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Some A piece villain is despicable like Donquixote Doflamingo, but a recent cover showed a more human side to the cartoon’s usual evil villain. One Piece covers are often a place for mangaka Eiichiro Oda to continue ongoing plot themes that can’t fit into the main story or draw his characters in strange situations. Although later illustrations often focus on the Straw Hats and their allies, they sometimes also focus on villains, as seen in Chapter 1083.
The cover of Chapter 1083 is a fan-requested Doflamingo drawing of an injured baby bird. The bird fell from the tree so Doflamingo gave it his feathered coat to make a nest. He is also willing to bandage the bird’s wound. From his expression, Doflamingo doesn’t seem to like helping the bird, almost as if Oda admits that this act of kindness doesn’t suit the former lord. The gap between Doflamingo’s previous action and the cover is part of what makes this cover so interesting.
One Piece shows a new side of Doflamingo on its latest cover
Of course, this isn’t the only attempt One Piece has made to personify Doflamingo. His flashback shows that as a child, he was a Celestial Dragon, whose father moved him and his family out of Mariejoa to avoid the negative influence of One Piece’s true villains. Due to his old identity, he is constantly mistreated by those around him, culminating in a mob trying to kill him and his family. However, this sob story doesn’t quite justify all the terrible things he’s done since then when his brother Corazon went through the same struggles but still became a man. Good. And even after showing his backstory, the manga never shows Doflamingo actually doing anything decent.
That’s what makes this cover so much fun. While the classic nature of these covers is always controversial, Oda’s acceptance of all fan requests shows that he wants to show a different side of Doflamingo. It also aligns with the fates of the other villains in the series, many of whom have become less evil or more relatable over time like Buggy and Crocodile, who have become new rivals for the series. Luffy. Doflamingo has not received such treatment in the main One Piece storyline, but perhaps this is a sign that he will also undergo this transformation.
One Piece shows why more manga should use cover art
Even if this cover illustration doesn’t really relate to One Piece’s characters and story, it’s still adorable. Many other modern Shonen series have no longer illustrated their chapters, but Oda continues to make them for each new release, which is part of why he’s such a legendary mangaka. A pieceDoflamingo’s latest drawing is a great example of why other series should also consider using more cover illustrations to show aspects of the character that fans won’t. see.
One Piece Chapter 1083 available to read from Viz Media.