Blackbeard (One Piece)
Blackbeard is a male anime and manga character who features in One Piece.
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Biography
Marshall D. Teach (Japanese: マーシャル・D・ティーチ, Hepburn: Māsharu D. Tīchi) was a male human who grew up as an orphan. Around 28 years ago, he was 12 years old when he encountered Whitebeard and asked to join his crew where he was allowed to join the pirates.
Blackbeard was formerly a member of the Whitebeard Pirates second division led by Portgas D. Ace. Shanks also warned Whitebeard that Blackbeard was becoming stronger than him and had only joined his crew to stay hidden behind the massive shadow of the Whitebeard name, until he became strong enough to make his move. This time came when Blackbeard murdered a member of the Whitebeard Pirates to obtain a certain Devil Fruit, thus prompting his departure from the crew, and Ace's hunt for him. Blackbeard was also the one who gave Shanks the scars around his eye, a long time ago. Shanks also tells Whitebeard to call back Ace on his hunt for Blackbeard, as he was concerned about the timing of a confrontation between Ace and Blackbeard. After Luffy defeated Crocodile in Alabasta, Lafitte tried to nominate Blackbeard to become one of the Shichibukai to take Crocodile's place, but in order to be accepted, Blackbeard must first build up a fearsome reputation.
Shortly after, he and his crew came to attack the Drum Kingdom, causing its king Wapol to flee with hem ironically liberating the nation from his tyranny.
Afterwards, Blackbeard and his crew were at Jaya around the same time as the Straw Hat Pirates. Coincidentally, he came to find himself sitting next to Monkey D. Luffy at a bar where they both suddenly made a remark about the cherry pie being served to them. Noticing that both their remarks oppose one another, Luffy and Blackbeard decided not to mind each other and just drink some soda. After drinking the soda, they both once again made opposing remarks. Really noticing each other this time around, both of them were starting to get mad at the other's preference. The two then decided to have some food for takeout, with Luffy ordering pieces of meat and Teach ordering cherry pies. However, upon learning the number of food that the other was ordering, the two started competing about who can order more. At this moment, Luffy and Blackbeard were about to fight each other over the meaningless argument. Not wanting any trouble in his tavern, Terry gave Teach his pies and requested his departure. He seemed to strike up a rivalry with Luffy when they nearly got into a fight over how they like or dislike one of the island tavern's food. As Blackbeard was leaving the tavern, Bellamy entered much to the other customers' surprise. After Luffy and Zoro took a beating by Bellamy, Blackbeard told Nami that Skypiea exists. He then asked why Nami was sad when there was nothing to be sad about since Luffy and Zoro won that fight. Blackbeard said that the "new age" they talk of was nonsense and laughed that the age in which pirates dream will never end. While he went on with his speech, everyone wondered what he was yelling so loudly for. Blackbeard said that some battles are pointless and laughs. He later left and wished the Straw Hats good luck on their trip to Sky Island. Blackbeard then laughed, saying that his rum tasted good. After learning his identity, Blackbeard planned to capture Luffy, who had a 100,000,000 Beli bounty on his head as well as Zoro, who had a 60,000,000 Beli bounty. While the Straw Hats were preparing to ride the Knock-up Stream, he approached the crew on his raft-esque ship and showed the new bounties. Before he could capture Luffy and Zoro, his ship was destroyed when the Knock Up Stream shot the Straw Hats into the sky.
After Blackbeard and his crew had pillaged a town on Banaro Island, Blackbeard read a newspaper about the Enies Lobby incident and remarked that Luffy's bounty will surely rise. Before they could leave to pursue him, Ace appeared and challenged them. Blackbeard called him his commander, but Ace told him to save it. Blackbeard continued to act friendly, saying it had been a long time since they have seen each other, but Ace reminded him that he killed one of his comrades and doing so is unforgivable. Blackbeard then offered Ace to join his crew, saying they would be invincible if he joined. He then went on to say that the reign of Whitebeard will soon end, and their first step was Monkey D. Luffy. He suggested Ace to come with him to kill Luffy but Ace said that Luffy is his brother and outright refused to join his crew. Augur attempted to shoot Ace who retaliated with Higan and shot fire bullets rapidly at Van Augur. Burgess tossed an entire house at Ace, but it was easily burned by a Fire Pillar. Blackbeard yelled at Augur and Burgess, telling them that Ace was way out of their league and that they should fall back. Suddenly, Ace used Hiken to burn Blackbeard. Blackbeard managed to survive the attack and got back up. He admitted that he killed Thatch as he had the Devil Fruit that he had been searching for. He recognized the fruit Thatch was holding since he had researched the size and shape of the fruit. He revealed that he spent decades on Whitebeard's ship, because he knew he had a better chance of finding the fruit. He waited there for so long until it finally came to him in his commander's hands. He said that getting the Devil Fruit was his fate, and with it, he will be the greatest. His hand began to dissolve into darkness as he said that even for a Logia, this fruit is very special. His whole body began to radiate in a black glow as he said that he is "darkness". Ace questioned Teach's Devil Fruit abilities, but Teach stated that his fruit, the Yami Yami no Mi, is said to be the strongest of the Devil Fruits and that Ace cannot kill him. Meanwhile, the townspeople saw black smoke in the town and noted that the pirates were still present so they should run. The rest of the Blackbeard Pirates were fleeing, saying that Teach was about to go wild. Blackbeard sent tendrils of darkness in every direction, enveloping the buildings and scaring the escaping townspeople. Some citizens said that the smoke reminded them of a hole in the ground, but they continued through the forest and out to the coast. Teach explained that his darkness is infinite gravitation that sucks everything in including light. Ace commented that the darkness was not approaching him, but Teach stated that he was not attacking yet, but he was merely demonstrating. Suddenly, Teach activated his "Black Hole" and sucked all of the town's contents, including its buildings, into his darkness, making them disappear. Teach stated that the darkness will draw in any object and crush it and proceeded to tell Ace that he would show him the town in its ruined form. Teach then used "Liberation" to send the ruined pieces of the town flying out into a ring around Ace and Teach. The civilians were stunned by the destruction of their town but Teach simply bragged about his ability.
However, he realized too late the small points of flame from Ace's Hotarubi which exploded, coating him in flames. While Teach rolled around in pain, Ace stated that he understood the power of the Yami Yami no Mi, but said that if Teach was a Logia, he should have been able to avoid his attack. The darkness quickly absorbed the flames, and Teach stood back up, saying that his fruit can suck in everything, including punches, thunder, flame, and especially pain, meaning that he cannot fend off attacks like other Logia. Disregarding this flaw, Teach stated that there was one more thing he could do and proceeded to drag Ace towards him with gravitation. Seizing Ace's shoulder, Teach stated that Ace must have noticed the ability and punched Ace hard in the stomach. Ace was sent flying as Teach commented on how long it must have been since Ace was last punched. Teach explained that he can suck in the "devil's power" so that while he is touching a Devil Fruit user, they cannot use their powers. Teach stated that he has gained a power that cannot be defended against for Devil Fruit users who overrate their abilities. Ace replied that he could only neutralize Devil Fruit powers as long he touched the user. Teach stated that Ace could not escape and dragged him forward with his gravity again. Ace launched two flaming spears that pierced and burned Teach's chest but Teach landed a powerful punch that nearly broke Ace's neck. Crossing his fingers, Ace fired a flaming cross, but Blackbeard merely grinned. Van Augur commented that he had thought that a Devil Fruit user would be weak and powerless without his ability, but that Ace's basic fighting power was amazing and had earned him a spot as Whitebeard's division commander, which was another one of fate's crossroads. The civilians watched as their island was destroyed and Banana Rock fell, stating that no human could do this much damage and put their entire island at risk. Ace fell as Blackbeard stated that nothing stands a chance in front of darkness and offered Ace another opportunity to join his crew as it would be a waste of his strength if he were to die. Ace refused, saying that if he gave in, there would be no point in living. Teach laughed, saying that survival is what matters in the world. Ace then gathered fire around him before forming it into a large flaming orb. Teach stated that only one of them could win while Ace declared his desire to make Whitebeard the king, and their attacks collided with one another.
It has recently been revealed that Ace has been sent to Impel Down after his defeat. ackbeard. After leaving Whitebeard's crew, his pirate crew pillaged (and, ironically, liberated) the Drum Kingdom, leaving its king, Wapol, to flee.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Blackbeard is very similar to Luffy in his desire to pursue his dreams and even encourages Luffy when they meet in Jaya. Blackbeard also treasures his crew and will give his own life to protect them, as he demonstrates when he shields them from Ace's fire attacks. And despite him no longer being in the Whitebeard crew, he still seems to respect Ace, by calling him "Commander" and scolding his crewmates for foolishly attacking him, claiming that they were "not ready" to face him, indicating that he has a high viewpoint on Ace's power. He also asks him multiple times to join his crew, despite his rejections. Blackbeard is also very hearty and cheerful, as he happily greets Ace when they meet again as if they were old friends (even though he likely knew Ace had arrived to kill him). He also highly respects Luffy, honoring him for enduring Bellamy's taunts in Mock Town and believed that 30,000,000 belli seemed to be too low for "a kid of that ambition."
He was not afraid to kill those who stand in his way and has proven to be an exceptionaly ruthless opponent in battle. Blackbeard will also kill if it furthers his own agenda, as he has done to gain the powers of the Yami Yami no Mi; this resulted in him breaking one of the Whitebeard Pirate codes, never kill a crew-mate which is one of the reasons why Ace went after him.
Powers and abilities
Blackbeard has proven to be an extremely strong pirate. He possesses incredible natural strength, evident of his massive build, and similar endurance as he shrugged off one of Ace's attacks. When he gave Red-Haired Shanks the scars on his left eye and killed the fourth commander of Whitebeard's fleet, he had not eaten a devil fruit at the time, indicating even his basic strength is impressive enough without the aid of his powerful Devil Fruit. Ace himself stated that Blackbeard nearly broke his neck from a single attack.
He came to eat the Yami Yami No Mi (ヤミヤミの実, Dark-Dark Fruit) that was a Logia-type Devil Fruit. With it, he can become and control darkness, and also manipulate gravity by creating and spreading a black substance. Teach demonstrates that the "darkness" is a gravity or void which devours anything, able to pull in (much in the manner of a black hole) and crush the surrounding town into a pile of wood. Thanks to the Yami Yami No Mi, Blackbeard's powers were strong enough to expand the black substance in which he controls gravity, to surround half of the island of Banaro and hold back Ace's giant fireball that covered the other half of the island. Blackbeard also showed the ability of creating a vortex with the same properties as a gravitational pull. Due to the Yami Yami no Mi's gravitational ability, Blackbeard, unlike every other Logia user, cannot let attacks simply pass through him, meaning he takes damage like any human would, and stating himself that he absorbs "much more pain than a normal human." However, Blackbeard states that the risk this presents is well worth the advantages the fruit bestows upon him.
The second, and most frightening power of the fruit is to nullify other Devil Fruit abilities through physical contact, allowing Teach to physically hit Ace. Teach states that this is because the Yami Yami no Mi truly holds the power of the devil and that his gravitational power allows him to absorb the "entity" of the Devil Fruit users.
Among the techniques used by him included:
- Black Hole (闇穴道ブラック･ホール Burakku Hōru?, literally meaning "Dark Hole Path") :
- Liberation (解放リベレイション Ribereishon?) :
- Kurouzu (闇水くろうず Kurōzu?, literally meaning "Dark Water"; phonetically read as "Black Spiral") :
Striking out on his own, he went on to establish his own pirate crew called the Blackbeard Pirates. (黒ひげ海賊団, Kurohige Kaizokudan)
Notes
- Blackbeard was created by Eiichiro Oda and featured in the setting of the One Piece universe.
In other media
Television
- In One Piece, Blackbeard appeared in the setting of the anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actor Ryūzaburō Ōtomo whilst he was voiced by English actor David Brimmer 4Kids adaptation and by John Swasey Funimation adaptation.
Video games
- In Jump Force, Blackbeard appeared as a playable character in the setting of the crossover fighting video game where he was voiced by actor Akio Ōtsuka.
Appearances
- One Piece:
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