One Pieceis one of the longest-running anime series, and the myriad of compelling characters has retained a high volume of viewers over the years. Even the well-refined story is enough reason to follow the adventures of the Straw Hats and seeMonkey D. Luffybecome the pirate king. It is no surprise that some of these characters' backstories have been shown in the series, and so far, most of them have tragic nuances to their story.
The likes of Sanji, Nico Robin, Nami, and Trafalgar Law, among others, all have backstories that shaped them into their present characters. However, some of these characters' pasts resonate more strongly than others, and viewers feel compelled to carry the emotional burden of the characters as they face their woes.
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Who Survived The Most Tragic Woes?
With the exciting backstories embedded inOne Piece, essential characters in the series faced so many woes that it is a surprise how much toxicity that shaped their past doesn’t stop them from being humane. Nico Robin is the most conspicuous character whose past is pivotal to many mysteries in the series. As a young child, she survived the world government’s wrath, and her lineage as part of the O’hara people will forever place a target on her back. While Robin’s ability to read the poneglygh makes her a threat to the World Government, she will forever be a great asset to any pirate crew.Nico Robinlost everything on O’hara’s final day, including her mother whom she shared a fleeting moment. But she isn’t the first person to suffer at the hand of the world government, nor would she be the last as the series progresses.
The Romeo ofthe straw hat crewhas had his fair share of starvation and abuse. The straw hat cook, Vinsmoke Sanji’s backstory, was relayed in two parts; first with the pirate Zeff and another about his curly eyebrow family. With the pirate Zeff, Sanji starved to the bone on an island, but that was nothing compared to the mental torture and abuse he experienced as a child. He lost his mother at a very young age, and his father and siblings turned out to be monsters, so they had a funeral for him to hide the shame of Sanji being a weakling compared to his strong siblings.
While the aforementioned names have resonating and emotionally impacting backstories, the likes of Senor Pink, Brooks, Chopper, and even Momonosuke have all gone through a fair share of turmoil in their past. However, none of these backstories come close as disheartening as the ex-schibukai and surgeon of death. Trafalgar Law.
Trafalgar Law’s Epileptic Happiness Before The Heart Pirates
Like his nickname, ‘the surgeon of death’,the ex-warlord of the seastory is one borne out of horror and death. Trafalgar Law lived in the once flourishing country of Flevance in the North Blue with his parents and younger sister, Lami. While his parents were killed in front of him and his sister burned along with his parents' hospital, everyone he knew died of the white lead disease. The world government also slaughtered some of the people in the country to keep the plague at bay. As the sole survivor, he crawled his way out of the city among the dead bodies of his countrymen.
However, death was only the beginning for the poor Trafalgar Law as he goes to the new world to forge a new path while battling the white lead disease that could take his life anytime. Trafalgar Law finds his way into theweb of the infamous Donquixote Doflamingo, where he meets his brother, Donquixote Corazon. Trafalgar and Corazon formed a strong bond, and the latter got him the devil fruit that cured him of his disease. But their happiness was cut short when Doflamingo killed Corazon, and the only joy Trafalgar sought after the eradication of his countrymen came to a halt.
Eiichiro Oda’sOne Piecehas been on the radar and in the world’s eye for so long because of the many compelling characters the creator has woven into the great adventure. For almost all the great anime likeNaruto,Attack On Titan, andFull Metal Alchemist, amongst others, there is always a character with a sad backstory, andOne Piecehas just as many that fall on this thread. And while some of the characters' gut-wrenching backstories resonate more strongly than the others, there is a thin line with knowing who had it worse in the anime. But in all, even though Trafalgar and Robin’s cases seemed alike since they suffered at the hand of a similar antagonist, Trafalgar still had it worse than the latter.
