The episode centers on the history of Flevance, Law's home country in the North Blue, known as the "White City" for its beautiful Amber Lead. While the material brought immense wealth through the production of jewelry and pottery, the One Piece Wiki notes that the World Government and Flevance's royalty kept a dark secret: Amber Lead was inherently poisonous.
: Law discovers his parents murdered in their own blood and loses his younger sister, Lami, in a hospital fire. One Piece (Dub) Episode 701
The episode also establishes the early, antagonistic relationship between Law and Corazon. Corazon is depicted as a man who seemingly hates children, famously throwing Law into a trash heap. This cruelty, however, is later recontextualized as an attempt to drive Law away from the darkness of the Donquixote family. Conclusion The episode centers on the history of Flevance,
Episode 701 serves to humanize the stoic "Surgeon of Death" by showing the roots of his nihilism. Law is introduced as a child who has "seen hell" and lost his capacity for hope, leading him to stab Corazon at the end of the episode as an act of raw, unchanneled rage. Conclusion Episode 701 serves to humanize the stoic
