Episode 701

"Sad Memories - Law the Boy from the White City!" is the 701st episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
The history of Flevance is revealed as Law's history prior to joining the Donquixote Pirates is explored.

Long Summary
After a week Trafalgar D. Water Law is launched again in the dumpyard by Corazon, Law swears to kill him.

That evening, at dinner, Doflamingo reveals that their next target is Rakesh, which has been allying with other groups. When Law walks in a shocked Machvise points out a white patch of skin on Law's chest and Jora recognizes it as Amber Lead Syndrome, claiming that it causes agonizing pain to those infected, prompting Buffalo to believe it is contagious while telling Law to leave. However, Doflamingo angrily tells Jora to not spread rumors as facts before explaining how Amber Lead Syndrome is caused by poisoning and is not contagious. When asked how he escaped, Law reveals that he hid under a mountain of corpses. Doflamingo asks Law what he holds a grudge against, prompting Law to claim he wants to destroy everything and is not afraid of death before telling Corazon that he will get his revenge at any cost.

Doflamingo states that he will put to death anyone who attacks Corazon because the latter is his biological blood brother. When a shocked Machvise points out a white patch of skin on Law's chest, Jora recognizes it as Amber Lead Syndrome and claims it causes agonizing pain to those infected. However, Doflamingo angrily tells Jora to not spread rumors as facts before explaining how Amber Lead Syndrome is caused by poisoning and is not contagious. When asked how he escaped, Law reveals that he hid under a mountain of corpses. Doflamingo asks Law what he holds a grudge against, prompting Law to claim he wants to destroy everything and is not afraid of death before telling Corazon that he will get his revenge at any cost.

The following day, in Rakesh, most of the Donquixote Pirates enter a firefight with another pirate group and use their various Devil Fruit powers to overwhelm their enemies. Then they begin collecting the money present as Baby 5 asks Gladius what the city Law is from is like. Gladius reveals that it is called Flevance and that it was completely white, as though covered in snow. Gladius goes on to explain that the citizens eventually discovered a type of lead called Amber Lead underground and learned that it was the source of the white coloration of their city, and that they used the lead to create dozens of different types of goods that people the world over wanted to buy, making it their primary business, which the World Government quickly took advantage of by helping Flevance ship their goods.

When Baby 5 states that she wants to go there, Lao G reveals that it is long gone and explains that the World Government performed a geological survey a hundred years ago that revealed the truth, which was the fact that Amber Lead was poisonous and would erode the body if dug up and handled. Baby 5 notes that the citizens would die, prompting Gladius to explain that the traces and effects of Amber Lead would build up in each generation, consequentially shortening their lifespan by about twenty more years each, which meant that a generation doomed to die before adulthood was eventually born. The world discovered the poisonous effects of Amber Lead too late. All people eventually began to collapse at the same time due to the buildup of Amber Lead in their bodies, and they began to die with immense pain flooding their bodies, which no doctor could stop.

The real tragedy began after this event. The citizens of the surrounding countries placed a quarantine on Flevance because they thought Amber Lead Disease was contagious, and the royalty escaped the country early with the help of the World Government. Anyone who attempted to escape while seeking treatment were shot dead like monsters escaping from a cage. eventually leading to a war breaking out. The countries neighboring Flevance showed no mercy toward their attackers because they justified their assault as self-defense.

Some gentle soldiers promised to let the children escape, nut Law stated that he couldn't leave because his sister was dying and then he went to her hospital room. Soon, soldiers enter the hospital with orders to kill any Amber Lead patients they find, prompting Law to have Lami hide in a closet before sneaking past two soldiers. However, Law found that his mother and father have been killed and leaped through a window as who soldiers fired at him. Eventually, Law escaped his pursuers and returned to find the children and nun lying dead outside, causing him to fall to his knees in tears. Upon returning to the hospital, Law found it burning and, realizing Lami has died as well, suffers a complete mental breakdown.

As Senor Pink notes that any ten year old who experienced this would have their personality screwed up, Law walks through the garbage dump in Spider Miles until he sees Corazon reading a newspaper. Hefting a dagger, Law notes that no one will know if he keeps quiet about it and that no one will care if a scumbag goes missing before lunging toward Corazon and stabbing him in the back. Seeing this, Buffalo exclaims that Law broke the Blood Law and that he must inform Doflamingo.

Anime Notes

 * The anime adds the following:
 * Prior to the dinner party, Senor Pink was speaking to Law right before Corazon throws him again.
 * Before Law walks in on the dinner party, Doflamingo mentions targeting Rakesh.
 * During the dinner, Pica is shown speaking and Buffalo nearly laughed at his voice.
 * When Law explains how he escaped Flevance, the anime does not show the image of Law hiding under corpses.
 * The Donquixote Pirates' raid on Rakesh is more shown in the anime than in the manga. The name of the port town was not mentioned in the manga.
 * In this episode Baby 5 uses the power of the Buki Buki no Mi. In the manga it is not revealed if she had already eaten it.
 * The flashback of Flevance is extended and it started before Law and his family were afflicted with the Amber Lead Sickness.
 * During Law's past, the nun's cross necklace is replaced with pendant necklace.