The world of One Piece is filled with Devil Fruit users, each developing these powers in ways that surprise its viewers and keep the story entertaining. Devil Fruits are not the only source of immense powers, as there are warriors with incredible weapon skills, those that wield Haki, living scientific experiments, and many other unexplained phenomena.
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The Worst Generation is the name of a group of 12 pirates who are among several different crews. They received this namesake for an incident that occurred at the Sabaody Archipelago, resulting in the assault of a World Noble. Among them are some of the biggest names in One Piece — including Eustis Kidd, Trafalgar Law, Jewelry Bonny, and of course, Monkey D. Luffy.
10"Massacre Soldier" Killer
Most Recent Bounty: 200,000,000
While not as high as X-Drake’s 222,000,000 bounty, Killer is an exceptionally deadly warrior who wields two sharp blades that spin like buzz-saws. He is a part of the Kid Pirates and originally hails from South Blue. to try to save his captain, he ate one of the artificial Devil Fruits known as a SMILE.
However, he received no ability from this fruit and is now cursed to forever to have a cheerful expression and let out bouts of laughter. Killer is one of the few characters to not have a name based on an actual real-life pirate, with Oda saying he chose the name because he was feeling lazy, and didn’t want to dwell on it too much.
9Basil “Magician” Hawkins
Most Recent Bounty: 320,000,000
Basil Hawkins is a pirate who originally hails from North Blue and is the captain of the Hawkins Pirates. His speech patterns resemble that of the unique way mediums and fortune-tellers are portrayed in Japanese media — this is most likely due to him often foretelling future events using a Tarot deck.
The Devil fruit that he ate was the Straw Straw Fruit, which allows him to create straw dolls of other individuals. Any wounds that he would sustain will instead be transferred to that of the doll instead. In addition to this, he is able to use his powers so that he may take the shape of a massive straw creature. His name is based on the protagonist of the novel, Treasure Island.
8Jewelry “Big Eater” Bonney
Jewelry Bonney is the captain of the Bonney Pirates and originally hails from South Blue. Bonney is known for having anincredible appetitethat can rival even Luffy’s. Her Devil Fruit allows her to manipulate the age of not just herself, but others as well. This allows her to assume the form of a young girl when she wished to save the life of Zoro.
By turning her enemies into little kids, or making them elderly, they will be at a significant disadvantage in combat. Bonney plays a massive part in the Egghead Arc, which will also reveal a connection between her and a formerWarlord of the Sea, Bartholomew Kuma. Bonney’s real-world counterpart is Anne Bonny, a woman of noble birth who became a pirate in the Caribbean.
7Capone “Gang” Bege
Most Recent Bounty: 350,000,000
Capone Bege is a Mafia Don who originally hails from West Blue. They are also the captain of the Fire Tank Pirates. The name of this crew is inspired by his Devil Fruit ability given to him by eating the Castle-Castle Fruit. This fruit allows him to transform his body to have the features of a castle.
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This includes having doors appear on his body that allows objects and people wishing to enter him to shrink down to gain access. Objects and people leaving his castle body will return to normal size, including cannon balls fired from within his body. His name comes from the gangster Alphonse Capone, and the Privateer William le Sauvage.
6Scratchmen Apoo
Scratchmen Apoo was born on the Grand Line and is a member of the Longarm tribe of people. He is also the captain of the On Air Pirates, a name inspired by his Devil Fruit ability. Scratchmen has the power of the Tone-Tone Fruit, which allows him to weaponize sound by transforming his body into various instruments.
While traveling through the New World, he would be recruited to serve under Kaido, one of the most powerful pirates and anEmperor of the Sea. Apoo’s name draws inspiration from the Chinese pirate, Chui A-poo.
5Ronoa Zoro
Most Recent Bounty: 1,111,000,000
Zoro serves as the Swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates and originally hails from East Blue. He aspires to be the world’s greatest swordsman, a title currently belonging to Dracule Mihawk. Zoro is a long-time fan-favorite character with numerous memorable quotes and a lengthy catalog ofincredible fights.
He founded his own style of sword fighting that involves wielding three katana at the same time — with the third Katana held in his mouth. A running gag involves Zoro constantly expressing a complete lack of navigation, often getting lost in many of the long-running anime’s arcs. Zoro’s name comes from a French pirate named “Francois l’Olonnais.”
4Eustass “Captain” Kid
Most Recent Bounty: 3,000,000,000
Eustass Kid is the captain of “Massacre Soldier” Killer and the Kid Pirates. Just like Killer, he hails from South Blue and shares the same bounty amount as Luffy and Law. Since he ate the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, Kid is able to control magnetic forces, allowing him to repel or attract objects.
Normally, this would only affect metal objects, but thanks to awakening his Devil Fruit, he is able to give anything a magnetic field that he can manipulate. His name comes from two different real-world pirates, namely the French pirate Eustace the Monk, and the Scottish Pirate William Kidd. William Kidd also used “Captain” as a nickname.
3Trafalgar D. Water Law
Trafalgar Law is the captain of the Heart Pirates, and originally hails from North Blue. He also has the nickname, “Surgeon of Death” due to his skilled nature as a doctor. He is able to draw upon his vast medical knowledge to aid him in combat. In addition to all this, he has eaten the Op-Op Fruit. This fruit lets one create an operating room-styled environment.
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Anything within this environment is able to be moved around without it being treated as severed. He is even able to remove one’s heart and allow it to act as it normally would despite being in another location. Law’s name is based on Edward Low, a pirate who showed no mercy and bore a flag of a red skeleton.
2Monkey D. Luffy
Monkey D. Luffy is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, as well as the central protagonist of One Piece. Like Zoro, he originally hails from East Blue. He aspires to become the next Pirate King by reaching the final island of the New World and finding the One Piece. Originally thought to have eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit, it would later be revealed that the fruit he consumed was actually a Mythical Zoan type fruit. This fruit would be identified as the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika. Not only would this power be showcased in one ofLuffy’s most intense fightsto date, but this would be the third Mythical Zoan Human fruit to be seen in the series. The first being that of Buddha, and the second being Onyudo. Luffy’s name does not come from any real-life pirate, nor from the sailing term “luffing.” Rather, Oda chose the name because he felt it suited the character.
1Marshall D. Teach
Most Recent Bounty: 3,996,000,000
One Piece has no shortage of potential “final boss” options. There is the Marine’s fleet commander Akainu, who killed Luffy’s Brother; Imu, the mysterious and secretive true leader of the World Government who sits on the empty throne; but nobody has as much of a presence as Marshall D. Teach, more commonly known as Blackbeard. He has amassed an astonishing amount of infamy throughout the show.
His actions include betraying Whitebeard, Capturing Portgas D.Ace, Becoming an Emperor of the Sea, amassing one of the most powerful pirate fleets in all of One Piece, but above all else, he has the powers of two Devil Fruits — The Dark-Dark Fruit and the Quake-Quake Fruit. No Pirate is closer to obtaining the One Piece than Blackbeard, making this moniker very fitting for his real-life pirate comparison of the same name.
