Good chapter with few scopes of action. Law acknowledges the will of Rocinante which is pretty much stopping Doflamingo's madness. It's kind of interesting that Law connected his true sense of freedom to his ability to carry the will of his savior. Also, Law is psychologically manipulating Doflamingo by constantly hammering him with D related facts. The fact that he is a D, and on top of that, he brought another D to maximize their chance of toppling the once celestial current demon. I believe that Law is counting on this, one can say since his initial encounter with the strawhat pirate, he realized the potential of two Ds allying themselves together and he is betting the outcome of the confrontation against Doflamingo knowing fully what a trump card Luffy will be. In this regard, people should relax as even Law is not bothered by the fact that Luffy is briefly out of commission for the fight, because he knows that once Luffy gets to business, Doflamingo is going to have a hard time especially with the way Law is softening him. That's why Law found it necessary to remind Doflamingo that Luffy is a D. And while Doflamingo seems to be able to shrug it off for a while, his agitation is surely and apparently rising due to Law's great battle skills which I love by the way and also because DD on some level already realized his possible downfall on the hands of the double D's standing in his path, their combined efforts and the fatalist notion behind their fight with him.
Regarding the fights; CoA was better showcased, an outlook on all the fights was established, the two manly men are as epic as always, more information regarding certain Doflamingo officers such as Dellinger's origin and Diamante's new attack, Lao G shines in battle which in my humble opinion is expected as I have always felt his superiroity to some of the other officers, as well as a chance for Cavendish and hopefully robin to show some of their skills. Other interesting things include the dwarf princess rescue, and Sabo's heroic deeds (Darth intervenes here?).
The climax of the chapter sure ties to the beginning which shows great capability on the author's part, and further cements the idea that Doflamingo is losing his composure and making few missteps normally the heavenly demon wouldn't incur in this great dance of wills and skills. Indeed, the trigger that wasn't pulled back then, may get pulled in this hour, and may get pulled real hard.
Now, regarding Law's special techniques, Injection Shot is likely going to induce a special effect in correlation to Law's powers and fruit. This effect is probably quite dangerous as Doflamingo made sure that such a shot doesn't hit Trebol, only to fall victim to the technique himself later on. The other technique that Law used and succeeded in landing a hit with, is the Radio Knife. He further elaborated that Trebol's ability to reattach himself will be lost in a few minutes thanks to the technique which might put a time limit for the supposed benefit of having the executive be near his boss/protege. Of course, the possibility that Trebol might come on top and uncover secret techniques of his own to counter the dangerous abilities of Law is always there. Here are some pages detailing the mentioned:
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In summary, I liked the chapter mainly because of the ongoing fight between Law and Doflamingo, a fight that has well depicted advanced skills as well as some sort of unique and great psychological tension between the combatants. Law's utilization of a broad range of interesting abilities courtesy of his devil fruit and his capability to exploit and capitalize on Doflamingo's mistakes and lost composure is fascinating to say the least. Thank you very much for reading my words.
@Strawhat:
No. Notice the dog falling down along with the house. Something just blew the house of the water.
@Seafarer33:
On a completely unrelated side note, I've just realized that the ever-awesome Robin is moving up the cliff on a stair made with her own feet
Thank you very much for clarifying these.
@The:
I don't know if it's just how things have played out recently, or because I've been feeling like crap lately, so my outlook isn't as optimistic as if I was healthy.
I hope you get healthy soon.
@King:
Question: when Law is blocking Doffy's Pentachromatic String attack, is he coating his arms in Armament Haki, or is he just wearing black gloves? It's kind of hard to tell due to his long-sleeved jacket.
He is coating his hands and possibly his arms in CoA. Normally, he doesn't wear gloves and has a unique tattoo pattern on his hands.
@Darth:
Between obviously positive portrayl of pacifism, forgiveness, understanding and altruism with the flashback chapters and and equally strong emphasis solving the entire thing with violence in present time.
I dunno. It would be really weird right now for me if Oda were to go with the classic route of everyone beating their enemies in one round and everything being fine. This doesn't seem to fit this particular arc.
In my humble opinion, the author often uses this structure in his story. Examples include; Shanks' refusal to engage the bandits at the bar, the benevolent king of Alabsta and his inability to contain Crocodile's ambitions, Luffy's homage to the first example in Jaya, and the benign attitude of Fishman Island's royal family especially that of Queen Otohime. All these examples start with a portrayal of pacifism and forgiveness to varying degrees and then end with a great display of force and violence that the good guys inflect upon the villains in a crushing defeat. Even taking into account, the benevolent and pacifist words of flashback characters like Queen Otohime's last words to her children, the author still tends to end the conflicts with the good old might. It's as if the author is convaying his opinion to the readers, in that he believes that good intentions must and should be backed by power no matter how good these intentions are. The skypieans prayers have come to fruition only when Luffy smacked Enel into a golden bell. It's an interesting trend of the author which I find myself agreeing with in most of the cases involved.
@allbluebro:
Hopefully not post time skip Robin-Swan
Get your facts straight, Nami-swan and Robin-chwan.
@Katzztar:
No, not mermaid but a "mer-dog" or to be precise, an ocean dog .
Lets see if I can sum it up…
"Solo Journey of Jinbe, Knight of the Sea" is following Jinbe's journey after he left Caribou at the G-5 base, starts 751
After Jinbe was traveling underwater when he came across the lost sea kitten. They meet with an Ocean Dog officer/sheriff who turns out to be from same town as the sea kitten and leads them back to the town's location. Only to be shocked at the town's disappearance and only the officer's house is found, though laying on its side.
They are surprised by a ship sinking that has 3 slashes in it. Jinbe rescues it, bringing it back to the surface, the survivors give Jinbe a newspaper that tells him of Luffy & Law's alliance and of a outbreak of sea monsters attacking a port town. The sea monsters look like the ones that Hody used. Jinbe travels to the Port Town, to have a look and there are ruins laying on the town. The sea kitten that is still following Jinbe tells him that the ruins are from the town of the sea cats. As they look on, the ocean dog and his house falls from the sky in a column of water landing on the ruins.
Thank you very much for this explanation, Katzztar.
@Warp:
There is. It seems that he was there from the start (also for a slum kid in ND to know about haki, while main characters found out it even exist in the middle of journey, is impressive), gave Dofla a gun or even Ito-Ito, and then was his boss for a while (and maybe, technically still is). He is one who gets fruits, sign papers while other two stand around like glorified bodyguards, and sits beside Dofla at table between him and his brother. And since little Doffy was still ten, it's obvious that Trebol had at least some part in shaping his adult personality.
I like this elaboration.
@Tangaroa:
The last time we saw Trebol he was in several pieces on the floor. Law was planning to use Radio Knife on him but I thought that Dofla stopped him before he did?
Maybe he did get a few swipes in. Regardless of whether they're permanently severed or not I think at some point soon we're going to see some mini-Trebols or Trebol-lumps enter the fray. He was pretty high powered before and this may have evened things out.
Actually, Law has already used Radio Knife on Trebol. The move that Doflamingo intercepted was indeed Injection Shot only to later receive it himself. Please refer to the fourth paragraph in my post and see the accompanying pictures.
I apologize for the long post and I thank you all for allowing me the pleasure of writing in this awesome forum.