One Piece, Chapter 781: Long Cherished Desire
Doflamingo reveals that the Birdcage is really shrinking because he wills it too do so in an hour, and he changes the rules of the game all Hunger Games style. We get a rather nice visual of the strings slicing through a building and the slices of the building just collapsing. We get a couple of panels showing the other people in the city, but not too much so that it becomes a distraction. I'm sure if stronger people like Fujitora, Zoro, Sabo and the rest try their best they can punch a hole through the Birdcage -- don't just freaking stand around there! Doflamingo continues to just mock Luffy and the 'dead' Law, and talks about how he can just make another country.
So I guess he's going to kill all of his 'family' and all his talk about how his executives are family is bullshit? Or is he going to spare them somehow?
Luffy goes in to punch Doflamingo... but suddenly SHAMBLES and Law is there instead, alive and well and holding this big energy blade he calls a Gamma Knife. Law stabs Doflamingo straight in the chest (why not rip his heart out and crush it?) and apparently the Gamma Knife burns all of Doflamingo's internal organs. Trebol asks how the fuck Law is able to do that without using a Room, but Law counters it with 'why did you think I don't have a Room active' all Aizen style, and Law's apparently created a gigantic Room bubble and have been clinging to it all through the battle.
He also reveals that after the first time Doflamingo shot him, he switched places with one of the random Doflamingo mooks who happens to also have black hair and be the same height as him, and that mook, teleported into Law's clothes, was the one who got shot multiple times. And apparently that telepathic message or whatever from last chapter? It's just Law fucking whispering to Luffy.
Doflamingo looks like crap after the Gamma Knife, vomiting blood everywhere, and Trebol is all like 'Dofy you're royalty don't let your knees touch the ground' instead of, y'know, helping with his snot powers. Doflamingo tries to string-cut Law in the face, but Luffy shoots a Jet Stamp straight at Doflamingo's gut. Law then creates a small room and explains his Gamma Knife -- really should've taken Doflamingo to a hundred different slices or ripped out his heart or something.
Trebol tries to jump in but Luffy just one-shots him no problem. So much for being an executive.
Law then, sadly, chooses this moment to talk even though he himself used Doflamingo's own monologue to pull off a trick. Man, Law, why do you do that? Doflamingo continues to goad Law, which I guess is his specialty -- to goad people so he can buy time for himself -- and talks about how Corazon is useless, how Law is the same level as him and everything. Law Counter-Shocks Doflamingo before falling down exhausted...
And then Doflamingo stands up all ominous like. I was desperately hoping that it wouldn't be another String Clone situation. And apparently Doflamingo just pulled off a Sani and used his strings to perform emergency medical treatment. He can't fully cure himself, but he can stabilize his wounds enough so he can stand up and kick ass. Law is all screaming in rage and shit, and Doflamingo is about to stomp down on Law's face but Luffy stops his foot with hi own and the two face off.
So Luffy is going to be the one to end Doflamingo in a fight, which is what everyone expected. But Law really made a good show of himself and despite being a big Law fan I am honestly okay with Luffy taking it over from here. Law isn't knocked out yet, and he can help out, I'm sure. It's overall a pretty great chapter, and a well-paced one too compared to many recent One Piece chapters.
The Jinbe cover story is reaching its closing stages at last, showing that the Sea Kings are cooperating with the dudes they kind of fucked up and are allowing the fishermen to use them as fishing boats.
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