UNDERSTAND THAT PHRASE!
I never thought about the various positions and sounds Law goes through until Melon pointed them out. And uh, yeah, they are pretty spicy now that I think about it. If anything Melon's videos have definitely opened my to the idea that Oda isn't only giving men fanservice, but everyone fanservice. We got Zoro who ends up shirtless at some point, Sanji who knows how to spread it, Law and his various everything, and Katakuri with his mochi everything.
The significance of Corazon giving law a literal heart shaped devil fruit has a whole new layer of meaning after watching this video :,)
God I have been thinking abt all this for literal ages, just drew a funny lil comic abt pre ts law seeing the spitting image of his dad when he looks in the mirror
I absolutely love your take on Law!! Especially what you said at the end about him being surrounded by love and hearts. His devil fruit being able to switch parts of people made me realize how despite his ability to reconstruct someone, his inner self was built and further solidified throughout his story? I'm not sure if this makes sense but I just adore him and his story :)
Is it weird that I attually love this dude
No.
And if it is, I'm being weird with you.
just wanted to listen to your ramble as background but ended up paying full attention and crying along, i love this video. thank youuuuuuu
Damn it! the 1st half to this make blush red of how he's (my husbandando) my favorite character.
You hit the nail on the coffin and on point on how law and how his character and his backstory. It's so well written.
The moment I saw Law, I knew I would become extremely obsessed with him lmao
I love how much of a bratty bottom he is and how in love with Luffy.
Luffy: Hey, Trao, do this
Law: *DOES IT INSTANTLY, DOESN'T EVEN THINK*
And then immediately: Don't tell me what to do.
EVERY TIME.
And then the pose he makes in Sanji's arms, he is A PRINCESS
Bro why lawlu
@@SillySodaLover12 I don't ship them, I'm just 100% Law is in love with him. Luffy is assexual
I'm so freakin glad I found this channel! Your deep appreciation for the show is practically radiating from every video, and for someone as obsessed with OP as I am it's like biting into a serotonin sammich 😋
I love that Law is a surgeon because he looks like he never washes his hands and would be blasting Limp Bizkit during a surgery
Was about to go to sleep but I couldn’t resist an analysis on probably my favourite thematical storyline (barring overall themes) in all of one piece and also my second fav character! I think this video summed it up the best I’ve seen, fantastic vid, humour also a bonus :)
I love hearing your analysis on characters. They brings a whole new perspective on them and makes me love them even more. I can't wait to hear more!