Idk if this is common knowledge or if I’m pushing it too far but I got a thought while brain rotting over the Heart Pirates.
We all know how they’re like, cold animals themed, with Shachi meaning orc or something if I recall correctly and Penguin being so straightforward i don’t need to explain it.
But then I was like, what about Bepo ? Man. Bepo is a polar bear. POlar BEar. BEar POlar. BE PO.
Idk. I may be taking it too far but yeah I thought this was fun anyway bye.
I just want to make a post to point out how Law being a doctor is not anecdotal.
Like, it’s shown in the anime that it’s his parents profession and he started to learn young and all but the Light Novel made me realize how important being a doctor is to him and how much pride and happiness it brings him.
It’s not just something about him, being a doctor is something that defines him and is very important for his character.
He studies tones when he gets the time, he even worked in a doctor office for multiple years when he was younger after Cora’s death.
He started saving people’s life at a very young age and carried out very complex surgeries very young. He’s literally a genius in this domain and it’s too bad it’s not shown enough in the anime.
The doctor he was working with told him how good he was and how much potential he had at just 13/14yo. He was born for this.
When he saved the lives of the people he loved he was filled with this euphoria that he saw his parents get before him, he understood their joy and felt connected to them and proud of himself.
He founds himself in being a doctor, he loves saving lives and is proud of how capable he is. He is able to make the most of his ope ope no mi thanks to his talent and hard work.
Law may be a pirate but he is also a doctor and he wouldn’t see himself being anything else than that.
I finished the first volume out of the two Ace light novels and I wanna share my favorite moments with y’all !! >:)
I’ll divide this in multiple categories because there’s a lot of moments and a lot can be put together.
Also the first light novel is in the point of view of Deuce, the first member of the Spade crew (so Ace’s crew) !!
Everything I’ll say here is from Deuce’s pov, NOT ACE !!!
Ace’s effect on others, his charisma and his similarities with Roger (and Luffy)
One thing that I love about light novels is that you can see the real impact characters have on the thoughts of others, and this light novel is full of that. Also many moments made me think « he’s really Roger’s son »/« he’s really Luffy’s brother » so I put them all here.
« Observing his athletic body, I tell myself that he was made for adventure stories and the sound of waves. »
« This man exuded a truly unique atmosphere, never seen elsewhere. »
« But then, the real ace, what kind of person is he ?
He was able, despite being hungry, to share with an equally hungry stranger what little food he had.
The son of Roger that I had in front of me, this Ace in the veins of which flowed the blood of the pirates, was this kind of man.»
« Still firmly clinging to the hull, I looked up at Ace. He laughed. Proud, his chest bulging and his eyes fixed on the horizon, he had a candid smile hanging on his face.
Then he told me about the decision he had just made.
- You'll see ! The king of the pirates, I’ll surpass him ! »
« There was something attractive, bewitching about him. A little something that the words "charisma" or "virility" are not enough to express in their complexity. »
« Ace doesn't judge people on their looks, no, that's not his style. He is one of those who look at what his interlocutor hides deep in his heart. That too, probably, without realizing it. »
« - Raah, seriously ? We’re going to be held here for three days ?
Ace looked sulky saying that.
To see him, like that, making this funny face with a map under his eyes, he who however was not in the habit of reading maps, I could not help but find this spectacle both strange and little suitable. Nevertheless the terms "to be held" which he had used instead of "stay", for example, sounded a lot like him. »
« To find Ace, you must first look where there are crowds. »
« - Ah, I'm sated… I ate well, then I ran. Ah, but since I ran, now I'm hungry. »
Ace and Luffy
The way Ace talks about Luffy always bring tears to my eyes, it’s so obvious that he loves him more than anything in the entire world.
« - Me, my only family is a little brother. We are not of the same blood, but…
Saying these words, Ace looked far to the horizon.
- He’s so loud, he’s like a real monkey. When we were together, I wasn't really aware of it, but it's the fact of being separated, of finding myself alone, that makes me think of him... he then said, a smirk at the corner of his mouth. »
« Ace was a naturally jovial person, but when he talked about his little brother, he seemed particularly happy. »
Ace’s struggles
I strongly believe that at least until he joined the Whitebeard crew he was unstable emotionally, he didn’t know where he belonged and who he was because of his father. And these just makes it more obvious.
« In his eyes lost in the bottom of his glass, I saw the color of the seabed float. The color of rejection, cold and stagnant at the same time… However, Ace was not drunk. »
« - Renounce piracy to join the Navy… No, I don't think the question is even worth asking.
When Ace turned around, I could see that his eyes were filled with that deep sea color that we know so well. But our captain immediately found his smiling face again. »
« Ace had always tended to believe that he had no right to be loved. So when reality reminded him, in this form or another, his face and the apple of his eye were crossed by a dark shadow. »
Ace flirting
You just know I needed to put this category. It’s always with the same character, Iska, a really beautiful Navy that is determined to capture Ace and later on to make him a member of the Navy directly. You can’t convince me that he wasn’t flirting, even if it’s not consciously.
« -Fire fists, don't shirk ! Any resistance is useless, you are wasting your time. Surrender !
- And if I resist in a useful way, will that do the trick ? »
« - Fire fists, what a fool you are… Where are we going if the bounty hunter and his target start acting together, huh ?
- I don't know, it's up to us, he replied with his mischievous look. »
Ace and the sun
I loved this moment so much that I want to make a whole category just for it. Ace being compared to the sun is the most relevant thing ever said about him, just see for yourself.
« Ace was a sun-like man.
Everyone was attached to him and respected him, even his opponents. No matter what, he was the center of everything and everyone.
But the sun, because it is too blinding, is doomed to spend it’s life alone. He cannot hold close to anyone, and no one can hold close to him. Quite simply because by standing too close to him, one burns. »
I know this post is hella long and I understand if you didn’t read everything but it’s important to me to give everyone the opportunity to know and understand better a complex and amazingly written character.
Not everybody has access or time for the light novels so I want to share everything I can <3
Back again to give y’all more depth on Law’s character !!
This time it’s about him and Cora.
I will be quick with this one but by reading the light novel I realized how after Cora’s death he always talks to him when something important happens to him or he takes an important decision.
There’s regularly a « Hey, Cora. » moment and as I was reading the Wano arc this happened.
Even today, 13 whole years later, Law never stopped « updating » Cora on what happens in his life and never stopped talking to him.
Cora will never leave Law’s side, he’s always so close to his heart and present in his mind :(
I need to share the thing that breaks my heart the most in one piece. I think about it every day and cry about it every night, I’m not even saying this to be dramatic but I truly cry every day over it.
The trio Ace, Sabo and Luffy.
Everything about them is heartbreaking, they deserved to live together, to see each other and to hug at least one last time.
Ace dying in his brother’s arms knowing it’s gonna shatter his existence but at least he’ll live and get a chance to make his dreams come true. Ace dying without knowing Sabo is still alive and well somewhere and thinking that Luffy will be all alone.
Luffy witnessing Ace’s death after putting in so much effort and playing with death once too many times. Luffy spending two whole years thinking he was the only one left alive and that he had to face a world without his two dear brothers in it.
Sabo living his life totally oblivious of his brothers existence and only remembering when it’s too late and he can’t do anything about it, living with the overwhelming guilt that maybe he could have changed things if only he remembered. The thought that he left his little brother that he loves so much alone to deal with the unbearable pain when he was himself suffering like no one.
Seeing how Sabo could even go out of his way as a revolutionary if Luffy is ever in need because the thought of losing him terrifies him, and he wants to be there to repay for not being here for Ace.
Saying that all this breaks me is not enough, it absolutely crushes my soul, breaks every single part left of my heart, I could scream and cry for hours at how tragic they are.
I just can’t get over it, I’ll never be able to heal, the scar will forever stay open.
I was watching the One Piece movie Stampede (that is really good btw go watch it) and there’s a scene that I found absolutely adorable in it’s whole meaning let me explain ya.☝️
It’s a scene where Zoro fights with Fujitora but then he has to go somewhere else so he does his things and a meteorite starts falling on Zoro and lots of other people.
So of course Zoro takes the responsibility and try to destroy it. He end up « « only » » cutting it in half, but the meteorite continues to make its way down.
And then someone else than Zoro dice the meteorite and when he look over where the blow came from there’s a very intense (and I think funny idk they’re cute) eye contact with Mihawk.
But what I want to talk about is what Mihawk says after this. He simply says :
« The rest is not my obligation. »
If you take a second and think about it that means that he consider whatever hassle Zoro is facing is also his obligation and he has to help him ??? It’s so terribly adorable idk, Mihawk’s really not the type to get involved in anything but if Zoro is in the equation it’s game changing.
Also I know that he mostly did that because he want Zoro to survive until he’s strong enough to fight against him but I love to think that they’re a cute little family. ☹️
Also after this Mihawk’s like « we’re going now » to Perona and she follow’s him they’re the cutest I need more content of them really.
I love how pre timeskip law was a menace, he really was just a cocky and silly little 24 yo teen with many fucks to give to the world (quite literally).
Then post timeskip law is just an old 26yo man that sometimes get a shot of energy from his youth (two years prior) and give in to his sarcasm but is overall very grumpy and don't have any patience left for anybody's bullshit.
Im back to share something from the Law light novel >:)
In the second chapter there’s the moment where Law gets his first tattoo, being the « DEATH » one on his hands.
At first everybody think that it’s something edgy cause he’s kind of a loser yk especially during pre time skip BUT I think that the real signification behind is so nice.
« I did not choose it for a particularly deep reason.
But as a doctor, I always need to feel death by my side.
For people to live…
For the people I care about the most to live…
For all these reasons, I wanted to constantly remember that I am closer to the death than a whole bunch of individuals. »
It’s so like him idk it’s so :(((
(Bonus : he also thought about tattooing himself brightly colored flowers, a saber or an "impressive gun")
I never see anybody talking about the One Piece light novels but right now I’m reading the Law one and he said something that hit so close to home I think everybody should read it.
(he’s talking about Cora btw)
« We were not related by blood and the time we spent together was relatively short. Despite everything, something had been woven between us similar to affection, a bond that needs no words to be understood. Will I ever be able to show such affection to someone again ? »
Theres one thing that I love about one relationship in one piece but I think it’s too unclear and like between the lines for everybody to understand it so imma explain it to y’all 🫵
This is all about the Law/Cora/Dofy situation and I swear you won’t regret knowing that.
We know Dofy is a literal demon spawn he was born to be a menace to society and don’t give two fucks about how what he does affects others.
During the Dressrosa arc you get to meet with the Donquixote family with its three main units named after the four symbols in card games so « heart, clubs, diamonds and spades ».
It’s easy to make the link between Corazon and the heart unit obv since it’s a code name to represent that he is the head of this unit, and before him it was Vergo.
Now back to the Dressrosa arc 13 years after Cora’s death, the heart unit doesn’t exist anymore. Or I should say doesn’t have anybody officially in it. Since Cora’s death Dofy didn’t give this name to anybody again.
I have three reasons that could explain why :
For when Vergo comes back eventually
Because he didn’t want anybody to take the place of his brother (either out of love, even if it sounds quite unreal, either because he didn’t want anybody to remind him of him)
Because he kept this place for Law if he ever came back
BUT Law still wears the heart. His tattoos, his jacket in this arc and even his crew (called Heart Pirates), and THIS is something that Dofy doesn’t like at all.
Dofy never looses his cool, he has a lot of temper and is very cold headed but we saw him giving in to his emotions two major times. The first time being Cora’s death.
If you watch true crime or things like criminal minds you know that when someone is killed by being shot or stabbed repeatedly it, pretty much every time, mean the victim and killer had a strong bound and the crime was due to something happening in their relationship that created hatred or frustration for exemple. Now look at Cora’s death.
It’s clearer in the anime but Dofy shots Cora repeatedly. And the same thing happened a second time 13 years later with who ? Law obv 👍
It’s the scene where Dofy sees the name Corazon on Law’s back, he absolutely loses his shit.
He hates seeing Law wear the heart because it must remind him of his failure with him and Cora, how he wasn’t able to get the two of them to stay with him.
We know that Dofy still associates Law with the Heart tho no matter how much it seems to affect him, when Law was captured he was attached to the Heart throne, out of the four empty ones.
So when Dofy wanted to kill Law after losing his shit over how Law will forever be associated with the Heart no matter what he has to say about it he ONCE AGAIN shoot repeatedly.
Im not pointing this so say that Dofy is attached to him in any way but in a way that Law, more than anyone else, affects him so deeply he makes him lose his cool even for a second. Even when he lost to Luffy Dofy was not much affected by the situation, but as soon as Law shows him how linked he still is to the Heart and Cora it’s the end of the world for him.
You can even see how he will forever associate the name Corazon to Law, because of their relationship of course, but also because Dofy probably wanted Law to become the new Corazon, as he said 16 years ago that in ten years Law would be his right hand.
I think I’m pretty much done, their trio is one of my favorite in the whole series, it’s so interesting to try to understand how Dody feels about them and the other way around, their relationship is so complex and well written I just love them all three sm 🙏