Nico Robin

Nico Robin is a female anime and manga character who features in One Piece.

Biography

Nico Robin (Japanese: ニコ・ロビン, Hepburn: Niko Robin)

As a child, Robin studied archeology and history on an island named Ohara, and became an official archaeologist at the age of eight. Her mother Nico Olvia left her when she was two years old to do illegal research on the One Piece world's lost history. Olvia was captured and the Navy discovered, that the scholars of Ohara shared Olvia's forbidden goal. She escaped and rushed to Ohara to warn her colleagues but did not make it in time. The Marines bombarded Ohara and burned the island to the ground, killing all of the inhabitants. Robin was spared and allowed to escape by Vice-Admiral Kuzan, who would later be known as Admiral Aokiji.

As she was the only known person left with the ability to read the text of the forbidden history, the World Government placed a high bounty on her head. In order to survive and to pursue her mother's dream, she spent two decades in the service of various pirates and other criminal organizations. Due to her excessive bounty, she was consistently betrayed, eroding her ability to trust others.

She was 24 years old when she travelled to the nation of Arabasta which was where she met Sir Crocodile who was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He came to learn of her ability to read the Poneglyphs and recruited her in his search for the ancient weapon known as Pluton that was believed to be hidden within the desert country. In exchange, he offered her his protection and she came to join the ranks of his secret criminal organization known as Baroque Works. As Miss All-Sunday, she came to be the only agent of the organization to be aware that Sir Crocodile was their secret leader. Meanwhile, Robin managed to stay safely hidden away from the attention of the World Government for the next 4 years. It was later determined that their organization had been infiltrated by two spies namely Nefertari Vivi and Igaram who were actually from the Arabasta Kingdom. They had uncovered the goals of Baroque Works leading to agents being sent to eliminate them. Robin came to be among those dispatched to Whiskey Peak where she seemingly was responsible for the death of Igaram. In reality, he had survived as the ship had been a decoy vessel with this being Robin's intended goal. In this time, she came to encounter the Straw Hat Pirates where she offered them an Eternal Pose to Nanimonai Island but Monkey D. Luffy destroyed it as he refused to allow Miss All-Sunday to determine their destination. During the encounter, she let Princess Vivi to determine that the secret leader of Baroque Works was none other than Sir Crocodile whereupon Robin departed the scene. Miss All Sunday then made the necessary arrangements in order to organize the meeting between the remaining Officer Agents and the boss of the criminal organization Crocodile.

Finally, the Officer Agents of the Baroque Works met up with Miss All Sunday and Crocodile in the basement of the Rain Dinners Casino which was owned by Crocodile. They were told the goal of the Baroque Works, their final mission and their respective parts in overthrowing Arabasta. They were interrupted by Mr. 3, who told them that the Straw Hats and Vivi had escaped him during their time in Little Garden. He asked Crocodile for forgiveness but is fed to his pet Bananawani instead. The Officer Agents all got pictures of Vivi and the Straw Hat crew with the help of Bon Kurei's abilities and were given the order to hunt them down. Later, Vivi was surrounded by Billions, but was saved by Pell, a guard of the king who flew to Rainbase after Karoo's arrival in order to scout. Pell however was defeated by Miss All-Sunday and Vivi was taken to the Rain Dinners basement. There, Crocodile told her his plan to overthrow Arabasta while it was being executed. Luffy, Nami, Usopp, Zoro, and Smoker all arrived at Rain Dinners, but they all were caught by a trap and thrown in a Seastone cage by Crocodile. Later in the desert, during a battle against Luffy, Crocodile created a sandstorm and sent it off to Yuba, where Toto was, and explained that he was the one who was sending storms there every day. Luffy yelled for him to stop it, but Crocodile impaled him with his hook during his distress then when he saw Luffy was still alive, he left him in quicksand to die. Luckily, Luffy was saved by Miss All-Sunday after Crocodile's departure and left Luffy in the hands of Pell, telling Pell that Luffy was responsible for the safe return of Vivi. After the Baroque Works’ Officer Agents are defeated at the hands of the Straw Hat Pirates, Vivi arrived at the palace. The war had already started. Vivi ordered the Royal Army to blow up the palace in order to get everyone's attention but was stopped by Crocodile. The army, realizing what was happening, tried to enter the palace but they were stopped by Miss All-Sunday. Koza also arrived at the scene, intending to demand Cobra's surrender, only to find out the truth of the situation. Crocodile revealed that he is going to blow up the palace plaza, soon to be center point of battle, with a massive and powerful bomb. He also revealed his true intentions: to find the location of the secret ancient weapon Pluton, which is said to be buried in Arabasta. Koza wanted to warn the city but is stopped by Vivi, who stated that it will create a panic. The Royal Army raised the white flag, with Koza in front, but he was shot down by a double agent in the Royal Army, provoking the rebels. A battle started on the palace plaza and Vivi watched in horror. Crocodile proceeded to throw Vivi off the palace wall, but she was saved by Luffy who came in flying on Pell's back. Vivi met the rest of the Straw Hats on the foot of the wall and went to search for the bomb with them and Pell.

Luffy challenged Crocodile for a second time but now he was aware that water is Crocodile’s weakness. While the fight continued, Miss All Sunday took the nails painfully out of Cobra's body and cuffed him with her powers to force the King to the location of Pluton. Meanwhile, a furious Crocodile recovered and ordered his partner to quickly depart. Miss All-Sunday was confronted by Marines led by Tashigi. Having a more than personal enmity against Marines than other pirates, she yelled at them to get out of her way. Tashigi demanded she released Cobra, but Miss All Sunday was not going to take orders from those who directly took orders from the World Government. Tashigi is later informed by one of her men that Miss All-Sunday was originally known as "Nico Robin", who received a bounty of 79,000,000 Beli as a child because she was believed to have been responsible for the sinking of six warships. Visibly angered, Miss All Sunday easily dispatched the Marine grunts, and defeated Tashigi with her Devil Fruit ability. Miss All-Sunday and King Cobra went in the hidden Grave of the Kings and found the Poneglyph. Crocodile soon arrived but did not get the information he wanted from the stone. He turned his back on Nico Robin and attacked her while she tried an assassination attempt of her own but failed. Robin later gave the antidote to the poison in Crocodile's golden hook to Cobra, since Luffy was poisoned by it during his battle with Crocodile. After Cobra used it to save Luffy, Luffy managed to awaken long enough to grab Robin and Cobra and carried them out before the grave caved in. Shortly after the Straw Hats' departure from Arabasta, Robin made herself known, having hid herself on board of the Going Merry before their departure. Claiming that she wanted to join the crew since Luffy saved her when she lost her will to live and he should take responsibility. Luffy accepted her offer to join the crew, but the rest (excluding Sanji) were suspicious of her. However, she managed to quickly win everyone's favor, except for Zoro, who remained wary of her.

She stays with the crew, until Aokiji appeared once again. The Straw Hats are quickly dispatched by his overwhelming power. He informs the crew that every organization Nico Robin has associated with has eventually been destroyed. Shortly after that, on Water 7, she is approached by the CP9 and her crew is threatened a second time, she gives herself up in exchange for her comrades safety.

When the Straw Hats learn of her motives, they chase the CP9 to the judicial stronghold of Enies Lobby, while Robin persistently refuses to be rescued. In addition to the safety of her friends, Robin turns herself in out of fear that the Straw Hats would come to regard her as a burden, and betray her like her previous associates.

When the Straw Hats learn this truth, they don't hesitate to exclaim their devotion for their comrades by burning the government's flag. With the symbol of her prosecution going up in flames, she realizes how far they would go to protect her and declares her newfound desire to live. With the defeat of the CP9 and the obliteration of Enies Lobby, Robin becomes an official member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Nico Robin was a tall, attractive woman with shoulder length black hair. She usually wears somewhat revealing clothing usually showing her cleavage and her belly with this being either dark in color or consisting of leather, sometimes both, and she was known to wear a purple cowboy hat on numerous occasions. It was noted that Robin also resembled her mother greatly, with the exception of her hair color and style. As a member of Baroque Works, she came to operate under the code name of Miss All Sunday (ミス・オールサンデー, Misu Ōrusandē).

As an archaeologist, Robin values ancient artifacts and buildings and will risk her life to protect them. She becomes extremely angry with those who destroy these ancient relics. Robin is consistently portrayed as the wisest and most sensible member of the crew. She has vast knowledge of the world of One Piece, and usually keeps her head during surprising situations, allowing her to logically analyze them without losing her cool. This was in direct contrast to the other Straw Hats, who often overreact comically or melodramatically to unexpected happenings and hold irrational ideas and conclusions. She even remains calm when talking about morbid subjects, often shocking her crewmates.

Her dream is to find and decipher the Rio Poneglyph, which she believes to lie at the end of the Grand Line on the island of Raftel.

Powers and abilities

Nico Robin was born an ordinary human being with no special inherent powers. Such was her skill that she was one of only two people in the world known to have the ability to read and decipher Poneglyphs with this being considered a forbidden practice as it threatened the World Government.

When she was young, Robin came to eat the Hana Hana no Mi (ハナハナの実, Flower Flower Fruit) that was a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. This allowed her the power to create copies of any of her body parts on any solid surface that she could see such as her own body, or on the bodies of others or on other objects. Practically, she most often employed grappling techniques to incapacitate her foe by replicating her limbs on their body she eliminated the need for close range combat. In another case, she could sprout her legs from underneath an injured comrade thus helping transport them away from danger. If Robin's replicated body parts were damaged in some way, the damage appeared on her actual body.

Among the techniques known to her included:

• Dos Fleur (二輪ドス咲きフルール Dosu Furūru?, literally meaning "Two Flower"; kanji meaning "Two Profusely Blooming Flowers"):
  • Grab (グラップ Gurappu?) :
  • Clutch (クラッチ Kuratchi?) :
• Tres Fleur (三輪トレス咲きフルール Toresu Furūru?, literally meaning "Three Flower"; kanji meaning "Three Profusely Blooming Flowers") :
• Cinco Fleur (五輪シンコ咲きフルール Shinko Furūru?, literally meaning "Five Flower"; kanji meaning "Five Profusely Blooming Flowers") :
• Seis Fleur (六輪セイス咲きフルール Seisu Furūru?, literally meaning "Six Flower"; kanji meaning "Six Profusely Blooming Flowers") :
  • Twist (ツイスト Tsuisuto?) :
  • Clutch (クラッチ Kuratchi?) :
  • Slap (スラップ Surappu?) :
• Ocho Fleur (八輪咲きオーチョフルール Ōcho Furūru?, literally meaning "Eight Flower"; kanji meaning "Eight Profusely Blooming Flowers") :
  • Flip (フリップ Furippu?) :
  • Clutch (クラッチ Kuratchi?) :
• Nueve Fleur (九輪ヌエベ咲きフルール Nuebe Furūru?, literally meaning "Nine Flower"; kanji meaning "Nine Profusely Blooming Flowers") :
  • Twist (ツイスト Tsuisuto?) :

Whilst working with Crocodile, she came to serve as a member of his criminal organization Baroque Works (バロックワークス, Barokku Wākusu).

After being saved by Luffy, she came to join the ranks of the Straw Hat Pirates (麦わらの一味, Mugiwara no Ichimi). Among the crew, she was an archaeologist and historian with her believed to be the only person in the story's present able to read the Poneglyph language.

Notes

• Nico Robin was created by Eiichiro Oda where she featured in the setting of the One Piece universe.

Appearances

• One Piece:

External Links

• One Piece Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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