Law

Biodata

Background

Law grew up in Flevance, where his parents worked as doctors. The World Government concealed the toxicity of Amber Lead, and neighboring countries blockaded the town. Soldiers killed his parents and the children meant to be evacuated; his younger sister Lami died after the hospital caught fire. Law escaped by hiding among corpses 158 159.

Suffering from Amber Lead Syndrome and believing he had only three years to live, Law joined the Donquixote Family intent on killing and destroying as much as he could. He initially hated Corazon and stabbed him, but Corazon concealed the attack from Doflamingo. After Law later kept Corazon’s secret in return, Corazon took him away to search for a cure 158 159 161.

Corazon stole the Op-Op Fruit for Law on Minion Island. Law then unknowingly delivered Corazon’s information about Dressrosa to Vergo, Doflamingo’s undercover agent. Corazon hid Law in a treasure chest and kept him silent with his power while Doflamingo shot him. After Corazon died, Law escaped and later vowed to avenge him 161 162.

Appearance

In the video, Law wears a black hooded coat and carries a long black blade 62.

• As a ten-year-old, he had unusually pale skin from Amber Lead Syndrome and wore grenades around his neck 158 159.
• During his fight with Doflamingo in the video, the name Corazon is visible on the back of his clothes 164.

Personality

Law is analytical and cautious. Watching Luffy use Gear Second, he recognized its benefits but warned that it strained the heart and consumed considerable stamina. In the video, he grew suspicious of Doflamingo’s reported abdication because Dressrosa remained unusually peaceful 5 78.

Corazon’s sacrifice remains central to Law’s decisions. Although Law says he has come to terms with his family’s deaths, he regrets not obtaining the Op-Op Fruit sooner. He is prepared to risk his life against Doflamingo to honor Corazon’s hope 159 163.

Law can be exasperated by Luffy’s recklessness. After watching his future self captured, he vowed never to work with the Straw Hats again; nevertheless, the video shows him placing substantial trust in them against Doflamingo 112 114 157.

Abilities & Skills

Op-Op Fruit

Law creates spatial domes called Rooms, within which he uses the Op-Op Fruit for movement, attacks and manipulation. Repeated use exhausts him; he says maintaining a Room large enough to cover the New King’s Plateau shortens his lifespan somewhat 111 164.

• Shambles: Swaps positions of people or objects. Law uses it to evade attacks, rescue Sanji and Caesar, and set up attacks with Luffy 100 111 157.
• Tact: Manipulates objects within a Room. He launches iron pillars at Doflamingo and later uses his severed arm and sword to attack Trebol 111 165.
• Scalpel and heart removal: Law uses Scalpel against Doflamingo and controls Caesar by holding his extracted heart 80 101 111.
• High-Frequency Scalpel: Cuts Trebol into pieces that he cannot reassemble for several minutes 157.
• Injection Shot: Sends a shockwave through Doflamingo, making him cough blood 163.
• Gamma Knife: An internal attack used against Doflamingo, who survives it 164 165.
• Perennial Youth Operation: Can grant another person eternal life at the cost of the user’s life. Law says the user must be willing and refuses to perform it unless Corazon can be brought back 158.

Swordsmanship and Haki

Law fights with a sword alongside his fruit powers and can coat the blade in Armament Haki. In the video, he cuts Vergo, a laboratory and Punk Hazard in half 111 156.

Equipment

• Long black blade — Law’s sword in the video; he uses it with Armament Haki and Op-Op Fruit techniques 62 111.
• Polar Tang — The vessel on which Law and the Heart Pirates watch the footage 63.
• Zou Vivre Card — Given to the Straw Hats so they can take Caesar to Zou 101.

Relationships

• Corazon / Rosinante — Law’s savior and Doflamingo’s younger brother. Law cherishes him and vows to avenge his death 140 162.
• Donquixote Doflamingo — Former leader of Law’s family and the man who killed Corazon. Law schemes to destroy his SMILE operation and confront him directly 101 140.
• Monkey D. Luffy — Law’s proposed ally against Kaido in the video. Despite frustration with Luffy’s behavior, Law trusts him against Doflamingo and thanks him after his victory 63 112 168.
• Bepo, Penguin and Shachi — Members of the Heart Pirates who watch the footage with their captain and worry about his alliance 63 114.
• Vergo — Doflamingo’s undercover agent, to whom Law unknowingly delivered Corazon’s information. Law celebrates when the video exposes Vergo 157 161.
• Lami — Law’s younger sister, who died during the destruction of Flevance 159.

Story Role

The alliance and Green Bit

A video shown to the world reveals a future in which Law becomes a Shichibukai and proposes an alliance with Luffy against Kaido. Law’s plan also targets Doflamingo’s SMILE production, with Caesar used to pressure him 63 79 101.

Law travels toward Green Bit with Caesar, Usopp and Robin. After Sanji warns him that Doflamingo never actually left the Shichibukai, Law faces Doflamingo and Admiral Fujitora. He escapes with Caesar and rescues Sanji, then sends the Thousand Sunny toward Zou while staying behind 80 84 100 101.

Dressrosa

On the iron bridge, Law fights Doflamingo to buy the Straw Hats time to destroy the SMILE Factory. Exhausted and wounded, he is captured and taken toward the palace. After Doflamingo unleashes the Birdcage, Law warns that he intends to kill everyone on Dressrosa 111 112 114 133.

Law and Luffy return to the palace together. Law reveals his connection to Corazon, then fights Doflamingo again. Despite losing his right arm, he uses a concealed Room to land Gamma Knife and later wounds Trebol with his severed arm and sword. Doflamingo survives, but Luffy ultimately defeats him; Law thanks Luffy afterward 140 149 163 164 165 168.

Notable Quotes

“I’ve only survived this long to fulfill that person’s long-held wish.” 111

“Everything I do until the day I die is the hope Mr. Corazon left behind back then.” 163