Jinbe (One Piece)

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

Biography

Jinbe (Japanese: ジンベエ, Hepburn: Jinbē) was a blue-skinned fishman born 46 years ago and grew up in the orphanage that eventually became the Fish-Man District, alongside Arlong, Macro, and Fisher Tiger. He trained at the Fish-Man Karate Dojo at an early age and earned a black belt in Fish-Man Karate while still in his childhood. Around 15 years ago, Jinbe came to be a soldier in the army of King Neptune who had ruled the kingdom. Whilst Queen Otohime was preaching to her people, Jinbe commented that her preaching was going nowhere. He was shown to be frowning at Arlong's ill-mannered behavior towards the Fish-Man Island citizens. When Arlong was harassing a new recruit of the Neptune army with Jinbe scornfully commanded Arlong to let him go, to which Arlong snidely complied. Jinbe and Arlong then each gave Fisher Tiger equally warm greetings after he returned to the island from an adventure. After Fisher Tiger attacked Mary Geoise and became an enemy of the World Government, Jinbe resigned from the military and joined the newly formed Sun Pirates. During a battle with the Marines, Jinbe displayed his brutality by beating unconscious Marines. Jinbe scorned them for overlooking slavery and calling freeing slaves a crime. During their time roaming the Grand Line, the Sun Pirates battled numerous Marines including those led by Rear Admiral Kadar. After the battle, Tiger had a discussion with Jinbe and Arlong telling them not to kill humans; to do otherwise would mean stooping to their level. Tiger went on to say that their ultimate goal was freeing the oppressed and not becoming cold-blooded murderers. This did not sit well with Arlong and he suggested to Tiger that they should instill fear in humans by using ruthlessness and extreme brutality. Jinbe smacked Arlong in the head to silence him. Later, Tiger spoke to Jinbe alone and relayed his concerns that Otohime may view himself and Arlong as equally ruthless, and alluded to the demons of the past that lurked within his heart.

Around 2 years ago, Portgas D. Ace attempted to challenge Whitebeard, the pirate who protected Fish-Man Island, Jinbe stood prepared to fight Ace, due to the fish-man seeing Whitebeard as a hero. The two pirates fought non-stop for five days, nearly killing each other, until they finally collapsed from exhaustion. After Ace joined the Whitebeard Pirates, he and Jinbe developed a more amicable relationship.

By the modern day, Ace came to be captured and handed over to the Marines. Around this time, both Jinbe and Ace came to be imprisoned in the prison of Impel Down. In Jinbe's case, this was because he was the only member of the Shichibukai who refused the summons of the World Government to stand against the Whitebeard Pirates. He had decided to defy the Marines and was prepared to lose his status as a warlord in the process. He was held in the same cell as Portgas D. Ace. Whilst there, he stated that he would gladly give his life to end the fighting. Jinbe was seen talking with Ace about how Whitebeard saved Fish-Man Island and the reasons he's prepared to die to stop the fighting. Ace would then pass the time prior to his death sentence by sharing tales of his younger brother, Monkey D. Luffy, with the fish-man. Knowing that Ace's captivity, as well as his impending execution, were being used to incur Whitebeard's wrath, Jinbe further stated that he wanted to break his cellmate out of the Great Prison. He also stated that he would stop the war from occurring, telling Ace that he still trusted in miracles and luck. However, this brought out a reaction from imprisoned Crocodile, who explained to Jinbe and Ace that there are many pirates who have a grudge against Whitebeard. Ace also personally asked Jinbe to take care of Luffy for him once he's gone. Jinbe declined, saying that even though it was Ace who asked, he has no obligation to look after someone he considered a complete stranger in the pirate-infested world.

Around this time, Jinbe and Ace were visited by another of the warlords namely Boa Hancock who had wanted to see Ace. Hancock claimed that she simply wanted to see the prisoner that was triggering the war against Whitebeard which she would be joining. Jinbe apparently under the impression that the female warlord was only there to gloat at his and Ace's imprisonment and remarked that even the 'idle empress' would go to war to save her Shichibukai position, seeing this as a low point for Hancock. Hancock, however, told Jinbe that she meant no harm to them and cryptically revealed to Ace that his brother was trying to rescue him before leaving the area. When Ace told Jinbe this, he described Luffy's behavior as being 'reckless'. Jinbe though had pointed out that although he did not personally know Hancock, there was a possibility that she was lying. However, Ace countered that Hancock would not go out of her way to lie to him, and knowing Luffy, his breaking into Impel Down after hearing Ace's incarceration down there was exactly the sort of crazy thing Luffy would do.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Jinbe was a large blue whale shark fish-man who possessed a stocky build. His yellow eyebrows and sideburns are distinctly shaped like those found on such demons, in addition to a bulb-like nose and an angular lower lip pointing upwards. He has a lightning-shaped scar that can be seen from his left sideburn and reaching over his left eye. He also had two tusk-like conical lower fangs with the rest of his teeth from the upper and lower rows being smaller by comparison. This gave him a severe underbite which maade room for his huge fangs. He came to be known by a variety of titles including Knight of the Sea Jinbe (海侠のジンベエ, Kaikyō no Jinbē?, English versions: "First Son of the Sea") and as Boss Jinbe (ジンベエ親分, Jinbē Oyabun?).

Powers and abilities

Even for a fish-man, Jinbe possesses tremendous strength.

As a fish-man, Jinbe's physical capabilities significantly increase when he is at sea. While underwater, he was able to bring a large, capsized ship to the surface.

Jinbe is an exceptionally powerful and disciplined master of Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Jujutsu with years of battle experience.

Notes

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

In other media

Television

Films

Video games

Appearances

• One Piece:

External Links

• One Piece Wiki Entry

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