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Chapter 798: Heart

Arc: Dressrosa · Saga: Dressrosa · Released: 2015-08-24

Summary

The chapter cross-cuts the present-day escape from Dressrosa with the close of Law’s backstory. In the present, the Tontatta dwarves have gutted Doflamingo’s Eastern-Port garrison — every weapon vanished, rifles emptied of bullets and powder, and the battleships “sewn” together so they can’t leave port — while Princess Mansherry heals the fallen citizens with Kyros’s blessing, the soldiers writing it all off as “fairies.” Aboard the escape, retired Fleet Admiral Sengoku tells Law that he raised the slain Marine spy Rosinante (“Corazon”) “like a son,” and lays out the four things lost on Minion Island that fateful day: the Barrels Pirates, his subordinate’s life, the Op-Op Fruit, and a boy dying of white-lead disease — “It was me,” Law confirms. Law explains he lived to strike down Doflamingo because Corazon gave him both his life (the cure) and his “heart,” reveals his name hides a “D.” like Straw Hat’s, and asks what the “D” means; Sengoku, struck, says “the ‘D’ always follows a checkered fate” and lets Law walk free rather than jail him. Back at the port, Admiral Fujitora raises all the kingdom’s rubble into the sky with his gravity, packing it into a single colossal meteor to bury the pirates. As everyone scrambles to the ship, Luffy refuses to dodge past the Admiral, declaring the days of “beating you someday” ended two years ago — he’ll defeat every Admiral and Emperor or never be King of the Pirates.

New reveals

• Sengoku raised Rosinante / “Corazon.” Sengoku says he took Rosinante in as a boy and “treated him like a son”; Corazon was his honest, trustworthy subordinate, the Marine planted inside the Donquixote Family who left his post for half a year — to drive young Law hospital-to-hospital seeking a cure (p7–9).
• The four things lost on Minion Island. On that “fateful day” four things vanished at once: the Barrels Pirates, Sengoku’s subordinate’s life, the Op-Op (Ope Ope) Fruit, and the boy with white-lead disease from the Don Quixote Family — Law: “It was me.” (p8).
• Law’s hidden “D.” stated to Sengoku. Law: “It’s my hidden name… just like Straw Hat’s!! Say, do you know anything about the ‘D.’?” Sengoku reacts: “Yet another one… the ‘D’ always follows a checkered fate.” The meaning stays unrevealed (p9–10).
• Sengoku releases Law. Rather than arrest him, Sengoku — no longer “on the force” — tells Law he can live free and they will “both keep [Rosinante] in our memory” (p10).
• Tontatta cripple the Eastern Port. Every weapon stolen, rifles emptied, warships sewn together so they capsize if sails are set; soldiers collapsed and immobile — all blamed on “fairies” (p2–4).
• Mansherry heals the citizens with Kyros’s permission, careful not to over-drain the wounded soldiers (p4).
• Fujitora’s gravity meteor. Fujitora raises the kingdom’s rubble skyward with his gravity, claiming the debris (“it was only in the way, so I took it upon myself ta use it”) and compresses it into one massive meteor over the Eastern Port to subdue the pirates (p11–13).
• Luffy’s vow. Refusing to flee the Admiral: the pattern of “beat you someday” ended two years ago — “I don’t care if you’re a naval admiral… or an Emperor of the Sea!! If I don’t beat each and every one of you… I’ll never be King of the Pirates!!!!” (p17).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters (present): Luffy, Trafalgar Law, Sengoku, Tsuru, Fujitora (Issho), Bastille (Vice Admiral, summoned by Tsuru), Mansherry, Mouji, Bartolomeo (barrier shielding the holdouts).
• Characters (flashback / referenced): Corazon (Rosinante), Doflamingo, Kyros (grants Mansherry permission), Boa Hancock (cover only).
• Groups / crews: Barrels Pirates, Donquixote Pirates, Heart Pirates, the Tontatta dwarves (Tontatta Kingdom).
• Locations: Dressrosa (Eastern Port), Minion Island (flashback), Flevance (“the white town” with one survivor).
• Fruits: Ope Ope no Mi (the Op-Op Fruit — one of the four lost things).

Notable panels

• Page 1 (cover): Reader-request illustration — “Hancock writes a letter to Luffy” (request by Lhams from Saitama). Boa Hancock at a desk piled with letters. Standalone request art, not a cover-story serial installment.
• Page 8: Law, face-on under his hat: “That’s right… It was me.” — confessing he is the boy who lost everything on Minion Island.
• Page 10: Flashback insert — Corazon embracing young Law: “Hey, Law!! I love you!! Don’t ever attach a reason to the love you’ve received!!!”
• Pages 12–13: Splash-scale — all the rubble of the kingdom hangs in the sky over the Eastern Port; revealed to be Fujitora’s gravity at work.
• Page 16: A massive dark, horned mass barrels down on Luffy (the incoming Fujitora/meteor assault) — “DOOM!! …BWOEH?!”
• Page 17: Near-full-panel Luffy: “If I don’t beat each and every one of you… I’ll never be King of the Pirates!!!!”
• Page 18: SBS Question Corner (volume edition): Sanji & dropped food scraps; Robin’s petals named “Fluffflowers”; the Chapter 518 cover (CP9’s homeland) modeled on a tower in Wenzhou, China.

Open questions raised

• What exactly does the “D.” mean, that both Corazon and now Sengoku treat it as an omen of “checkered fate”?
• Can Luffy actually stop Fujitora’s kingdom-sized meteor, or will the citizens/escapees be buried?
• Will Sengoku’s quiet release of Law have consequences with the active Marine command (Fujitora, Bastille)?