Brook (One Piece)

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

Biography

'Soul King' Brook.

Brook (Japanese: ブルック, Hepburn: Burukku) was a male human who was once the leader of a battle convoy in a 'certain kingdom'. During that time, he learned fencing and many of his attacks received their names with his fencing style being given nicknames by his comrades. Fifty-two years ago, Brook was a part of Yorki's pirate crew, the Rumbar Pirates, as one of the many musicians that comprised most of the crew. One day, while he and the rest of the crew were still in the West Blue, their ship was followed by a baby whale who had gotten lost. Seeing that the whale was really upset, Brook suggested to his captain that they should play some music to cheer the whale up. Together with the rest of the crew, Brook played a beautiful song that worked. The next day, Brook and the rest of the crew discovered that the whale had continued following them. Despite this, Brook and the rest of the crew allowed the whale to follow them and even gave the whale a name, Laboon. Since then, Brook and the rest of the crew went around adventuring with Laboon tagging along. Together, they went through a lot, all the while singing joyful songs. As they journeyed together with Laboon, many of Brook's crewmates noticed that he was the one who seemed to be the closest to the infant whale. When Brook and the rest of the Rumbar Pirates were about to enter the Grand Line, they suddenly faced a dilemma. Since Laboon was still a baby, they feared that the Grand Line was too dangerous a place for such a young whale. The rest of the Rumbar Pirates tried to convince Laboon to stay in the West Blue but failed, so Brook was asked to tell Laboon to stay personally. Brook tried to convince Laboon but likewise failed. Unable to do anything else, Brook and the other Rumbar Pirates tried to ignore Laboon in hopes that the whale would be dissuaded from following them and leave. Their plan seemingly worked, and Laboon was not sighted for some time. However, when Brook and the rest of the Rumbar Pirates entered the Grand Line, they were surprised that Laboon had followed them into the Grand Line through the Reverse Mountain. Seeing that their ship had some repairs to be made anyway, Brook and the rest of the crew continued to sing along with the whale while their ship was being fixed. After three months of fixing their ship, Brook and the rest of the Rumbar Pirates decided to leave Laboon under the care of Crocus. They promised Laboon then that they would come back for the whale after going around the world. By then Laboon would've become very big and thus they also promised to take Laboon along with them on their adventures.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Brook was originally a tall, tan, skinny human male with a rather distinctive face. He had a slight goatee on his chin and some side burns. He typically wore shades never revealing his eyes. On his forehead was a scar that slightly resembles a diagonal omega sign (Ω).

Brook is a great lover of music. In times of joy or sorrow, music is what generally keeps Brook going. When he was about to die during his first life with his fellow members of the Rumbar Pirates, Brook suggested playing and singing a song with their last breath. As a result, his love for music often reflects itself in various other aspects of his character, such as in his fighting style wherein the names of his attacks are derived from various songs and dances. He gave himself a musical theme so noticeable that while he was alive in his first life, he was called 'Humming Brook' by the authorities.

Powers and abilities

Originally, Brook was an ordinary human being with no special powers.

It was shown that Brook was a virtuoso musician who was extremely skilled in playing all kinds of instruments, particularly the violin, his favorite instrument.[

Brook came to be capable fighter, having once served as the leader of a battle convoy before turning to piracy.

This was until he found the Yomi Yomi no Mi (ヨミヨミの実, Revive-Revive Fruit) that was a Paramecia (超人パラミシア系, Paramishia-kei) type Devil Fruit (悪魔の実, Akuma no Mi). Its effects were not immediately apparent until Brook died the first time whereupon he was revived as a living skeleton thus making him a Reviving Human (復活人間, Fukkatsu Ningen?). In this state, he had a skeletal-based appearance along with a range of soul-based powers as a result.

Upon becoming a pirate, he came to join the crew of the Rumbar Pirates (ルンバー海賊団, Runbā Kaizokudan) until they all died off. After encountering Monkey D. Luffy, Brook was offered a place among the Straw Hat Pirates (麦わらの一味, Mugiwara no Ichimi) where he accepted and served as the ship's musician.

Notes

• Brook 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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