Bartholomew Kuma

Bartholomew Kuma is a male manga and anime character who features in One Piece.

Biography

Origin

Bartholomew Kuma (Japanese: バーソロミュー・くま, Hepburn: Bāsoromyū Kuma)

In Mary Geoise, Kuma, alongside Donquixote Doflamingo and later on Dracule Mihawk, attended the government summit following Crocodile's defeat in Arabasta. He only spoke briefly about the urgency of the situation. Just then, they were interrupted by Laffitte, a former policeman who was renowned for his violent ways and exiled from West Blue. Kuma listened as Laffitte stated that he wished to put forward his captain's name for the nomination of Warlord of the Sea.

Straw Hats

With orders from the World Government to notify Gecko Moria of Crocodile's replacement, Kuma came to Thriller Bark. Arriving there, he asked some of Perona's zombie minions, who were loading treasure onto the Thousand Sunny, where their master would be. However, he was met with some resistance and was forced to deal with them. His actions were not unnoticed as the zombies reported his actions to Perona. She recognized Kuma and shook in fear at the sight of him. Despite Kuma's reputation, however, Perona got annoyed with him and attempted to engage the Warlord for his shadow. After asking her where she would like to go and removing a glove, he made her vanish by sending her flying to Kuraigana Island. The zombies seeing this tried to attack him but were frightened off by his mere presence. Kuma then spotted Nami and asked her if Luffy had an older brother. After receiving her answer, he then teleported away and continued his search for Moria. Kuma then found Moria in the dance hall in the Mast Mansion of Thriller Bark. After some formalities, he told Moria of Crocodile's replacement, Blackbeard. Though the gap in the Seven Warlords ranks had been filled up, he told Moria that he felt somewhat uneasy of the situation. Kuma then told Moria that since the Straw Hat Pirates were most likely to head toward Moria's vicinity, he should do something about them. He explained this to Moria since the World Government had grown greatly alert of the pirates since the assault on Enies Lobby. When Kuma told Moria that the World Government was afraid that the latter would be defeated, Moria became enraged. Though he was not given a specific order, Kuma offered to help Moria in dealing with the Straw Hats. Moria angrily declined Kuma's help and told him to instead sit back and watch as he himself defeated the Straw Hats. However, despite Moria's boasting, Kuma witnessed Moria get defeated by Luffy.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Bartholomew Kuma was an enormous man, being 689 cm tall. He was the second tallest of the former Warlords and was usually seen carrying a Bible. His hair was generally long and curly, and sometimes included a pair of round protrusions resembling bear ears. He wore glasses with clear-mirrored lenses which cover his cybernetic eyes. Prior to his conversion into a cyborg, his eyes were normal.

Powers and abilities

After fully becoming a Pacifista, Kuma's physical abilities were enhanced further as a complete cyborg. He was able to protect the Thousand Sunny from being damaged or touched by attackers for two entire years, and his body withstood two years' worth of damage as he waited for one of the Straw Hats to return. He could now take the harsh treatment and enslavement of the Celestial Dragons without feeling any pain at all, to the point where he could still move perfectly fine even after being stabbed with a multitude of swords and was visibly and heavily damaged and in need of repairs. This led to the Celestial Dragons identifying Kuma as their so-called 'Invincible Slave'.

Among the techniques known to him included:

• Pad Ho (圧力パッド砲, Paddo Hō?, literally meaning "Pressure Cannon") :
• Tsuppari Pad Ho (つっぱり圧力パッド砲, Tsuppari Paddo Hō?, literally meaning "Slapping Thrust Pressure Cannon") :
• Puni (ぷに, Puni?, onomatopoeia for "Squish") :
• Ursus Shock (熊の衝撃ウルスス･ショック, Urususu Shokku?, literally meaning "Bear Impact") :

Notes

• Bartholomew Kuma was created by Eiichiro Oda where he featured in the setting of the One Piece universe.

Appearances

• One Piece:

External Links

• One Piece Wiki Entry

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