Why Doflamingo is STILL The Greatest One Piece Villain 

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Cant wait to see unironic Foxy character analysis

I mean to be fair, getting the name Heavenly Demon automatically puts him at the top. What an absolutely amazing epithet.

Fun Fact: Doflamingo's design was based on an outfit by French Musician Michel Polnareff. Yes, Polnareff also shares inpriation from him too.

Usually in the final moments of a fight the Villain realizes that he is going to lose, but Doflamingo never thought that he would lose against Luffy until the Giant Fist hit him and I kind of respect that.

his marineford speech is still some of the best lines of dialogue i've read in a long time.

Doflamingo is just like us fans, chilling inside Impel Down always saying “the story gets interesting” every time he gets the new chapter.

I love that when Doffy gives everyone bounties, he never gives Kanjuro one. The foreshadowing was so good

Spot on. I like that doflamingo treats his executives like family. He's such a seedy, evil character but he always supports and accepts his group even though they are very ecclectic. It's like a warped Luffy. Only villain group that I felt that they were family like.

I'm sure even in the level 6 of impel down, doflamingo has a video den den mushi ready for him to see Vegapunk message.

Doflamingo sees Gear 4 and is like "You had that transformation the entire time?!?!?!?"

Before I started one piece there are two still frames that I knew beforehand, one being Luffy shattering the mirror as he’s about to fight katakuri, the other is stopping doflamingos foot with his own

If you’re wondering what doffy looks like under the glasses, it’s pretty heavily implied that he lost his left eye as a kid. Its also worth noticing that the first few hits Luffy got in on him were on his blind side

There is a very subtle sinister undertone to the Donquixote family. Sure Doflamingo does show some kind of kinship to his closest officers, but every single one is an unwanted outcast and easy to manipulate. His family is made up of people who he can get to do anything, Baby 5, Diamante and his ego, Buffalo needing direction, Law with unguided hatred, Senor Pink being an outcast needing hospital funds, Pica being insecure, etc.

In regards to the sunglasses, Kuro had regular glasses dramatically broken at his defeat. TBSkyen theorizes they represent viewpoints being shattered in both cases, which I like.

Ever since I saw Doflamingo manipulate the Vice Admiral at Mariejois after Crocodile got defeated and punish Bellamy right after he got beaten by Luffy, I knew that he would become a real problem and an icon at that. Salute to one of the best villains in Anime History.

Loved this. The memorable thing was his laugh as well. That terrifying laugh. S tier is the only place for Doffy.

Doflamingo is such a great and beloved character. Which is why it's so hard to do him justice. I really do hope he makes a come back in the future.

My favorite part about Doflamingo is how just pure and unforgivably evil he is. Like having a character who’s OWN BROTHER just says that he was BORN evil and never had a shred of good in him, I love that stuff.

Doffy is just sitting back with his popcorn enjoying luffy taking the WG for a ride like he did Doffy

Out of all the villains in OP, Doffy is so evil but has so much charisma that can't not love him. Where with lets say Saturn, is just as evil as Doffy but with zero charisma or likability that you want to see him suffer.

I will walk like doflamingo for one day each like this comment get

Out of all the One Piece antagonists I believe that Buggy is one of best. His luck is god tier, he has one of the most loyal crews and his devil fruit awakening could be one of the strongest. So Liam please do Buggy next and show everyone this emperor of the sea’s greatness.

Doffy is my fav villain in the whole serie. But man, I've never felt more threat from a single man more than Kaido even more than Imu, he was and will most probably remain the biggest hurdle Luffy had to overcome.

i remember first seeing doflamingo getting mad and flying to the strawhats and completely shitting my pants at how crazy he looked

Mature flamingo joins a hawk and croc in a clown's circus 🎪

This style of video gives me old grandlinereview vibes, it’s so cool to see how the content has evolved from the one piece encyclopedia days to now 🔥

IDK who drew Lucci like that at 14:08 but damn that was hilarious to see lol

He didn't even mention Doflamingos philosophic talent... His speach at marineford and after he got captured explain the world so well and foreshadow the upcomming story. Its just epic

But was he the Don of a fleet of 50 ships? Didn't think so.

"Back to you, ME." Is the coolest segway. 🔥

I have been a DBZ and Naruto fan since I can remember, but One Piece was never to my taste (or so I thought). But then I saw some reels of Doffy when Dressrosa arc was being aired. I immediately fell in love with Doffy. He was menacing and cool and awesome as a villian. I started OP because of Doffy and now I'm in love with it. Now, it is my favorite animé/manga.

Villians who are unapologetically evil are usually fun to watch.

I want a real honest re-evaluation of Gecko Moria as a villain.

Doffy works thematically as the opposite of freedom, from his powers to his dialogue to his goals. Perfect antagonist to Luffy

Doflamingo really did live up to the hype, I love how enigmatic he is and his voice (both sub and dub imo) really captures it. From the events of Dressrosa, losing everything to his time in Inpel Down he simply wants to watch the world burn and he's excited to see it whether he's involved or not. I also find World Domination boring, there's so much more you can do than just taking over the world.

So I'm pretty certain that the "treasure" of Mary Geoise is Imu, and Doflamingo's plan was to use Law's devil fruit to shambles himself into Imu's body, hence making him the ruler of the world. It is alluded to this fact that Doflamingo uses him knowledge of the "treasure" to blackmail the World Government into falsely declaring he had resigned as a Warlord.

Liam looks like the most badass person in those glasses.

I actually want to see a retrospective review on a villain that generally isn't as beloved as Croc or Doffy. Someone like Hody Jones maybe. A deep dive that can shine some light on both what went wrong with him as an antagonist _and also_ what Oda did right with him and was perhaps overlooked. I think it could make an interesting video.

His Japanese voice actor is half of why doflamingo is so popular so he deserved a mention for his awsome performance

I would love to see Eneru/Enel next, hes such a major impact still to today, even tho his whole Arc is often called Filler. Arguably also one of the best villains in op

Melon talks about how all of his "family" is ripe for manipulation. Dolfy says he thinks of them as family and cares for them, but the way he is willing to sacrifice them and use them however he wants can that really be true

I've just rewatched the dressosa arc and this arc is really underrated

He is compelling but not because he "cares" its because hes the most terrifying gaslighter of all time that is so well written hes tricked most of the fanbase into thinking he has a heart lol he wasnt that sad about monet and virgo at all, he just frowned and got mad about his operation. Every single bit of evidence of him "caring" can all be broken down like that to show the true selfishness beneath. His selfish twisted love is not real love, i think thats the point.

I will do a sit up every like this comment gets

Keep up the videos I love your goofy images of one piece characters and how calm you are about your funny jokes😂😅😊❤❤❤

i thought the "national treasure" was a mistranslation and he was actually referring to imu

Doffy is up there really good presence. We need a Foxy appreciation video though, he was a needed breath of fresh air after the sinister master mind villains we had for a long time in the story.

YEAH! I kinda like that Doffy was some of the last to have such a deep connecting. Luffy having to now stop those who have lost all concept of family seems about right. These, too, are beings for whom "the world" makes sense as a goal. ;)

My favorite part about Doflamingo is how he represents potential. The nobles we are typically introduced to are slothful and weak. He shows us how effective they probably were during the void century.

What I love about the anime is that both the sub and dub voices provide completely different but still accurate perspectives on his character. In sub he's a sinister and menacing dictator, in dub he's a creepy and conniving businessman, and I love both takes and how it shows what an interesting, complex character that he is. I can't think of any other character in One Piece who has so many layers and is so interesting that you can literally watch 100s of videos on them and get a new perspective on their character every time.

The library of ohara cleared up ehat doflamingo meant with the national treasure, he wanted to use law fruit to swap body with imu the national treasure, witht the information we have now it changes some of the japanese tranlations from that arc

Somethings been on my mind lately; what was that island that Bege ran into post marinefort, but pre-timeskip. There was also the creepy old lady Urouge* ran into. Oda doesn’t do things randomly.

Here's what I think. We're going get a continuation of Dolflomingo reading the paper in Impel Down saying "Straw Hat Luffy is creating so much havoc". Then we'll get a cut to a shadowy figure in a cell across from him that will say "it's good to hear my friend is doing well". Then title card reveal " The most infamous prisoner that let many other criminals escape impel down "Bon Clay". "A great threat to the prison and now moved to level 6". Thus finally satisfying us long time Bon Clay-Mr 2 fans. The third best/ truly loyal Luffy friend after Zoro and Nami (Jimbies 4th).

Great video. Id love the next one to be about Buggy (maybe my fav OP character) or Foxy (just because he was so lame and im sure even felt like filler for non manga readers)

Absolutely agree with this ranking. Would love to see a Foxy review next

Gotta do Arlong next. His arc is the one I'm always telling people to watch till to see if they really like One Piece or not. If not him, then Rob Lucci. He's just so cool.

I never get tired of your "now back to you, me"

Although I like Crocodile more as a character, Doflamingo is definitely the most compelling villain so far. I do hope that Oda is going to outdo himself with Blackbeard tho. There's still so much mystery surrounding him and like Doflamingo he was set up very early on.

You should do Enel next. I don't see people talk about him as much as others

6:28 Rewatching Dressrosa now after Chapter 1108 and seeing Doffy trying to suckerpunch Fujitora and failing is too funny. If Fuji had different plans he could've ended the Dressrosa Arc then and there

Do Big mom next please! I think she is underrated as an antagonist. She is a a character with unique characterization,motivations and development and we have yet to see her in God Valley. The taste we got on Egghead was great.

Doffy is actually my very top villain. He was introduced before I even started OP wayyyyyy back in the mid 00s and the buildup was incredible, and payoff amazing. I do wish he'd done more crazy sneaky 'smart guy' stuff when battling Luffy rather than just fight him on his own turf with brute force -- I AT LEAST wish we got to see him force Law or Zoro or someone to fight Luffy with the whole string control thing that seemed so built-up with him -- but ultimately everything about him from his backstory to personality to love of his crew to design to how he was handled in his arc and the fact he's 'matured' but not changed too much since, all cements him as the #1 One Piece villain for me -- Croc is still S-tier, but 2nd to Doffy IMO. Now let's hope he joins Cross Guild before the end-of-series so we get to see them work together.. .and Doffy's knowledge would skyrocket Buggy's reputation and influence even further lmao.

The second Impel Down outbreak (and there *will* be a second Impel Down and it *will* be lead by Doflamingo) will be absolutely amazing ! I can't wait to see it !

You're welcome to the cookout bro

Even the often inconsistent anime completely knocked it out of the park with doflamingo, in a series with countless super distinct one of a kind multi faceted over the top great voice work by supremely talented voice actors, somehow against all that donquixote doflamingos voice and voice actors performance stands above them all far and away in my opinion. They first time I heard it i was instantly taken in and enthralled by the character wanting to know everything about him. In a show especially know for its odd laugh onomonopeias donquixote's laugh is really one of the most simple and realistic but it still rings of supreme confidence, unbridled mirth and the surety of a man thatalways has things go exactly to plan, certain that if small problem does occur ( unlikely In his opinion ) that he will be able to crush it under heel like everything else to ever get between what he wants and what he wants done. Eichero Oda created one of the most greatest antagonists in modern shonen history and doflamingos Japaneae rose to the occasion and then some. They voice actor should get an award for performance as the dofster.

I'd love to see more character breakdowns like this

That scene where Monet was at the Self-destruction talking with Donflamingo over the den den mushi was when I became terrified of him because his crew because his crew had the same belief in him that Luffy's crew has in Luffy.

Ur pronounciacion of the german tank in the ad was actual pretty suprisingly good

There is a reason i have doflamingo's jolly roger on the back of my leg

Dude. Ur videos are the best from all one piece content creators. Keep it up man i watch every single video you upload almost instantly. ❤

Doflamingo is basically Crocodile, but if Crocodile had already succeeded for the most part, and also had the advantage of having several connections, both from the world's Underground, as well as the World Government itself, beyond that which is given to a standard Warlord of the Sea. He literally has the advantage in almost every situation he's in when dealing with Law and the Straw Hat Pirates, and puts them in a false sense of security by making them think he's vulnerable by faking relinquishing his Warlord title. Where it all falls apart, really, is the actions of his minions, or more specifically, the actions of his one minion Sugar. The crux of his entire empire is essentially reliant on her and her Devil Fruit, effectively wiping people out of existence, meaning he can get rid of any "undesirables" that could potentially harm his position as beneficiary of so many factions of the One Piece world. See, once Sugar and Trebol had Usopp at their mercy, Sugar could have easily just turned Usopp into a toy and all hope would be lost, but because she assumed the Tontatta Tribe was trying to kill her instead of merely knocking her out, and thus assumed the spicy grape they tried to feed her was poison, she force-fed the grape to Usopp expecting him to die from it, but instead got so shocked by Usopp's reaction to ingesting such a spicy food that she passed out, undoing her Devil Fruit powers. From there, everything unravels to the point where Doflamingo is forced to put up a "bird cage" and prevent anyone from leaving Dressrosa alive. Despite a large number of freak one-in-a-million chance things happening to Doflamingo that made his empire fall apart despite how carefully crafted his empire was, one advantage Doflamingo is surprisingly quick to react and make adjustments and changes to his plans based on what's happening. It's kind of like Crocodile's crazy-preparedness, only Doflamingo didn't really plan or expect anything bad to happen to Sugar, and he was a bit peeved that he was forced to make a decision between giving up his Warlord status or not providing Kaido with more SMILE Fruits, but he still managed to bounce back from both scenarios with little trouble. That's probably the biggest strength of Doflamingo (aside from his overall strength, which at the time was incredible to see, to the point where I've seen people say he was the strongest Warlord, not sure if that stands true nowadays), he quickly yet carefully considers his options and doesn't give his enemies the chance to gain the advantage. This leads him being one of the few villains who, surprisingly, doesn't underestimate the Straw Hat Pirates and take them as a serious threat... until his final confrontation with Luffy, anyway. Yeah, I never really liked how he suddenly got cocky at the very end and just assumed Luffy doesn't have enough strength to finish him off. I tend to be rather mixed when it comes to villains who are defeated by their own hubris, there are good ways and bad ways to handle it, but the way Doflamingo's ego ended up being his undoing when up until that point he seemed smarter than that, it was just kind of a disappointment, moreso than even Kaido basically letting himself take Luffy's final massive punch because he thought he could tank it. Despite that one blemish, though, Doflamingo is a fantastic villain in execution, which is helped both by his backstory and his complicated relationship with his closest minions. As a former World Noble, he came from a place of the highest privilege, and despite still living in comfort when his father relinquished their World Noble status, he just could not let go of his World Noble lifestyle, which resulted in everyone finding out they were World Nobles for whom the World Government will no longer protect and thus can act out their revenge against the World Nobels with. In most stories, you'd probably expect Doflamingo's harsh life after this point would result in him learning humility, but instead he was just angry and outraged that these lowly humans would dare strike back against him. As for his closest minions, Trebol, Pica, Diamante, and Vergo, he claims they're family, and indeed he seems to treat the minions within his close circle with care, to the point where some would even compare it to Luffy in terms of how much he cares, there's one big difference between Doflamingo and Luffy: when the going gets tough, Doflamingo always prioritizes himself over anyone else, whereas Luffy would gladly give his life to save his friends. This is best shown with Monet, he really would NOT want to lose her, but would rather ensure that Caesar Clown remain safe by his side and not risk losing the empire created. The rest of his minions are no different, despite what Trebol thinks. Really, when you think about it, the only reason he got close to Trebol, Pica, Diamante, and Vergo in the first place was because they treated him the way he felt he should be treated, as someone to worship and serve. It's this added depth to Doflamingo that gives him the edge over Crocodile as being the better villain.

Keep up the awesome work and videos Liam love the video

He truly is one of the greatest antagonists of the series. Would love to see an analysis of Rob Lucci next.

i like to think the small island that doflamingo was chilling on in the anime was just a random island he decided to relax on, probably to get some alone time with himself, it kinda fits and explains why he wasnt on dressrosa

Foxy next please! Also... Are movie villains included here? I think Z will be a good candidate to analyze. My favorite movie OP villain of all time.

YO WHAT, when are we getting wifeflamino merchandise because she is looking FLAMINGO! In all seriousness she is looking amazing in that cosplay and it would look great at merch art, she’s great at cosplay

amazing video! should definetly tackle arlong next... and honestly, throw hody jones in there because we need to fill the lower tiers.

Love your vids, keep the great work up!

Im A new subscriber even your content from a year ago is very possible in the one piece timeline even now, I very much enjoy your content

Another perfect analysis! 👏🏼

Love that video series! :)

I think next we're going to need the tactfully written masterpiece of a villain. Simon

The national treasure is probably the mother flame.

Also to add for me, his Japanese voice actor does a perfect job for his character. Makes me love the character even more.

The speech while being chained adds to his mystery even after all that defeat

You could make a super cut of all of these videos. Compile all of these literal villan of the week videos; edit them so they can play back to back for an end result of a 2-3 hour long video. I play those types of videos in the background all the time

Doflamingo was a wild card and a mystery at first and brought off that vibe that he knew something people didn’t and had the clout or a prestige that was unknown until his story was more flushed out. And showed the tragic truth. But over all he portrayed the looming threat and a overwhelming confidence that no one could touch him and was doing everything behind the scenes building an empire that he didn’t begin with wanted to find a lost part of him after he left the holy land to try to rebuild it in his image and grow a new family that he could trust. That’s what I see in his story. I have more but I don’t want drag this on his arc was one of my fav along with big mom arc. I love the similarities to Alice in Wonderland but it was obviously different and the tragic ending to her childhood story losing everyone she holds dear a second time around I would feel more bad for her if she didn’t turn in to a gluttonous mob boss psychopath, But I loved big mom's homies i was invested in flushing out the the characters I always wondered what Souls were used for each homie. I loved their individual personalities. It kind of reminded me of thriller bark but with different similarities I can admit those zombies where funny AF lol.

Great video as usual 👍

As another amazingly written Villain once said "A Smile is a Valuable tool, my dear. It inspires your friends, keeps your enemies guessing, and ensures no matter what comes your way, you're the one in control." and that is what really makes Doflamingo a good character, the fact you never fully see his eyes only his smile.

Another thing I liked about doflamingo is that he made a previous antagonist Belamy beg straw hat to kill him, someone who once laughed at luffys dreams and, through doflamingo, was redeemed when you learned he regretted looking up to someone like him. Villains become so much greater when you see how they inspire fear in others we had come across before.

I love how Doffy is actually similar to The Joker in DC. It's been alluded that the Joker is aware of a true no-one else in the DC world knows and that is the reason he laughs because no one else can see the truth and the fact Doffy is aware of certain truths no one else (Aside from other world nobles) in the One Piece world knows and I feel that is usually what makes him smile.

everytime it cut to you in the glasses i cackled

first real villain introduced to the show and then didn't see him for like what 4 years, that's how you build some mad hype

I think the next video should be on Enies Lobby, but I've always seen that arc as having two main villains that fill the gaps in each other's strengths: Lucci being the imposing threat while Spandam has the compelling connection to our protagonists.

if you could, i would wait to do a video analysis on kaido. we don’t have confirmation on if he is alive or dead, hence we don’t know if he can have character development after his arc

I have mastered his laugh. I love it❤ It's fun going up to my friends doing his laugh to creep them out.

9:40 Easiest answer of my life. Captain Kuro has that kind of object. His glasses mirror his outlook on life. While being a smart pirate he lets his ego go to his head making "plans that never fail" all while having to constantly tweak and change them like how he has to constantly adjust his glasses. Then when offered glasses (or a new life as a well paid and loved butler) that just works as is and fits him he flatly denies them in favor of sticking with his world view even though it doesn't fit. In that way (albeit poorly explained on my part lol) Captain Kuro is just the original Doflamingo and all Oda did was combine Crocodile and Kuro to make one of the best villains easy peasy lemon mcsqueasy.

Weird its been since 2020 since ive started watching you

I can watch this video just yet but I wanted to comment that I finally did it guys! I reached the Dressrosa arc! I started watching the One Piece anime from the beginning a couple years ago after originally growing up with the 4Kids dub. I first thought about rewatching the series because people kept talking about this Doflamingo guy and he seemed very intriguing but didn't start until I heard the announcement of the 1000th episode coming soon. Then I was like "screw it! Let's start watching, I want to see the Doflamingo hype!". 😂. I literally owe this crazy flamingo man for getting me back into my favorite anime.