Nico Robin

Nico Robin
One Piece character
File:Robin f.JPG Nico Robin, from the anime and manga series One Piece.
First appearance	Manga Chapter #114 Anime Episode #67
Created by	Eiichiro Oda
In-universe information
Alias	Miss All Sunday
Nickname	Demon Child
Species	Human
Occupation	Pirate (Straw-Hat Pirates, Archaeologist)
Relatives	Nico Olvia (mother, deceased)

Nico Robin (ニコ・ロビン, Niko Robin) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series One Piece created by Eiichiro Oda. She is the seventh member and the archaeologist of the Straw Hat Pirates.

About Robin

Robin's current bounty of 80 million Bellies is the highest known for a female character in the series as well as the third highest in the Straw Hat crew. Her first bounty of 79 million Bellies was issued when she was eight. Officially, she was charged with having destroyed six Buster Call ships with her Devil Fruit powers, earning her the nickname "Demon Child" (悪魔の子 Akuma no Ko). In actuality, the World Government wants her because she is the last person who can decipher the ancient script found on the poneglyphs. The Government claims that her ability would lead to the revival of the ancient superweapon Pluton; however, it is implied that the World Government truly wants her captured to prevent her from unearthing the secrets of the Blank Century, the lost period of history that the World Government tries to keep supressed. Furthermore, they wish to resurrect Pluton for their own use.

According to series author Eiichirou Oda, Robin's measurements are currently as follows:

• Height: 188cm (6'2")
• Her three sizes are (according to Sanji) B99 W59 H89 (39-23-35").

She is the second tallest member of the Straw Hat crew and the tallest female member.

Oda has stated that Robin is represented by the color purple and (according to Tony-Tony Chopper) smells of flowers.

Her favorite foods are sandwiches, cakes that aren't too sweet, and things that go well with coffee.

In a recent Shonen Jump fan poll, Robin ranked as the fifth most popular character and the most popular female character.

In the heavily edited English adaptation by 4Kids Entertainment Robin spoke with a Southern American English accent to match the cowboy hat she wore as Baroque Works Vice-President "Miss All Sunday." In the dub by FUNimation Entertainment, she speaks with a General American accent.

Personality and Relationships

Robin is a mysterious and serious person who appears quiet and reclusive. She is sometimes thought by those around her to be cold and heartless, but it was proven that she is actually a kind person who always thinks before she acts. She often only speaks when something interesting or important has happened. She loves to study history, and joins the Straw Hat pirates for comfort and the freedom to study and read. She is also quick to point out gross or realistically morbid facts, often creeping out Nami or Usopp.

Robin at first tried to distance herself from other people, even her friends, as she believed that her past and enemies would eventually tear her away from them. For that reason, she rarely calls her comrades by name and instead uses titles, such as Miss Navigator (Kōkaishi-san, i.e. Nami), Mr. Swordsman (Kenshi-san, i.e. Zoro), Long Nose (Nagahana-kun, i.e. Usopp), Mr. Cook (Kokku-san, i.e. Sanji), Mr. Doctor (Isha-san, i.e. Chopper) and Captain (Senchō, i.e. Luffy). However, she tends to call Luffy by his name at times, perhaps out of respect. She is the only crew member who is normal-themed and emotionally reserved. Unlike the other Straw Hats, she is not subject to face faults or over exaggerated outbursts of emotion. However she is more often shown entertaining herself and plays around more as the series goes, often with the help of her Hana-Hana powers. She also exhibits "sweatdrops" on the back of her head whenever someone around her acts strange, one of the most common characteristics in the history of both anime and manga. After Enies Lobby, it is expected that she will become more open with her crewmates because she now knows they will never abandon her and has already begun to do so. Through the recent Thriller Bark arc, Robin has referred to, not only Luffy, but Franky, Usopp, Nami, and Chopper by proper name instead of nickname or position. She seems to have taken an interest in Luffy due to the D in his name .

Robin is the wisest and most sensible member of the crew. She has a vast knowledge of the seas and the world, and usually keeps her head during surprising situations, allowing her to logically analyze the situation without losing her cool. This trait makes her different from the other Straw Hats, who often comically react melodramatically to unexpected happenings and hold irrational ideas and conclusions.

Sanji constantly flirts with Robin, as he does with Nami, and was the first member (excluding Luffy) to accept her as one of the crew. He describes her as 'a distant, more mature beauty than Nami,' yet calls her "Robin-chan" (vs. "Nami-san"), which has a "cuter" and more childish aspect. For the most part, Robin simply puts up with his advances and dismisses them, but by the time that becomes obvious, he's been distracted by something else, usually Nami.

Despite her attempts to keep herself distant, Robin has fallen for her new friends and has taken the role of the distant den mother. She and Nami are constantly depicted speaking together. Nami has stated that Robin is the only Straw Hat who truly understands her, and Robin is the only crewmate Nami doesn't try to boss around. Chopper's initial fear of her has also completely disappeared, and the two share a sort of mother-son relationship.

As an archaeologist, Robin values ancient artifacts and buildings and will risk her life to protect them. She also gets incredibly angry with those who destroy these ancient relics. This is shown on Skypeia Island when she fought against Yama, the chief of Enel's enforcers, who destroyed many of the ruins they were surrounded by to hurt Robin. Though this enraged Robin, she held back on attacking because she didn't want the ruins to get damaged any further, easily allowing Yama to dominate the battle and severely injure her. Once she led Yama away from the ruins, however, she fought with full force and crushed him easily; the battle ended with Robin rolling Yama off a cliff, and snapping his spine while he was falling.

Robin's dream and personality were influenced by three people in her past: Jaguar D. Saulo, her mother Nico Olvia and Professor Clover. It was Professor Clover that made her an archaeologist; it was his research on poneglyphs that sparked her interest in True History. Clover allowed her to read books in his library which sparked her interest in them. It was Olvia who encouraged Robin to flee and live to chase her dreams. Jaguar D. Saulo, who was Robin's first friend, encouraged Robin to search for the people out on the sea that would accept her and taught Robin to laugh even if it hurt, which fortified her quiet, shy nature and pleasant smile.

Her dream, formerly shared by her mother, is to find and decipher the Rio Poneglyph, which contains the True History of the Blank Century and the One Piece world.

History

Robin's loneliness

Nico Robin was born on the island of Ohara, and comes from a family of archaeologists. Her mother, Nico Olvia left to sea to find out the True History when Robin was 2 years old leaving her in the care of her mother's brother, and his wife Ms. Roji. Ms. Roji neglected and abused Robin, making it clear time and time again that she wasn't wanted in her family. She was expected to keep out of sight and wasn't allowed to join in any celebrations or privileges. Her Devil Fruit powers scared and disgusted the islanders, causing many of the children to bully her. The adults were no better, telling their children to avoid her and accusing her of violence when she used her Devil Fruit abilities to protect herself from bullies. Her only friends are the scholars at "the Tree of Knowledge", with Professer Clover of the archeology lab, a friend of her mother, trying to take care of her.

At only eight years old, she passed an archeology exam and officially was inducted as a scholar of the tree. However, when she announced that she also wanted to study the True History, the other archaeologists reprimanded her and said that studying the True History was forbidden and punishable by law. Robin replied by saying that she'd used her Devil Fruit abilities to spy on the archaeologists, and that she knew they secretly studied the True History in the Tree of Knowledge's basement at night. This horrifies the other archaeologists, and causes Professor Clover to severely admonishing her, saying that if she ever spied on them or mentioned finding the True History again, she'd be permanently banished from the Tree (this was more of an attempt to keep the 8 year old child out of their illegal activities and safe from any government reprisals than actually trying to keep the truth from her).

Saulo's friendship

Robin ran off crying and headed to the northwest beach of Ohara, where she met the giant Jaguar D. Saulo who was washed up on shore. These two became fast friends and Robin continued to visit him for the following four days, while he built his raft. After Saulo found out he was on Ohara, he informed Robin about the battleships that were on their way to Ohara to raze it from the earth as they were studying the poneglyph.

Nico Olvia had recently escaped from the marine ship and returned to Ohara (with thanks to Saulo's efforts). She informed the archaeologists that her colleagues and even Ms. Roji had been killed by the marines. She tells them that the marines were able to infer that Ohara was their homeland based on the items they possessed on the ship, and they were headed towards Ohara, likely to kill them. The archaeologists, however, refused to leave; they wished to continue to protect the tree and the knowledge they had worked so hard to research and procure. When Olvia was warned that CP9 was on shore, Olvia rushed out of the Tree of Knowledge, running past her daughter without notice.

Robin arrived at the Tree of Knowledge, and asked Clover about her mother's whereabouts. As a wanted woman, Olvia wished to cut all ties with her daughter, so that Robin might not be associated with a criminal mother. Doing as Olvia wants, Clover denied that Robin's mother was on the island, but Robin seems skeptical. Clover quickly changed the topic and urged Robin to leave, and not to mention that she is an archaeologist, or she might be arrested too. Robin refused and CP9 busted into the Tree of Knowledge and began searching for the Poneglyphs.

Outside, agents warn the island's residents to move to the evacuation boat, or be destroyed. Olvia confronted Spandine, the director of CP9, but was quickly subdued by the brunt force of his agents.

Back at the Tree of Knowledge, all of the archaeologists were arrested and taken outside the tree, and once again Clover urged Robin to escape, but she refuses. Spandine and the rest of CP9 arrived with a gravely wounded Olvia, who instantly recognizes her daughter once her name is spoken. CP9 finds the poneglyph in the basement of the tree, and Sengoku sentences the archaeologists to death by Buster Call. However, Clover begins to speak out, stating his theory on why the government really wants to keep the 100 year void secret. However before Clover can reveal the name of this civilization, he is shot point blank and mortally wounded.

Saulo's sacrifice

Seeing that the battleships have already arrived, Saulo rushes off to find Robin. As the attack on Ohara begins, it is discovered that Robin also has the capacity to read poneglyphs. As the bombardment begins, Spandine and CP9 make their exit, Robin and Olvia reunite, and shortly afterwards, Saulo arrives.

It is then revealed that Saulo is a former marine vice-admiral, and aided Nico Olvia on her escape. Olvia asks Saulo to make sure that her daughter is taken safely off the island, and tells Robin that she must continue to live. Robin begs to stay with her mother, but Olivia insists on staying. There is something more that she must do.

Saulo follows Olvia's wish and manages to reach the island's shore. But the Marine ships spot him and open fire. Saulo retaliates and destroys several ships, at least until Kuzan (later known as Aokiji) appears and combats with Saulo. Robin tries to make for the evacuation ship but trying to use her Hana Hana abilities to get aboard and frightens the people onboard, plus Spandine tells them to not let her on since she claims she is an archaeologist, though this would be fortunate for Robin.

The ship is destroyed by another vice admiral, who would later become Admiral Akainu, who does it as a precaution if any archaeologist snuck aboard. This act disgusts both Saulo and even Kuzan. Saulo tries to get away with Robin but is hit by Kuzan's ice power. As the ice starts to creep across his body, Saulo tells Robin to escape. She refuses, yelling "I have no one on the sea!" Then, Saulo promises her that the ocean is a vast place, a place where she would surely find comrades. "One day," he assures her, "friends who will protect you will appear". His last act is to laugh as he is frozen, sticking to his philosophy to laugh from his heart even in bad times, and reflecting a common trait of those who had the middle name D.

Back at the Tree of Knowledge, Olvia, Clover and the other scholars have tossed out as many books into the ocean as they can so future generations can find them. They then realize there's nothing more they can do and stay in the tree as it burns around them. Olvia apologizes to Robin for not leaving any parting words as a mother.

Robin runs to the raft that Saulo built, only to be met by Kuzan. He tells her he's letting Robin go, curious of why Saulo risked his life for her. However, Kuzan warns her that he is not a friend, and he would be the first to come after her if she were to cause trouble . Robin then leaves on a boat guided by an ice path Kuzan sets for her. Remembering Saulo's words, she tries to laugh but weeps as Ohara is burned to the ground. Apparently she is the only survivor.

Afterwards, Robin leads a hard life on the run thanks to the 79 million-Berry bounty placed on her head by Spandine (the story of her sinking six Navy ships was nothing more than a lie to cover up the truth of Ohara from the public). She would run into different people who would at first befriend and help her, but they'd always try to turn her in once they realized the reward they could gain for doing so and the amount of danger they were in for protecting her. People everywhere believed her existence was a sin, that the world would be destroyed if she didn't die. Though Robin managed to avoid capture, her experiences affected her deeply and she began to have a hard time trusting people. Eventually, she came to the belief that no one would ever allow her happiness, and resigned herself to a fate of always having to betray comrades and commit unimaginable horrors to survive. She became a master of betrayal and deception, seeking out powerful men for protection, only to stab them in the back when danger came, saving herself. Through it all, however, she never stopped dreaming about discovering the True History, and did whatever she could in order to find the Rio Poneglyph. Sometime four years ago when she was 24, Sir Crocodile took an interest in her ability to read poneglyphs, and he made a deal with her: If she accepted a position as vice-president of Baroque Works and helped him conquer Alabasta and resurrect Pluton, then he'd protect her from the authorities.

Baroque Works

Robin first appears as "Miss All-Sunday" ("Miss Sunday" in the English anime), agent and vice-president of the Baroque Works organization, at the end of the Whiskey Peak arc. She was responsible for blowing up Igaram's decoy ship, though Igaram survived, which was actually her real intention. She met the Straw Hat Pirates and offered them an Eternal Pose to the Island of Nothingness so they wouldn't have to land at the dangerous Little Garden while trying to get to Alabasta. However, Luffy broke it, saying that he would not allow an enemy to decide their destination. Princess Vivi revealed that Miss All-Sunday had allowed Vivi to follow her and discover the identity of Baroque Works' president, Sir Crocodile, only to turn around and tell Crocodile Vivi's true identity and purpose..

As the Baroque Works Saga continued, Robin's motives grew in mystery. She appeared to care nothing about Baroque Works, considered all her defeated agents "worthless", and continuously and discreetly helped the Straw Hats out. In one instance, she saved Luffy's life after he had been beaten and left for dead by Crocodile and got Pell (whom she earlier attacked) to help him, yet she also captured Vivi in Rainbase, faked the princess's death to horrify Pell, never directly disobeyed any of Crocodile's orders and severely incapacitated the Royal Army along with Tashigi and her Marine squad. Around Baroque Works' enemies, she'd either act menacing or darkly humorous, such as when she mocked and teased the Straw Hats during their first encounter and when she faked Princess Vivi's death as a cruel joke on Pell. It soon became apparent that she cared for neither side, and had her own motives for everything she did.

Ultimately, Robin ended up betraying Crocodile by lying to him about the poneglyphs he wanted her to decipher for him. They contained extensive information on Pluton, but Robin only told Crocodile that they were about history. However, Crocodile caught her bluff, and her subsequent attempt to assassinate him failed. She was in turn stabbed by Crocodile and left for dead. She later revealed to King Cobra that she only teamed up with Crocodile in order to find the Rio Poneglyph, which she believed to be hidden in an Alabasta tomb. Knowing she would only gain access to the tomb if she helped Crocodile conquer Alasbasta, she decided that the destruction of the country would be worth it if she discovered the 100 years of lost history. However, the Rio Poneglyph wasn't in the tomb, and with her last lead gone, she felt her life no longer had any purpose or chance for happiness. Resigning herself to death, she was shocked when Luffy chose to save her life, overpowering her and forcibly carried her out despite her protests and yells to let her die.

After Luffy defeated Crocodile, Robin stowed away on the Going Merry, only revealing herself when safely away from Alabasta, much to the shock and anger of the Straw Hats. She told Luffy that since he'd saved her when she'd wanted to die, it was his fault that she was now living a meaningless life, and he must therefore let her join his crew. Much to the surprise of the others, Luffy cheerfully accepts Robin's reasoning and agrees. Though most of the other Straw Hats were initially scared and/or suspicious of her (minus Sanji), Robin quickly managed to charm the very friendly crew into accepting her. During the Skypeia arc, she discovered the secret to locating the Rio Poneglyph, and with her dreams rekindled, she began to feel more optimistic about the future.

Aokiji and CP9

After the Davy Back Fight, she was confronted by Kuzan, now called Aokiji, who had become one of the Marine's three Chief Admirals. After meeting and observing the Straw Hats, he decided that they were too dangerous to let live, with Robin being the deadliest of them all. He reveals to the others a bit of her dark past in front of a terrified Robin: apparently, every group she had ever been with was wiped out, leaving her as the only survivor. Aokiji insinuates that Robin had purposefully manipulated and betrayed those groups for her own ends, proceeding to ask Robin if the Straw Hats are her "new tools". He also promises the Straw Hats that, one day, Robin's "curse" would bring itself down on their heads and annihilate them. Vehemently protesting that she is not a bad person, Robin tries to kill Aokiji in a moment of anger, but fails. Aokiji then freezes Nico Robin with his Hie Hie (Ice Ice) Devil's Fruit powers, and would have smashed her to pieces if she hadn't been saved by her crewmates.

Later in the Water 7 arc Robin disappeared into the city. It then turned out that she is working with a government organization called CP9, and had betrayed the Straw Hat Pirates. Under CP9's orders, she attempted to assassinate the mayor of Water 7, Iceburg, framing Luffy and the others for the crime. However, her "betrayal" was actually the result of blackmail: If she didn't cooperate with CP9 and helped to resurrect Pluton, CP9 would launch a Buster Call on Water 7 and destroy the Straw Hats, promising their safety only if Robin turned herself in to the World Government. Still haunted by memories of the Buster Call on Ohara, and desperate to protect the only people who had ever treated her kindly since that day, Robin accepted the deal, deciding that she'd destroy everyone in the world if it meant saving the Straw Hats' lives. When the Straw Hats confronted her about her betrayal, she acted cold and heartless, saying that she carried an unspeakable darkness within her soul, and thus could never stay with them. However, Luffy and the others soon discovered the true reasons behind her betrayal, and they mounted a rescue attempt, first on the sea trains leaving Water 7 and later on the government island of Enies Lobby. Robin greatly resisted these rescue attempts, even going so far as to attack some of the Straw Hats to stop them from saving her. Even when it becomes clear that CP9 would not hold up their end of the bargain by trying to arrest the Straw Hats, and Robin had nothing to lose by letting them rescue her, she still dreaded their saving her. It was revealed that Robin didn't want to be rescued because she believed that her endless pursuit by the World Government would eventually cause the Straw Hats to view her as a burden and cast her away, just like every other person she'd met. Having grown attached to the only people who'd ever bothered to care for her since Ohara, Robin decided that she would rather die, or cause the apocalypse, than feel the pain of the Straw Hats abandonment.

During the assault on Enies Lobby, Robin stood in the Tower of Justice and shouted to the Straw Hats her fears of being abandoned by them, that the reason she wanted to die was because she'd rather cease to exist than watch their betrayal. This caused CP9's leader Spandam to wickedly laugh and point to the Government flag on top of the tower, declaring that there were over 170 countries under the World Government's rule, and with that kind of power after her, only a fool would have believed Robin wasn't a burden. Luffy responded by telling Sogeking to burn down the flag, a declaration of war against the World Government and over 170 countries. This was Luffy's way of showing Robin that he and the Straw Hats would never abandon her--if the World Government was her enemy, it would be the Straw Hats' enemy too. This shocked Robin, who hadn't thought that anyone would do so much for her. She had grown to believe that no one alive would ever give her the choice of living happily. She remembered Saulo's promise that she would find friends on the vast seas, and looking at the determined faces of her crew mates, realized it'd come true. Luffy then encouraged Robin to say that she still wanted to live, and she did, bursting into tears and shouting out across Enies Lobby that she wanted to sail with them again. This scene has since become famous among fans and is regarded as one of the most emotional, touching points in the series. Soon after, the Straw Hats defeated CP9 one by one, rescued Robin, and escaped in the Going Merry. In a final act of poetic justice, Robin used her Seis Fleur Clutch attack to break Spandam's back as they sailed away from Enies Lobby, finally avenging herself and the people of Ohara.

Later, Robin was celebrating at Water 7 with her friends and those who helped her escape Enies Lobby. While standing away from the celebration, she was once again greeted by Aokiji. He told her that he let her go 20 years ago because Saulo had been his friend, and had taken it upon himself to see how she lead her life. He admitted to have grown to regret his decision after realizing that she still hadn't found her place in the world. Deciding that a "wild bomb" like her was too dangerous to be allowed to "fly around freely," he said that he intended for Enies Lobby to be the end of it all, but hadn't expected Luffy's crew to defeat CP9. Then Aokiji asked if she had finally found her place, and she answered positively. He also asked if she would show him whether she would live up to this, and she said "I'll do my best". Aokiji then departs, telling Robin to live strong, and that Ohara has not yet been forgotten. Aokiji disappears, and Robin returns to the party to join Luffy's meat-eating contest.

After the events of Enies Lobby, Robin's bounty was increased to 80 Million, with a new picture. The increase was very small in comparison to the rest of the crew (with the exception of Chopper). In chapter 437, when Franky refuses to join the crew, Robin used her powers to help persuade him to join the crew (by crushing Franky's testicles). This rather painful display of her abilities shocked even the other Straw Hats (so much so that Luffy begged Robin not to turn Franky into a female). She just smiled and said that they are pirates, and when they find a large treasure, they grab onto it and don't let go.

Recent chapters

She stays on Sunny as Luffy, Sanji and Nami investigate a ghost ship. When Brook arrived on the ship, he asked to see her panties, much to Nami's disgust, but Robin reacted with calm indifference to the absurdity of the situation. He also asked to swap plates with her during dinner, as she had more meat than him. When Brook revealed why he had no shadow, Robin seemed to remember something. She helped the others combat an invisible enemy with a beast-like voice. The invisible creature tried to grab her and also began licking her like a dog. After she and the rest of the Straw Hats leave the ship, they encounter Cerberus, and Robin remarks that the creature looked "cute". Afterwards, Robin was the person who told the other Straw Hats all about Gecko Moria.

After Sanji and Zoro disappeared, Robin, Franky, and Luffy fought off all the zombies in there until Luffy got kidnapped. Before getting the chance to save him, Robin and Franky are blocked by a giant spider that acts like a monkey. Franky destroyed the bridge they were on to escape from the situation and Robin reacted by creating wings out of hands. Though she stated she could only hold them for 5 seconds, it was enough for Franky to use his attack Strong Right to grab the entrance way from which the bridge had been attached to. As they are pulled up to the opening, Brook suddenly falls from the sky, creating a deep skeleton-shaped hole in the ground. Right afterwards, the spider-monkey recovers from the fall and attack Robin and Franky, but they cooperate to severely injure the zombie. Just when it seemed that they'd turned the tables, they are assaulted by a pack of Spider-Mice, who traps them in their unbreakable webs. However, they are saved by Brook, who jumps up from the hole he made and uses the hidden sword in his cane to defeat the spider-monkey.

Robin and Franky have made contact with a distraught Ussop and Chopper, using the salt given to them by Brook to defeat an entire room full of zombies. While Franky pounded the Zombies into submission she used her powers to purify several zombies. Afterward the others and her quickly made there way to the Sunny and woke up Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji. After doing this and helping Franky explain the situation she sits back while Franky tells about Brook's connection to Laboon. She's now joining the crew in the counter attack on Thriller Bark. In chapter 461, she begins to fight Cindry; but in chapter 468, Robin and Chopper appears defeated by Zoro and Sanji zombies, who shows no trace of their old masters memories, in an attempt to turn the tables they outsmart Hogback, making him give wrong orders to Sanji and Zoro zombies, who prove that even if no memories left they don't even get along with each other, making them jump out of a window; leaving only Hogback and Cindry left to fight. Recently, she and the other strawhats have been fighting Oz. Robin saved Zoro's life by creating a net of hands when he was thrown into the air by Oz's "Gomu Gomu No Volcano". She also pinned Oz's arm behind his back in the combined group effort to take down Oz. However, when she tried to stop Moria from manipulating Oz, she had her shadow taken and became unconscious.

Abilities

Robin ate the Hana Hana no Mi (ハナハナの実 Hana Hana no Mi). She can spread multiple replications of her body parts from her body, on other bodies, or on other objects. The nature of her powers allow for much versatility and a virtually infinite number of uses, from clever battle strategies to speeding up everyday chores to incapacitating entire armies, making Robin one of the strongest fighters in the Straw Hats. Other uses include, but aren't limited to: putting battle opponents in submission holds where they can easily be injured, carrying and catching injured friends or heavy objects, easily attacking enemies from long distances, easily avoiding enemy attacks, and sprouting eyes and ears in places where she can spy on others. In one-on-one battles, Robin's attacks mainly focus on immobilizing opponents, throwing them around, or causing severe damage to their neck or spine. Although she is very powerful, her replicated body parts can be hit and stretched, causing damage to her real body; this is her weak point. Another weakness is that the strength possessed by the replicating appendages are basically no different to that of her actual limbs. When she fights, she focuses more on quantity than quality. So far, Robin has been seen replicating her legs, eyes, and ears, but she most often replicates arms and hands.

No limit has been given for Robin's powers, but the author, Oda, has jokingly stated that she can only sprout limbs a distance of "200 Hana Hanas" away. Fans often misinterpret this as meaning she can only sprout 200 limbs, but this is false.

Robin is also a skilled archaeologist with a vast knowledge of history and cultures. She is thought to be the only one left in the world who can read the language scripted on poneglyph tablets, which contain records of ancient history. She taught most of these skills herself through the research in the library of Ohara, during her childhood. Lastly, she has shown to be quite agile, though her agility, strength, and speed are ordinary for a woman her size, age, and build. Unlike some of the other Straw Hats, she has neither superhuman strength or speed.

In a recent chapter of One Piece, it is revealed that Robin can fly by creating wings composed of 50 arms each from her back with her Cien Fleur move (literally 100 Flowers), even while carrying a passenger such as Franky. However, she can only do this very briefly, for about 5 seconds.

Trivia

• In an official scan for One Piece: Unlimited Adventure, Robin's name was misspelt as "Lobin".
• In a more "mature" SBS, someone asked if Robin can duplicate her breasts and Oda said he didn't know but he was sure she could.

See also

• Straw Hat Pirates
• World Government
• Baroque Works
• Sir Crocodile

External links

• One Piece Encyclopedia - Nico Robin