I know there’s a strong argument that Law seems to have lost all sense of humour post-time skip, but I think it’s still evident, even if it’s not as showy. Actually, the way he rearranged the marines in Punk Hazard and his casual acceptance of using Franky’s fart power for getting them out of the cage on the same island are pretty amusing to me. And the former definitely incorporates Greatest Show on Earth elements.

In the anime (and I’m sure the manga), Law’s easy acceptance is indicated by nan de mo ii, which I’d translate as anything will do, or anything’s fine. The anime and one google translate version is ‘whatever’. That can work. Slightly more tetchy. Fits in with Law’s personality. Anyway, Followed up with bickering:

Not to mention how Law attached Baby 5 and Buffalo to Doflamingo’s own ship’s life raft, though that’s more Ringling Brothers, Bailey and Barnum freakshow than subtle. So Punk Hazard is a flash and clown and gore show.





During Dressrosa and after, Law’s humour is usually at Usopp’s expense, but I just love these panels below from the bridge on the way to Green Bit.

Law and Robin are my brotp forever. They’re so good. And Usopp and Caesar have plenty of parallels, which is also funny. They both have a point, of course. A Fighting Fish looking like the below:

A huge cow, bull, scaly, fish, demon-looking thing. Even Robin’s a little taken aback (she keeps her cool in a lot of situations, so I see her strength in post time-skip too, though I’ve read a lot of posts where people think her strength seems depleted).

Law unapologetically casts all responsibility for getting them out of this situation Usopp’s way, and Law’s pointing game is again on point. And lack of using people’s names.

Ha, lots of trust, and Law has his own form of machismo, but I like that he doesn’t waste energy when he knows that wasting energy really would put them all in danger. Also, trust in the Straw Hats is evident, even if they frustrate him.

Usopp attacked the fighting fish as well, even though that’s a Robin panel above. I never know if Law’s usage of God (ya) later to refer to Usopp (rather than long-nose or sniper) is sarky or not—but I love this interchange below from chapter 802.

Praise him and then shoot him down. Ah. It doesn’t seem terribly pointed or mean either. But yeah, a darker humour for sure. Robin really is Law’s wingman (and vice versa) in (possibly unwittingly) screwing with people (Usopp).

Not to mention trolling Luffy in Wano, BUT it’s true, Law’s blood pressure certainly has gone up since he arrived on the scene. I’m gonna have to put in the whole 2 pages from chapter 919, sorry. Zoro seemed to be in on this in earlier pages as well. This is wandering into slapstick again.

Bepo was also in the forest having tummy troubles…we know that One Piece is not short on the toilet humour. And yeah, maybe Law can’t tell Luffy as part of a doctor’s oath. Can imagine him using it as excuse to rag on him.

Not often Luffy gets to wear that face. 😆

Also, as I’ve posted a few times, Law’s lack of regard for his passengers when he transports them via Shambles, including landing on them.



I know there’s more angry-and frustrated-face Law panels than otherwise since the time skip, but I don’t think he’s totally Mister Moribund. I don’t view him that way. Always gotta remember that it’s Luffy’s story too, so everyone else is a foil to the main character, basically.

Maybe Law is someone who can’t read the room and doesn’t know how to interact with others—and yeah—there’s part of that, but I also think he doesn’t give a fuck at a certain level (he knows who his friends are), appreciates and utilises a sense of the absurd (his words on the ‘two idiot’ captains rushing into Onigashima, his acceptance of Bepo’s map, moustache disguise—though a lot of that is Oda’s humour, obviously), and I also think there’s evidence that Law has fun stirring things up in his own ways.