| I don’t think I mentioned Law’s faith in Luffy last episode so I would like to here.  Perhaps the D. striking again did refer to Luffy after all.  There was a time I had to question if he was using Luffy as a mere pawn, but the fact that he showed some much faith in Luffy and saw his past endeavors, going so far to save him in Marineford, I’d say there was always more to it than that.  Even if Law looks to Luffy’s tactics in disdain as they are opposites in nearly everway, there is respect there.  What a strong duo these two are.  Also, I find it odd that Toei removes Law flipping people off, be it Kid in Sabaody or Doflamingo last episode, it’s a small thing but to keep in all the violence and remove that aspect of his badassery makes me a little sad. 
 Although I think the “no one ever dies” curse making it so no one worried that Law was actually dead was slightly detrimental, this ended up with nearly no complaints from me.  The only complaint I can make is due to the fact that Oda’s tendency to make us worry when there’s nothing to worry about made it so I didn’t get angry at Doflamingo for his cheeky moments.  Then again, the fact I didn’t feel much dread allowed for me to cackle at his words such as mockingly calling Luffy “Mugiwara-ya” or his chilling confidence in building another kingdom, AKA telling Luffy all his work was for nothing.  As for Law’s actual plan, it goes to make me consider this the best team fight in One Piece and it strengthens my opinion that Law’s power allows for some of the most creative and satisfying tactics we’ve ever seen.  His fake out death was a good one, he created a huge room sacrificing some of his own lifeforce, and body swapped with a decoy that he must have known the location of.  His line “sorry about this my decoy friend” makes me think there’s a chance that wasn’t a dead body but Law’s kill count growing.  And with that, we got something that surpassed even the shambles red hawk.  Telling Luffy the plan, he charged in and at the last second Law swapped with him, burning the insides of Doflamingo with “gamma knife”.  Doflamingo was shocked and gushing blood and Luffy joined in before he could fight back with a painful looking kick.
 
 Law is so cool.  I love how stone cold and merciless he can be, Monet and this poor body double are some examples, and his tactics are just out of this world.  Be it the insanity of fights like his with Smoker, or the genius of putting Caesar’s heart in his own body, the now iconic red hawk, or this stuff.  Paired with his intelligence to scope out the premises such as in Punk Hazard when he swapped the sea prism chains, and his guts to mock Doflamingo or Vergo as if he was freaking Zoro, he’s got it all.  Perhaps all the suffering he's gone through has made him near impenetrable.  Ultimately, he crawled to Doflamingo with one arm and told Luffy to back off, giving a parallel back to when Doffy first shot Law.  Back then, Doflamingo said: “Law was originally my subordinate. Responsibility for dealing with him falls to me!”  Well, Doflamingo, those words are two sided.  As Law put it: “That bastard is my responsibility…!”  Too bad it feels like Law may be putting himself in a perfect position for Doffy to get a counter attack.
 
 I was thinking about how Law is a somewhat similar situation to what Nami was during Arlong arc, insofar as both of them dedicated their life to stopping one man and this is their chance.  If Law wasn’t part of his own crew it would be a perfect time for him to join the Straw Hats.  He’d have a debt to pay to Luffy; unless this is calling it even.  And, he’d no longer have a primary goal that ropes him into one particular path.  I assume Law is not joining the crew, but having a goal like Nami’s to chart out the world would be the perfect next step for him if we’d follow that formula.  That said, making an enemy out of Kaido may rope him into a path of survival until that's done with.
 
 P.S. Trebol is doing nothing, huh?  Most would agree the allies of Luffy could be doing more, specifically the Wano samurai who have been relegated to cheerleaders which have the energy to put up a fight and could fly to Luffy’s side, but at least Doffy’s boy Trebol is just as useless. BEHEHEHE!
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