[Spoilers] Why Is Doffy underestimating the mugiwara's?

[WhistleBlower]

In the recent chapter "ONE PIECE MANGA 734" we see Donflamingo underestimatating Strawhats?! Didn't he pay any attention to what Law stated previously something along the lines of "many underestimated the strawhats and they paid the price".

But this said, despite being the "mastermind" behind the whole underworld - as Joker- do you believe he has something else up his sleeve like a plan B? I just can't see how Donflamingo has missed the true picture and is just overconfident (similar to every other pirates defeated by Strawhats) - I was just expecting more brains from Donflamingo but it just doesn't seem that he will get far...​

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Then again, looking at how Doflamingo referred to as Luffy. He called Luffys D, evil. I think since he is from the Celestial Dragons, that they have a natural loathing of anyone with the D. So, it could stand to reason, he thinks the D's and those who associate with them are not worth his time.

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What do you guys think? :yeah:​

 

[Sir Blades]

Doflamingo is going to face the harsh reality of loosing gravely. Those who rise so far to the top will fall down harder.

 

[AllseeingSharingan]

Because Thats what bad guys do. Underestimate the opposition always. But doffy will bounce back

 

[Kuzan]

he isnt really underestimating them, Doffy actually has a pretty good picture of the situation based on the information he has.

 

[repulse]

Many assume that Doflamingo is underestimating the Straw Hats, but only because we as readers are privy to information that Doflamingo is not. He is not omniscient, and because of this, he is uninformed about a variety of things that can bring about his downfall.

 

[snake orochimaru]

Doflamingo wants the D.

 

[Uchiha Samater]

he isn't

he is just working with what he knows

it's just we know Luffy and the crew aren't the easiest to beat

 

[PabloEscobar]

He is not underestimating them. He is actually very concern. He even set up luffy to join the tourney.

 

[edwinblack]

doffy?? am i still on the narutobase site,?,ive seen every ep but never heard of him

 

[Kuzan]

doffy?? am i still on the narutobase site,?,ive seen every ep but never heard of him

Doffy = Doflamingo, he is the antagonist from the current One Piece arc.

 

[crono0929]

he isnt really underestimating them, Doffy actually has a pretty good picture of the situation based on the information he has.

Quite the opposite, he does not know that luffy, zoro and kin outside of the castle, he does not know that robin and ussop infiltrated.

 

[Caliburn]

Someone made the same remark in the official discussion thread, so I'm just going to copy paste my replies from there:

He isn't underestimating the Strawhats, he went even so far as using the WG to counter them. I mean people like Moria, Crocodile and Enel just plainly looked down upon the Strawhats like they were a bunch of worms. Even though Doflamingo considers himself superior, he at least anticipated Law & Luffy and he was actually quite efficient in breaking the alliance. The problem for Doflamingo is that the situation escalated into something that was impossible to predict due to the amount of unexpected variables. I mean how was Doflamingo supposed to anticipate an admiral + a vice admiral, the Revolutionary Army, Big Mum, King Riku, Rebecca, Violet and the fairies? How was he supposed to know that Luffy had a supposedly deceased elder brother that appears to be in fact alive, is part of the RA and has the same feelings about Ace's fruit as him? How was he supposed to know that the fairies, who hadn't done anything since he took over the country and didn't even react when he kidnapped their kin, would use this exact moment to not only rebel, but join likewise into an alliance with the Strawhats and that they even had made a secret passage? How was he supposed to know that Bartolomeo is a fan of Luffy and would even protect Bellamy, who would then lead Luffy out of the Colosseum?

Doflamingo had anticipated the Luffy & Law alliance and anticipated their actions based on Luffy & Law's personalities and histories and he did quite a good job at that as Luffy took the bait and Law got beaten and captured, but how could he have anticipated all those situations and variables which had no visible connection with Luffy or originally didn't even had any connection at all and just happened as they went? As Mihawk said during the war: Luffy has the ability to rally everyone around him wherever he goes, but try to predict how something like that will unfold in practice.

The only part where Doflamingo seems to truly underestimate the Strawhats, is their individual combat ability as he seems pretty confident that they can't win from his family executives in one on one fights.

Well villains that lack confidence, overall don't really work well. Doflamingo by default is, as they said in the manga, very charismatic. People that don't show confidence, can't easily be considered charismatic. He's a very confident person and for him there is currently no reason anymore to be overly cautious. He has got Law and there is no reason to assume for him that Luffy is not anymore in the Colosseum, that's guarded by his own executives, so it's only a matter of time before they capture Luffy, so he doesn't really have much reason anymore to be on guard. He is after all a Shichibukai. You could say that he is in that regard a cliché villain, however having him all stressed out running around in his palace just for the formality of 'we have not captured all the Strawhats yet', doesn't really wok.

I seriously wonder which kind of face Doflamingo will make when he realizes how much the situation actually has escalated.

 

[Kuzan]

Quite the opposite, he does not know that luffy, zoro and kin outside of the castle, he does not know that robin and ussop infiltrated.

I said based on the information he has. How should he know about all of that.

 

[David1996]

Regardless whether he actually underestimating them or not.. What made him so sure Luffy won't get out of the colosseum ? Was it Burgess ?

 

[ToadSageNaruto]

because he's betting on luffy being turned into a toy. law being out of the picture and the others just not being able to top him or his execs. he's gonna get trolled hard in a few chaps tho.

 

[Dr Strangelove]

Didn't he say himself some point this arc that he would not underestimate the SHs like everyone else did.... :/
Not listening to Law is going to come back and bite him in the ass.
Must admit I was a little surprised at his underestimation of them. He seems like a guy who would take everything into consideration. He also has no idea about the dwarve's rebellion.

 

[Olorin]

Didn't he say himself some point this arc that he would not underestimate the SHs like everyone else did.... :/
Not listening to Law is going to come back and bite him in the ass.
Must admit I was a little surprised at his underestimation of them. He seems like a guy who would take everything into consideration. He also has no idea about the dwarve's rebellion.

actually he has no reason tho think differently, alone, the SHs wouldn't be able to hande him, the tournament and the toy house especially since Sanji left

the only enemies he knows atm are the SHs

 

[Hexuze]

Doesn't that work with all/most villains in OP? They all lose mainly due to underestimation.

 

[ToshiZO]

Most others have already said this but he's not really underestimating them, how is he supposed to know the revolutionaries would appear, that Sabo is in the tournament allowing Luffy to leave, that Bartolomeo is helping Luffy, that Bellamy helped Luffy, ontop of this he has an Admiral by his side, why would he be shitting bricks in this situation? He is doing what he should be based on what he knows.

 

[Dr Strangelove]

actually he has no reason tho think differently, alone, the SHs wouldn't be able to hande him, the tournament and the toy house especially since Sanji left

the only enemies he knows atm are the SHs

Fair point.
I can't wait to see his face when he learns about the dwarves' rebellion tho
I love Doffy, put he deserves everything coming to him.