Trafalgar D Water Law

Appearance Law is a slim young man with tan skin and a very tall stature. He has faint shadows right under his yellow eyes (grey in the anime), and his face is usually seen with a smirk. He wears a northern-style fur hat, which is white and has a spotted pattern along the bottom and the bill. He has very short dark hair, a majority of which is obscured by his hat, save for his sideburns and a small goatee.[1] His hair color is depicted as black in both the anime and manga, though sometimes the manga depicts it as blue mistakenly.

He has many tribal-style tattoos on his arms; on both of his fingers are letters spelled as D E A T H tattooed in black on each of the back of his fingers. Originally in the manga, his right hand was not tattooed[22] while his left thumb had the letter A missing.[1] Later on, all of his fingers were tattooed completely with all five letters.[23] He also has a black cross on the back of both of his hands.[1] On his chest, he has a tribal-style heart tattoo with his Jolly Roger on it. He has a simple heart tattoo on his shoulders and his own Jolly Roger was tattooed on his back.Before the Timeskip He is seen wearing a yellow hoodie, with black sleeves and a black hood. The hoodie has his Jolly Roger printed on the front of the chest area in dark ink, and he keeps the sleeves rolled up. Law wears a northern-style fur hat that has a rim running all around it. It is white and has a black dot pattern along the rim and lower areas of the hat. Law also sports a pair of jeans with odd dots on both the knee and ankle areas, similar to the ones on his hat, but darker in color. He sports a pair of brown, pointed shoes. He has a pair of small earrings on each ear.[1]

In SBS Volume 64, Oda drew the Supernovas as children. Law is shown with his fur hat and his faint shadows right under his eyes, but wore the uniform for the medical academy he was attending: a blue lab coat with a red tie, dark blue shorts, and green shoes. He was also holding a scalpel in his right hand and a frog in his left hand, since he was already in training to become a surgeon with his father being his teacher.[25] After escaping Flevance, Law lost his tie and lab coat, his shirt underneath became more raggedy, and his shorts had white spots on them. Because of his heritage, he inherited the Amber Lead Syndrome that accumulated throughout the generations of Flevance, which left his skin white and pallid until he obtained his cure.After the Timeskip In Oda's depiction of the Supernovas post-timeskip, he seems to have lost the fur rim of his hat and replaced it with a thick bill, turning it into a rather spherical hat resembling a Wool Skipper. His goatee has become somewhat scruffier, and his right hand now also has the fingers tattooed. He now wears a yellow T-shirt similar in appearance to his old hoodie. He wears a black hoodie over a T-shirt, which features his Jolly Roger on the chest area in yellowish-orange ink. The sleeves of the hoodie are no longer rolled up, and it now has a fluffy fur collar.

During the Punk Hazard Arc, Law wears a long black coat with his crew's Jolly Roger along the hem and on the sleeve.[2]

While sailing to Dressrosa with the Straw Hats, Law wears a blue feather-collared sweater with his Jolly Roger on the front.[26]

During the Dressrosa Arc, he wears an open black coat with a hood that features the word "Corazon" on the back.[27] During his second confrontation with Doflamingo, Law's right arm was cut off. It is later reattached by Leo and healed by Mansherry.[28]

During the Zou Arc, Law changed into a black, short-sleeved shirt with a yellow-colored heart pattern on the lower left side. He also bears stitch marks on his right arm after it was reattached by Leo.

During the Wano Country Arc, Law wears a black and white yukata with his two Jolly Rogers, an orange sash, a brown jittoku with yellow five-petal flower patterns and spots, and zōri.[29] He briefly wears a tengai to hide his identity from his enemies, such as Hawkins.[30]

During the Raid on Onigashima, Law wears a yellow dress shirt with rolled-up sleeves and a blue captain's cloak with a fluffy fur collar.[31] Afterward, Law switches the yellow shirt for a white tank top but keeps the coat.Trafalgar D. Water Law,[17] more commonly known as just Trafalgar Law (トラファルガー・ロー, Torafarugā Rō?) and by his epithet as the "Surgeon of Death", is a pirate from the North Blue and the captain and doctor of the Heart Pirates.[1][6] He is one of twelve pirates who are referred to as the "Worst Generation".[1][18] He became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea during the timeskip,[2] but his position was revoked for allying with the Straw Hat Pirates.[13] Like many other pirates, Law has dreams of finding the One Piece, while also desiring to know the purpose of the Will of D.[19][20]

Law is the only known survivor of Flevance, a town whose inhabitants suffered from a condition known as Amber Lead Syndrome. Because the disease was fatal and poorly understood, Flevance was destroyed by neighboring countries out of fear (including Law's parents and younger sister), with a young Law barely escaping alive.[7] He subsequently joined the Donquixote Pirates, where Donquixote Doflamingo intended to make Law one of his executive officers.[21] However, thanks to the efforts of Doflamingo's brother, Rosinante, Law was freed from the Donquixote Pirates' influence and became a pirate set to bring down Doflamingo's empire. As part of his plan, he allied himself with Monkey D. Luffy, and together they not only defeated Doflamingo, but also two of the Four Emperors.

During the timeskip, his bounty increased from Beli 200,000,000[1] to Beli 440,000,000[2] before it was frozen due to his induction into the Seven Warlords of the Sea. However, after having his title revoked during the events of the Dressrosa Arc, Law's bounty was reinstated and raised to Beli 500,000,000.[13] Eventually, his bounty would be raised to Beli 3,000,000,000 for his role in taking down Big Mom of the Four Emperors alongside Eustass Kid during the Wano Country Arc.[12]

Law joins forces with the Straw Hat Pirates for a brief moment during the Sabaody Archipelago Arc and later on saves Luffy's life at the very end of the Marineford Arc. He is one of the central allies of the Straw Hat Pirates during the Punk Hazard, Dressrosa, Zou, and Wano Country Arcs. He also acts as an ally of the Straw arcs Pirates during the movies One Piece: Stampede and One Piece Film: Red.While still a young boy attending a doctor's academy in Flevance, Law was a very kind and devoted child, refusing to leave his family behind despite falsely promised evacuations at hand and aspiring to become a great doctor like his father while happily going to festivals with his beloved little sister. Upon the destruction of his homeland, the annihilation of his classmates and family, and being diagnosed with no more than thirty-eight months to live, Law suffered a mental breakdown[7] and, according to Doflamingo, came to be known for being very cruel and nihilistic, intending to join the Donquixote Pirates so he could "destroy everything around him."[17] Only after having opened up to Corazon and his sacrifice for the Devil Fruit that cured his illness did Law have a change of heart.Present Law is an extremely laid-back yet cunning and deceptive man, who is nearly always seen smirking and relaxed when not put into a tense situation. Preferring to avoid direct engagements with foes, Law is patient and precise, only acting when the time is right, choosing to stay out of unnecessary conflict and wait for a valuable opportunity to further his goals, like his deliberate choice to not rush his entrance into the New World and subsequent promotion into the Seven Warlords of the Sea.[18] Also, while Law does not like starting or being involved in commotions that may attract unwanted attention towards himself, he seems to have some enjoyment spectating the chaos of his peers, like a fight between two other Super Rookies or the destruction the Straw Hat Pirates were bringing to the Human Auctioning House at the Sabaody Archipelago.[1]

After the timeskip, Law does not smile as much anymore, displaying a more cautious, observing expression on his face. In fact, he tends to only smirk when feeling pleased that a plan went as intended or while attempting to provoke an enemy. That being said, Law has a bolder attitude when faced against other infamous pirates, especially his peers from the Worst Generation. For example, he casually asked X Drake how many people he had slain in his very first appearance[1] and had no qualms about rudely gesturing to Eustass Kid, the most wanted rookie pirate on the Sabaody Archipelago who had a reputation for killing people for the most minor of reasons, even smiling defiantly when doing so. Law has also done this same gesture towards Donquixote Doflamingo, both to provoke and display his contempt for his former captain, despite being close to death and threatened at gunpoint at the time. Reflecting this boldness, Law self-admittedly hates being ordered around; however, he is reasonable enough to understand when he and his immediate crew are in a pinch, not being above resorting to brief alliances with rivals if it means survival. Surprisingly, belying his usual cool attitude, Law can be quite prideful and even childishly competitive, particularly when next to Luffy and Kid.Despite having his life saved by Rosinante, Law remains incredibly hardened by his past trauma into adulthood, leading to several notorious rumors that present him as a brooding, cold, and heartless man. Scratchmen Apoo stated that Law was infamous for his cruelty, and one of Smoker's men claimed he cut out the hearts of one hundred pirates and sent them to the government in order to gain the position of Warlord of the Sea.[2] In battle, Law is sarcastically merciful, using his powers to mutilate and manipulate his enemies without fatally harming them, mocking their powerlessness over their own bodies while he is around. After bisecting Tashigi in a similar manner, his only response was disdain, ruthlessly disregarding Tashigi's pride and honor as a swordswoman (through a statement that he took from Doflamingo). He even offered to strike her down if she really wanted to die that badly.[21] That aside, many of Law's callous moments tend to come from pragmatism and exhaustion with others, not wanting to deal with burdens and distractions that may make his goals difficult, describing, for example, the kidnapped children of Punk Hazard as such.[23] Law is very blunt when responding to people and usually does not bother himself with excuses or apologies for his words and actions.[22][21]

Rosinante's sacrifice also led Law to a path of revenge against his benefactor's brother, Doflamingo. Even though Rosinante gave his life to ensure a young Law escaped from Doflamingo's clutches, Law himself set out to finish what his mentor had started with a plan of his own, becoming obsessed with the idea of taking Doflamingo down personally. After taking Caesar Clown prisoner, Law orchestrated a scenario where he would end up directly confronting his former crew, something Doflamingo himself pointed out as unnecessary since Law could have just let a war brew between the Donquixote Pirates and Beasts Pirates, leading to the demise of the former. This proves that despite his general pragmatic approach to everything, Law is capable of making decisions for the sake of his own feelings, even declaring that dying would be fine for him if it meant ensuring Doflamingo's downfall, indicating that he bears deep grudges that can unbalance his normally cool head.Despite Law's terse and rather unkind demeanor towards others, he still retains strong compassion and kindness (even if reluctantly), which he originally had as a boy, while regaining them due to Rosinante's influence. He decided to help the Straw Hats find a cure for the children affected by Caesar's drugs after some persuasion, even though he originally did not want to be involved with them, and later voluntarily cured the same children of their deadly poisoning and addiction for NHC10 in a similar fashion to how Rosinante saved him from dying of Amber Lead Syndrome. Law, however, dislikes showing this side of him to others since the very idea of pirates being nice to civilians disgusts him.[25]

Just like Chopper, Law is a doctor and dedicated to saving lives; thus, he avoids employing lethal force and abhors the idea of needless murder.[26] (The only exception so far being his arch-nemesis Doflamingo, whom Law did not hesitate to try killing). He is also an honorable man who refuses to take credit for others' actions, acknowledging that events like Jean Bart's release and Doflamingo's defeat were thanks to Luffy. In general, Law seems to have little regard for fame, stating that he was not interested in having a bounty of Beli 500,000,000.[13] However, he is interested in the mystery surrounding the Will of D., which his name carries, as he believes that to be the reason Rosinante went to great lengths to save him.[27][28]

Like Luffy and some other male Straw Hats, Law seems to be amused by "cool" things, like ninjas and robots. Upon meeting Raizo, Law joined in along with the other Straw Hat males in taking part in the fun of the ninja's display of tricks and abilities, even going so far as to request a specific technique, though it appeared he tried to stay deadpan to hide his excitement.[29] Also, according to Law himself, he is a huge fan of the comic strip Sora, Warrior of the Sea, being able to instantly recognize Sanji's Raid Suit. Because of the comic, Law hates Germa 66.Crews Heart Pirates He is very open to new crewmates, as illustrated when he asked the ex-slave pirate captain Jean Bart to join. It has been shown that his crew admires Law and has respect for him, as they abide by his orders regardless of what they are. When Bepo, Shachi, and Penguin met up with Luffy, they were excited to hear that Law was also on Zou. Law also cares about his crew, as after they were captured by the Beasts Pirates, he wanted to rescue them and glared at Shinobu when she suggested silencing them to prevent the Beasts Pirates from getting any information out of them. He also has great faith in them, refusing to believe that they would betray the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance. Law is willing to go as far as to turn himself in to Hawkins in exchange for his crew to be released.

Law met the pirate captain-turned-slave Jean Bart right after parting ways with both Luffy and Kid during the Celestial Dragon Incident, where, rather than heading immediately back to the Heart Pirates' vessel, Law instead retreated back to the Auction House where Jean Bart was, and, with his World Noble masters put out of action, Law invited Bart to be part of his crew, to which the latter immediately agreed, expressing his gratitude, with Law only replying that he should give half his thanks towards Luffy. He appears to be quite loyal towards his liberator, executing any command Law may issue to the best of his ability.

He and Bepo have an extremely close relationship, having met in Swallow Island during their childhood, and Law protected the polar 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, even at the expense of the rest of the crew. Bepo appears to know Law's full name.Donquixote Pirates Law is very familiar with most crewmembers of the Donquixote Pirates, since he joined the crew 16 years ago. Everyone in the crew came to regard him as an enemy because he unexpectedly ate the Ope Ope no Mi and due to his defection following the second Corazón Rosinante's death by his older brother Doflamingo.

He, however, is not familiar with Sugar,[32] who joined sometime after his defection, or with Violet, who joined 3 years later. On the other hand, he was familiar with Monet, as during the time he was an affiliate of Caesar and she was his secretary, they regarded each other as allies, like with Caesar, until Law's personal treason was confirmed.

Since Law knows them, he knows about their skills, personalities, and what Devil Fruit abilities they have. Giolla felt that the traitorous Law should be punished with death.[33] In return, Law has no qualms about holding her hostage, as he held her at swordpoint when Doflamingo closed in on Nami, Chopper, Brook, Sanji, and Momonosuke on the Thousand Sunny. He then released her when Doflamingo confronted him on the iron bridge.[34] When Luffy and Zoro escaped with the former carrying a seastone-shackled Law, Senor Pink, Dellinger, and Machvise did not hesitate to attempt killing him. Dellinger once called him "Brother Law" as a remembrance of their history together but still attacked him, nonetheless.[35] Presumably, Law seems to be aware of Dellinger being half-fish-man, as he tried to warn Luffy not to underestimate him. Law is also aware of Pica's sensitivity about his high-pitched voice, as he told Luffy that laughing at Pica's voice means death after he attacked.[36] During his second confrontation with Doflamingo, Law pointed out that his past training consisted of learning swordsmanship from Diamante, marksmanship from Gladius, and martial arts from Lao G.[37][30]

Law also knew Baby 5 and Buffalo since childhood, as Law was a fellow new recruit who journeyed to Spider Miles to join up with the Donquixote Pirates. He and Baby 5 initially didn't get along very well, with Baby 5 scolding Law for his boldness in threatening Corazon. Law, in turn, had a tendency to glare menacingly at her when annoyed, making her cry, and sending the tearful Baby 5 scurrying to Buffalo for comfort. However, after learning of the Amber Lead Syndrome and Flevance's doom from Gladius, Lao G, and Senor Pink, Baby 5 became more sympathetic towards Law. He and Buffalo seemed to be on good terms before Law defected but was shocked when Buffalo learned Law stabbed Corazon in the back. However, Law bribed him with ice cream to keep him quiet. After he defected, Baby 5 and Buffalo were frustrated at his betrayal. Even into adulthood, Baby 5 continues to be frightened by his glare, even to the point of still crying and clinging to Buffalo. However, after reforming, they appear to have returned to friendlier terms due to having joined the same coalition of pirate crews, while Buffalo still remained as his enemy, especially given the fact that he was beaten by Kyros.Allies Straw Hat PiratesSeveral of the other Straw Hat Pirates did not trust Law and were against an alliance with him at first, particularly Usopp, Nami, and Chopper. Robin supported Luffy's choice, but also warned him about a possible betrayal. By contrast, Zoro approved of Law's goal to defeat one of the Four Emperors, while Brook, Sanji and Franky eventually accepted Luffy's decision. Both Usopp and Sanji warned Law that his idea of an alliance was different from Luffy's.Law tends to become either appalled or deadpan whenever the Straw Hats engage in their usual carefree antics. Usually cool and collected, despite his best efforts to keep them focused on their mutual goals, Law has occasionally been drawn into their nonchalant "pace" and was shocked when he realized it.[39] However, Law thinks highly of the Straw Hat Pirates, stating that they were a group capable of performing miracles.[38] Nami once stated that Law was almost as reckless as Luffy, doing whatever he wanted and never listening to anybody.

Law doesn't refer to some of them by their names. He either uses their epithet, such as calling Luffy "Strawhat-ya" or Sanji "Blackleg-ya", or by using his own made-up nicknames, such as calling Usopp "Nose-ya", Franky "Robo-ya", and Brook "Bone-ya". He does, however, refer to Zoro and Nami by their given names, calling them Zoro-ya and Nami-ya, and Chopper and Robin by their surnames, calling them Tony-ya and Nico-ya.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 it would be a "damn shame" for Luffy to die at Marineford.After the timeskip, Law encountered Luffy again at Punk Hazard, with the latter being pleasantly surprised to see Law, despite being unaware of Law's Warlord status at the time. When Luffy said how grateful he was, Law stated that he does not need to be thanked, as it was just a "spur of the moment" thing, and that as fellow pirates, the two of them still remain rivals. In spite of his previous claim to Smoker that he would annihilate Luffy, he did not attack Luffy in any way and even told him where he could find his other crewmates.

Later, he helped Luffy save Nami from the Yeti Cool Brothers and proposed an alliance between their crews, with the ultimate goal of defeating the Emperor Kaidou.[41] Luffy agreed, making their crews allies in a relationship (which Luffy perceives to be practically a friendship, but Law sees as more of a professional agreement). Luffy often treats him very casually, like a good friend, something which Law usually frowns upon. Law has invested enough in this alliance that, despite it having nothing to do with their agreement, he decided to help Luffy and his crew save the kids on Punk Hazard, even though he himself only viewed them as a burden. He also has a lot of faith in Luffy, as he asserted to Doflamingo that Luffy would capture Caesar without a problem.

Law does seem to have some doubts about Luffy's reliability and carefree attitude. When Luffy sent Caesar flying instead of capturing him as he was supposed to, Law remarked that he knew he should not have formed an alliance with him and resorted to trying to capture Caesar himself. However, after Luffy put his faith in Usopp and Nami to incapacitate the deranged scientist, which they did, he expressed satisfaction that Luffy upheld his end of their agreement.[42] Later, he also objected to Luffy's decision to throw a party instead of leaving Punk Hazard, as he believed they were still vulnerable, though he still reluctantly joined them and had stew with Smoker. Though Law indicated that he wished to 'use' Luffy when forming the alliance due to the Straw Hats' great unpredictability and ambition, he instead feels like the one being used.Having had his arm severed and faced with near impossible odds against Trebol and Doflamingo, he was given a chance to have any wish granted as long as he performed his Devil Fruit's "Perennial Youth Operation" on Doflamingo. Rather than take the opportunity, he instead berates Doflamingo for underestimating Luffy (among other things) and boasts about the various miracles that the Straw Hats have performed up until now. This highlights a deep trust in Luffy, which is uncharacteristic of the strictly professional relationship that he originally intended to establish with the crew. When Law was brought to the Flower Field as Luffy fought Doflamingo, he stated that it was his fault that Luffy was brought into this matter due to the alliance. He was willing to share whatever fate Luffy suffered as a result, even death. Robin, however, corrected him by saying that Luffy would have joined voluntarily because of Doflamingo's deed.[43] Law deeply respects Luffy for his role in Doflamingo's downfall, as shown when Law informed Bepo that it was Luffy's doing. When Luffy agrees to help the Mink Tribe and the Kouzuki Family take down Kaidou, Law feels slighted at not being asked for input, questioning Luffy about his faith in him.[44]

During the Wano Country Arc, the one thing that deeply concerns Law is Luffy's tendency to get into trouble, and he even berated Luffy for complicating Kin'emon's plan due to his desire to do good. When they reunited with each other in Bakura Town, Law was exasperated and annoyed that Luffy and Zoro picked a fight against the Beasts Pirates before the plan could start.[45] He is also extremely annoyed by Luffy's penchant to tell him what to do, since he does not want to be perceived as his henchman.[20] After successfully taking down Doflamingo, Kaidou, and Big Mom, Law officially ended his alliance with Luffy and set sail on his own.

A very notable trait from Luffy towards Law is the way he nicknames him. Luffy seems to be unable to pronounce his surname "Trafalgar" correctly; hence, he calls him "Tora-o" (トラ男?), which is a portmanteau of the "Tra" in "Trafalgar" and the Japanese kanji for "male." This is often localized as "Tra-guy" in some subtitled media or as "Traffy" in the VIZ manga, the Funimation dub, and the video game Pirate Warriors 3. It's often common for other people closely associated with Luffy (mainly his crew) to also call Law by this nickname, and so far Law himself seemingly takes no offense to it.