General & Others Is Law the deuteragonist of One Piece ?
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no cutting in line. there's still Nami, sanji, usopp, and robin that has more importance than law
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Cope.
This Is like saying that Vegeta would defeat 73 while Goku defeat Moro, like Vegeta defeating the subordinate of Goku's enemy.
Sasuke, Vegeta etc. Always fight someone comparable of main character enemy or the same enemy, like Sasuke and Naruto vs Kaguya, if u were right about Zoro he would have fought Kaido alongside Luffy
This Is like saying that Vegeta would defeat 73 while Goku defeat Moro, like Vegeta defeating the subordinate of Goku's enemy.
Sasuke, Vegeta etc. Always fight someone comparable of main character enemy or the same enemy, like Sasuke and Naruto vs Kaguya, if u were right about Zoro he would have fought Kaido alongside Luffy
Title says it all. I decided to make this topic to discuss whether Law can be considered as a deuteragonist of the One Piece manga or not. 
Let's all look at the way Law has been developed ever since his introduction in chapter 498:
- His rivalry with Luffy(main protagonist) and Kid was developed
- Saved Luffy's life after the events of Marineford
- Was Mastermind of the Rocky Port incident that happened during the timeskip, that led to him being turned into a Shichibukai(one of the 3 main powers in One Piece), an incident involving Coby(where his marine "hero" epiteth came from), Ochoku(former rock pirate and former boss of Blackbeard's current island - Fullalead), and Blackbeard himself(perceived as one of the final villains of the manga)
- Defeated Luffy's long time marine rival(Smoker), defeated the strongest(Vergo) of the first arc in the new world since post-timeskip started while being responsible of breaking the gears in the new world controlled by the yonkos, and making an alliance with Luffy, with Kaido as a goal
- Participated in the defeat of the main villain(Doflamingo) of the Punk Hazard-Dressrosa Saga while also being introduced as a D(just like Luffy) - enemies of the Gods(Celestial Dragons) and his devil fruit being linked to the national treasure of Marijoa(implied to be related to Imu - current king of the world)
- With the dressrosa events granting him the same bounty as Luffy(500 Millions) and turning him into one of the targets of Akainu(fleet admiral) giving to Fujitora the mission to capture Luffy and him
- Upgraded his alliance with the Strawhats by adding the Mink-Ninja alliance into the mix to prepare for the battle with Kaido
- After an alliance between 2 former rocks(Kaido and Big Mom), he participated in the battle against 2 yonko, and ultimately became one of the 2 ones responsible in Big Mom's defeat, and ultimately gaining the same bounty as Kid and Luffy(3Billions)
- Currently engaged in a battle with one of the final villains of the manga(Blackbeard), with the winner getting the other's poneglyph copies and getting closer to Laugh Tale
When looking at the pros, with how the events unfolded since he was introduced especially post-timeskip, you'd think that Law is indeed one of the closest character that could qualify as a deuteragonist
A con i can find however is that fact that
- He was introduced very late into the manga(chapter 498)
But considering the amount of chapter that had been developed since then(we're in chapter 1063 currently, with the end still nowhere in sight), i don't think it's that detrimental. Won't be the first time something like this happened in a manga. If we take an example of one of the most iconic manga like Dragon Ball for example, Vegeta was only introduced in Z(wasn't part of the original Dragon Ball), but is currently a deuteragonist of the show.
Anyway that's it for me. Leave your throughts on the comments below
Let's all look at the way Law has been developed ever since his introduction in chapter 498:
- His rivalry with Luffy(main protagonist) and Kid was developed
- With the dressrosa events granting him the same bounty as Luffy(500 Millions) and turning him into one of the targets of Akainu(fleet admiral) giving to Fujitora the mission to capture Luffy and him
When looking at the pros, with how the events unfolded since he was introduced especially post-timeskip, you'd think that Law is indeed one of the closest character that could qualify as a deuteragonist
A con i can find however is that fact that
- He was introduced very late into the manga(chapter 498)
But considering the amount of chapter that had been developed since then(we're in chapter 1063 currently, with the end still nowhere in sight), i don't think it's that detrimental. Won't be the first time something like this happened in a manga. If we take an example of one of the most iconic manga like Dragon Ball for example, Vegeta was only introduced in Z(wasn't part of the original Dragon Ball), but is currently a deuteragonist of the show.
Anyway that's it for me. Leave your throughts on the comments below
From post skip onwards it's not really a debate, his actions are tied to everything that has transpired. If you want an example of how highly Oda thinks of him he's the only character ever to beat someone stronger than Luffy's opponent in an arc (PH), he also had Law end the hype behind a long standing rivalry with Smoker, even Crocodile and Ace weren't allowed to use Smoker as a hype tool. Oda doesn't dare disturb his arc structure but he did it that one time for Law. It got so bad people used to think Law mid diffs Luffy, and Law in no time was about to surpass Luffy in popularity. Naturally he dialed it back a bit since then to make it clear Luffy is top dog.
