Donquixote Doflamingo — May 10, 2018
Was this man basically operating at Yonko level for an entire day?
Looking back calmly makes it worse.
Not the cruelty — the schedule.
Japanese fans laid out Doflamingo’s single day in Dressrosa and realized something felt very wrong.
- The infamous schedule
- “No, he’s basically a Yonko”
- Smoker catching strays
- Power comparisons
- Meta joke about time
- More reminders of how absurd it was
- Warlord power talk
- Losers and arc detours
- Missed narrative potential
- Doflamingo’s ambitions
- Buggy logic corner
- Enel slander
- Birdcage grievances
- Final jab
- 👉 Why this “schedule” shocked Japanese fans
- 👉 Doflamingo as a victim of pacing, not power
The infamous schedule
1: Anonymous Pirate
Flew all the way to Punk Hazard.
→ Fights Marine HQ Vice Admiral Smoker and beats him.
→ Immediately clashes with former Marine Admiral, now Blackbeard pirate Aokiji, gets frozen solid.
→ Instantly returns to the country and fights Zoro, Law, and Fujitora.
→ Activates Birdcage.
→ Fights Law again, gets his internal organs destroyed.
→ Without pause, fights reinforcement Luffy.
→ Fights evenly or better until Luffy activates final move Gear 4 and beats him down.
→ While maintaining Birdcage, dominates the Colosseum fighters.
→ Fights Law, Rebecca, and Violet.
→ Gets punched away by Luffy after he revives 15 minutes later.
At this point he’s basically half a Yonko commander.
“No, he’s basically a Yonko”
2: Anonymous Pirate
This is basically half a Yonko.
(He even broke out of Aokiji’s ice on his own.)
4: Anonymous Pirate
>>1
Oda… what is this hardcore schedule?
5: Anonymous Pirate
Two new and old Admirals,
one Warlord,
Supernova rookie Straw Hat and Zoro,
plus all kinds of other pirates —
and Doflamingo handles almost all of them alone.
Smoker catching strays
7: Anonymous Pirate
Honestly the Marine Vice Admiral who keeps getting up after losing multiple times in one day (Smoker) is the real monster.
10: Anonymous Pirate
>>7
Trafalgar Law
→ Luffy
→ Gas-Gas Fruit (Caesar Clown)
→ Vergo
→ Donquixote Doflamingo
Lost to five people in one day.
Power comparisons
8: Anonymous Pirate
Thinking calmly… isn’t he on par with Katakuri?
15: Anonymous Pirate
>>8
Katakuri only loses to overwhelming opponents with protagonist buffs.
Against close opponents, future sight lets him handle anything.
Meta joke about time
19: Anonymous Pirate
How many years did it take to draw that single day?
366: Anonymous Pirate
>>19
Just under four years.
More reminders of how absurd it was
20: Anonymous Pirate
He also fought Sanji.
Doflamingo is insane.
25: Anonymous Pirate
Isn’t this guy just a fallen noble?
Yet he keeps flexing his tragic past at Luffy and Law.
35: Anonymous Pirate
>>25
And Law used that past to corner him hard.
61: Anonymous Pirate
>>35
The man who turned the World Government into his dog.
Akainu was furious.
Warlord power talk
32: Anonymous Pirate
Mihawk is probably the strongest Warlord,
but he’s always alone.
Losers and arc detours
45: Anonymous Pirate
Some guy lost three times in one day apparently.
48: Anonymous Pirate
What even was the Big Mom arc in the end?
Sanji just ran away without solving Zeff’s problem.
59: Anonymous Pirate
>>48
Got the Poneglyph,
Sanji and Nami power-ups,
Luffy awakened Observation Haki.
79: Anonymous Pirate
>>59
Then what about Zeff?
Sanji came because they threatened to kill him,
and then just escaped without solving anything.
86: Anonymous Pirate
>>79
Why do you think Don Krieg still hasn’t reappeared?
217: Anonymous Pirate
Wouldn’t it be hype if Gin and Captain Kuro showed up too,
and Don Krieg said,
“Yonko or whatever, East Blue is our turf,”
and protected Baratie?
990: Anonymous Pirate
>>217
That’s insanely classic shonen, lol.
Missed narrative potential
50: Anonymous Pirate
I wanted him to stay neutral, not fight Luffy directly.
Doflamingo’s ambitions
75: Anonymous Pirate
How was Doflamingo even planning to become Pirate King?
He was basically Kaido’s errand boy.
90: Anonymous Pirate
>>75
He’s anti–Celestial Dragon.
He never cared about being Pirate King.
Buggy logic corner
112: Anonymous Pirate
Buggy:
• Can dodge Mihawk’s slashes
• Only one who can guaranteed escape Birdcage
If Buggy picked up a sword, he’d be the strongest swordsman.
123: Anonymous Pirate
>>112
The new Buggy Ball coming out of his feet is stronger anyway.
How does that even work?
Enel slander
121: Anonymous Pirate
Enel is trash-tier durability lol.
Current Armament Luffy would send him to the afterlife with one Jet Pistol.
135: Anonymous Pirate
>>121
Without Wyper’s Reject Dial, Enel would’ve won easily.
Birdcage grievances
143: Anonymous Pirate
Tragic news: Fujitora pushed the Birdcage.
148: Anonymous Pirate
I really wanted Zoro to cut the Birdcage.
Final jab
152: Anonymous Pirate
The Big Mom arc was that long arc where the final boss stayed basically unharmed.
👉 Why this “schedule” shocked Japanese fans
Laying it out chronologically breaks the illusion.
Doflamingo wasn’t just strong — he was endurance-maxed,
carrying Birdcage while tanking top-tier opponents nonstop.
👉 Doflamingo as a victim of pacing, not power
This thread isn’t calling him unbeatable.
It’s pointing out how story compression turned one man’s downfall
into an almost absurd endurance gauntlet that still feels unfair in hindsight.
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