Trafalgar D. Water Law
Trafalgar D. Water Law is a male manga and anime character who features in One Piece.
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Biography
Trafalgar D. Water Law (Japanese: トラファルガー・Dディー・ワーテル・ロー, Hepburn: Torafarugā Dī Wāteru Rō) was a male human born in the country of Flevance in the North Blue. His home came to be known as the White City for the color of the Amber Lead that was mined there. He lived there with his parents, who were doctors and were likewise training him, and his younger sister.
Like the other Supernovas, he was shown having arrived at the Archipelago with his crew before heading for the New World. He was the final Supernova to be introduced, seen sitting on a crate as X Drake, another Supernova, passed by after having broken up a fight between Urouge and Killer. Law asked Drake how many people he had slain. Later, Eustass Kid observed him in the Auction House on Grove 1, where he revealed that he heard about very unpleasant things about Law. Law replied by flipping him off, causing Kid to note that Law was lacking manners. As the auctioning continued, Law only observed in boredom. After Monkey D. Luffy broke into the Auction House and attacked one of the World Nobles, Law was seen smiling at the reckless action that his fellow Supernova committed. A short while later, Law revealed to Luffy that the auction house was surrounded by Marines, since the Archipelago was so close to Marine Headquarters. After Silvers Rayleigh appeared and knocked out the majority of the soldiers standing in the pirates' way, he was seen still standing, along with his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Kid, Killer, and their crew as well. As the Straw Hats and Rayleigh prepared to leave the Auction House before the admiral showed up, Kid told Luffy and Law to stay back as he volunteered to hold off the Marine grunts, much to both Law and Luffy's annoyance. Law told Kid that he would finish him off too if he ordered him around again. The trio then demonstrated their Devil Fruit powers to hold off the Marines, with Law utilizing a field where he replaced a Marine's head with a cannon ball fired at him. As the fight continued, Law was busy with switching around the body parts of the Marine troops in order to confuse and defeat them. Later, when the trio defeated the first wave, Law noted that Luffy shrank due to the side-effects of Gear Third. After everyone exited the Auction House, the Marines began a heavier assault on the pirates. At that moment, when Luffy proclaimed that he will be the one to find One Piece, Kid told Law and Luffy that the three would meet each other again in the New World, to which Law only smiled. As a bigger Marine grunt tried to attack him, Law ordered his bear companion, Bepo, to attack him, because he was done fighting. Before he left the scene, he freed and recruited Captain Jean Bart, a former slave of Saint Rosward, into his crew. The captain accepts wholeheartedly, although Law told him that half of the thanks should go to "Straw Hat-ya". Afterward, he and his crew made an attempt to escape but came across the Kid Pirates fighting a Pacifista. The Pacifista attacked Law with an energy beam, but he managed to avoid it before he and Kid prepared to fight their common foe.
During the Whitebeard War, Law and his crew were initially present on the Sabaody Archipelago, where the broadcast of Ace's execution was being shown. He was presumably watching the events at Marineford unfold, along with his fellow Supernovas, as he ordered Bepo and Jean Bart to set sail immediately after the broadcast was cut. Towards the end of the battle, as Jinbe and Buggy fled the conflict with a critically injured Luffy, Law emerged from the ocean in his submarine. With Bepo and Jean Bart at his back, Law told Buggy that he is a doctor, and ordered him to hand over Luffy for medical treatment. He claimed that although Straw Hat may become an enemy of his in the future, Law would not allow that destiny to go unfulfilled by letting him die. As the war got more intense, Law continued to tell Buggy to drop Luffy and Jinbe to his ship. Just as Buggy was about to, he was shot through his shoulder by Kizaru and threw them at Law's ship as he fled. As Jean Bart caught them, Law ordered his crew to dive, but as soon as they were leaving, Kizaru showed up and tried to capture them. Luckily, the distraction of Koby and the Red Hair Pirates allowed them to leave the battle ground. But before his vessel could fully submerge, Buggy, who was convinced by Shanks to help return his hat back to Luffy in exchange for a treasure map that the Emperor was supposedly willing to give in exchange for Buggy's services, threw Luffy's signature hat at the submarines opening hatch. Law caught the hat right before sealing the hatch off. He then commenced to supervising Luffy and Jinbe's medical treatment while putting the Straw Hat on the side table, as the submarine was evading Aokiji's Ice Age and Kizaru's Yasakani no Magatama. Later, as Boa Hancock and Emporio Ivankov arrived with a Marine battleship, Law came outside from the sub and informed them that he had done all he could and that Luffy was still in critical condition. When asked by Ivankov if he was a friend of Luffy, he replied that he was not and that he also had no obligation to save him. He offered to make an excuse as to why he was treating Luffy, but Ivankov stated that he did not need to as Law was only following his instincts. Jinbe then woke up and thanked Law for saving him and Luffy. Law bluntly told Jinbe to go to sleep or he would die. After his crew's arrival at Amazon Lily, he told Jinbe that if Luffy kept struggling, his wounds would open back up and he might die this time. Later, he looked at Luffy's straw hat with a curious look on his face. After a little while, he and his crew saw Silvers Rayleigh took down a sea king and swam ashore. Rayleigh told them that he was hit by a storm, but Law's crew was baffled about a storm on the Calm Belt. Law gave him Luffy's straw hat and set sail. While in his submarine, he talked about Rayleigh and figuratively about the storm made by 'D' with a grin on his face as he sailed away. Somewhere near Sabaody Archipelago, Law discussed with his crew about why he did not want to enter the New World yet, saying that he was waiting for the right time and that in any case, One Piece will not disappear and that the other pirates were free to fight each other without him. He then told his men to follow his orders in order for him to 'steal the proper throne', to which his crew happily rejoiced.
Overview
Personality and attributes
He was also known by the name of Trafalgar Law (トラファルガー・ロー Torafarugā Rō?). Due to his abilities, he also came to be known as the Surgeon of Death (死の外科医, Shi no Gekai).
By modern day, Law was an extremely laid-back yet scheming man, who is nearly always seen calmly smiling when not put into a tense situation. Not eager to directly clash with potential enemies, Law prefers to be patient and only act when the time is right, choosing to stay out of unnecessary conflict and wait for a valuable opportunity to further his goals. Law did not like starting or being involved in commotions that may attract unwanted attention towards himself, he enjoys spectating the chaos initiated by others.
He and Bepo have an extremely close relationship, having met in Swallow Island during their childhood and Law protected the bear mink when he was being bullied by Shachi and Penguin. Out of gratitude and admiration, Bepo swore loyalty to Law becoming one of the co-founders of the Heart Pirates, serving as Law's navigator. Bepo does not object to Law reclining on his soft body. Law also lets him carry his nodachi around for him. Bepo happily hugged Law upon reuniting in Zou. After his defeat by Blackbeard, Bepo saved his captain's life and swims to the ocean to escape from Blackbeard, although Law begs Bepo to turn back when he can not abandoned his crew, only for Bepo to declare there is no other way.
Law first encountered Monkey D. Luffy in the Human Auctioning House, where the latter gained his attention after striking down a Celestial Dragon in front of everyone. Like Kid, Law smiled at Luffy's defiance of the consequences. He seems to have some respect for Luffy, as shown after defeating the Marines outside the Human Auction House. Also, he and his crew traveled to Marineford during the Summit War of Marineford to assist with Luffy's escape, and then later administered medical treatment to him. As he said, while Luffy would one day be his enemy, an enemy relationship is still a relationship and that it would be a "damn shame" for Luffy to die at Marineford.
Powers and abilities
Trafalgar D. Water Law was born an ordinary human where originally he possessed no inherent special abilities.
The Paramecia-type Devil Fruit allowed him to create a sphere of light blue aura, inside which he could manipulate the fabric of space. He could manifest this aura sphere over a very wide area; however, he could not move the sphere once he had conjured it. Instead, he would have to dismiss the sphere and create a new one in a different location. Furthermore, Law had to concentrate in order to maintain and use his power, and unlike most Devil Fruit powers, Law's powers directly took a toll on his stamina.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- ROOM (ROOM, ルーム, Rūmu?) :
- Amputate (切断アンピュテート, Anpyutēto?, literally meaning "Amputate/Severance") :
- Shambles (シャンブルズ, Shanburuzu?) :
He came to head his own crew that were known as the Heart Pirates (ハートの海賊団, Hāto no Kaizokudan).
In time, he came to be among twelve infamous pirates who were referred to as the Worst Generation (最悪の世代, Saiaku no Sedai).
Law would come to join the ranks of the Seven Warlords of the Sea (王下七武海, Ōka Shichibukai).
Notes
- Trafalgar Law was created by Eiichiro Oda where he featured in the setting of the One Piece universe.
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Appearances
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