Doffy’s Blind Spot
This is a well known theory and I for one also want to give my take on this. So strap in yo seats this is gonna be a lengthy post.
I’ve already established on my previous post that when Doffy and his family were hanged and burned at the stake, what has been said and done by the humans, Doffy carried it with him up to his adulthood. see previous post
The trauma he experienced during his childhood didn’t just mentally scar him for life but also scarred him
physically.
When Doffy recalls his past, we see an arrow about to shoot towards his left eye. We don’t find out if the arrow hit- but we’ll get back to that.
For some clues about this, we have to analyze his fights and how he evades attacks.
First scene we are given a subtle clue, is when Sanji surprise attacks Doffy from his left view. In the manga, Doffy had to do a 180-degree turn to see where Sanji was coming from to block him.
Doffy’s smile at the end indicates that he wasn’t even harmed, he was just caught off guard, despite of the 100% difference in strength and speed.
Then it happens again..
During Doffy’s initial fight with Luffy. He was dominating the fight, toying with Luffy. Until he received two consecutive attacks, and guess where it’s coming from...... his left side.
Toei’s animation in the anime is quite subtle, but in the manga, it shows it as clear as day. It is drawn in a way that he always gets caught off guard and surprised when attacks are coming from the left.
Yes. He does get frontal assaults from Luffy from time to time. Rewatching the episodes you’ll see a recurring pattern in their fight.
Doffy sees Luffy’s frontal assault clearly -> tries to block it -> fails to block Luffy’s attack -> Gets hit on the front or punched on the right. As shown below
But
it is always the attacks coming from the left, when he becomes the most exposed and it’s when he least suspects Luffy.
And it’s during these unguarded moments that they always focus or magnify on his left eye before getting sucker punched to kingdom come.
Assaults from the left are also the attacks that inflict the most fatal wounds (making him vomit out blood from his mouth and/or weaken him). Because this is the side where he’s the most unguarded, giving Luffy a chance for a fatal strike.
When you look at their fight on a technical perspective, you might notice that he’s having a hard time guarding his left rear. Ergo discovering Doffy’s Blind Spot.
This links back to his past. When the arrow shot him, that would’ve caused enough damage to blind his left eye. So his left eye isn’t just the reason for a blind spot in his fights, it’s a literal BLIND spot. Oda you fuc-in mastermind.
And if you have been watching One Piece for years, you already know that..
(Observing Doffy’s Jolly Roger...)
Oda never shows or does things without a purpose.
