Doflamingo

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Doflamingo was formerly a Celestial Dragon. As children, he and his younger brother Rosinante were hanged and set on fire; Doflamingo later recalled the loss of both parents and the struggle to survive. Rosinante remembered Doflamingo protecting him from falling rocks and enduring hunger and cold with him 14 42 44.

By the time the Marines investigated him in the North Blue, Doflamingo headed a growing arms network. The Donquixote Family conducted legitimate trade while secretly fencing stolen goods and shipping weapons for underground merchants 10 13.

Appearance

Doflamingo is blond and wears sunglasses and a pink feather coat 10 42.

• He is often seen with a wide grin and a distinctive “Fuffuffu” laugh 10 12.
• Ron’s attack on Minion Island left him with a long chest scar that ached in cold, rainy weather. His broken right arm healed but remained less nimble 47.

Personality

Doflamingo enjoys expanding his influence and resents being treated as insignificant. After losing to Ron, he sought power through commerce, planning to make New World buyers and shippers dependent on his Underworld network 13 47.

He showed concern for Rosinante even while running the family’s criminal operations, checking that his brother was unharmed after Ron visited their estate. On Minion Island, however, Rosinante’s theft of the Op-Op Fruit and disclosure that he was a Marine shattered Doflamingo’s remaining patience with him 15 42.

Abilities & Skills

String-String Fruit

Doflamingo fights with fine, often nearly invisible strings. His awakened fruit lets him turn surrounding material into white strings 14 43.

• Five Color Strings: Sends five cutting threads at an opponent; he later uses them coated in Armament Haki 14 90.
• Parasite String: Attaches threads to people to control their movements. He uses it on King Riku and later attempts to take guards hostage 14 89.
• Bullet String: Fires threads at high speed like bullets 14.
• Overheat: Twists numerous threads into a powerful whip 14.
• Athlete: Produces sharp threads from his toes during a kick 14.
• Sky Walk: Catches clouds with threads to travel through the air 14.
• Spider Web Wall and string puppet: Creates a defensive web and a duplicate to attack alongside him 43.
• Ever White: Converts the ground and other surroundings into a surging mass of strings 43 90.
• Thousand Arrows: Piercing Heart: Feather Thread: Forms enormous attacking wings from black-and-white strings coated in Armament Haki 43.
• Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread: Sends sixteen Armament Haki-coated bundles of thread from the ground 90.

Ron repeatedly countered Doflamingo’s strings with spatial doors, redirecting attacks back at him or away from the battlefield 14 43 90.

Haki

• Conqueror’s Haki: His aura can knock out nearby opponents, though Ron’s own Conqueror’s Haki overpowered it during their first confrontation 13.
• Armament Haki: He uses it defensively and coats string attacks with it 43 90.

Relationships

• Rosinante — Doflamingo’s younger brother and the family officer known as Corazon. Rosinante secretly worked for the Marines; despite their conflict, he later asked Ron to spare Doflamingo 10 42 44.
• Ron — A Marine whose investigations repeatedly brought him into conflict with Doflamingo. Ron defeated him at the family estate, on Minion Island and in Dressrosa 14 43 90.
• Vergo — A family member planted in the Marines. After Ron exposed his infiltration, Doflamingo restricted contact with him; Vergo later helped investigate and arrest the family 16 86 90.
• Trafalgar Law — A sick child who joined the family and attracted Doflamingo’s interest. Doflamingo sought to capture him after Rosinante gave him the Op-Op Fruit; Law later opposed him at Dressrosa 17 42 89.
• Trebol and Diamante — Senior family officers who assisted Doflamingo’s operations and fought Ron at the estate 12 13.
• Caesar Clown — A scientist funded by Doflamingo to develop Artificial Devil Fruits for sale 47 74.
• Kaido — A prospective buyer for artificial Zoan fruits. Doflamingo sought to use Caesar’s research to supply the Beasts Pirates 47 74.

Story Role

North Blue confrontation

Warned by Vergo that Ron’s warship was approaching, Doflamingo ordered sensitive ledgers and warehouse goods moved. Ron arrived ahead of the ship through an Air Door, defeated the family’s officers and overpowered Doflamingo. Sengoku had ordered Ron to spare him, but Ron warned him against trafficking people and dealing with civilians 12 13 14.

When the Black Whale Pirates attacked the harbor, Ron destroyed their fleet. Before leaving, he revealed that he knew about Vergo’s infiltration, prompting Doflamingo to order the family not to send Vergo critical intelligence or contact him unexpectedly 15 16.

Minion Island and the Underworld

Doflamingo grew suspicious of Rosinante and deliberately let word of the Op-Op Fruit leak. After Rosinante stole it and gave it to Law, Doflamingo beat him and demanded Law’s location. Ron intervened, defeated Doflamingo despite his newly awakened fruit, and spared him at Rosinante’s request 42 43 44.

While recovering, Doflamingo decided that his family could not defeat Ron by force alone. He moved its main forces into the Underworld, planned to establish the JOKER name through weapons sales, and funded Caesar’s Artificial Devil Fruit research 47.

Shichibukai and Dressrosa

Doflamingo secured a Shichibukai seat by agreeing to stop raiding the Heavenly Tribute. He continued pressing Caesar for usable artificial Zoans and planned to make Dressrosa a factory and headquarters 74 89.

To seize Dressrosa, he demanded ten billion Beli from King Riku, controlled the king with strings and had family members spread panic. Ron, Law and Vergo stopped the plot; Ron defeated Doflamingo and had him placed in Seastone Handcuffs. The Marines also captured the family’s officers and found plans for SMILE production and a Dressrosa factory 89 90.

Doflamingo was stripped of his Shichibukai title and imprisoned on Level 6 of Impel Down, where he encountered the captured Hanafuda 93.