Black Cat pirates
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The Black Cat Pirates (クロネコ海賊団, Kuroneko Kaizokudan) are fictional pirates from the anime and manga One Piece, led by Captain Kuro. They are a crew of pirates who appeared early on in the series carrying out orders under their captain, Kuro, who had taken the alias of Klahadore the butler.
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[edit] Part in the Story
Three years before the present storyline their captain Kuro desired to leave his life of piracy by faking his own death, leaving Django, his first mate, as captain. It was then he pretended to be washed up on shore of a local town where the father of a rich girl called Kaya found him, and he was nursed back to health by the family. He then took the identity of Klahadore the butler, presumably murdered Miss Kaya's parents then looked after her when she fell sick soon afterwards. He then asked Djangoto help his scheme to gain the life he desired by stealing Miss Kaya's fortune.
The plan was for his old crew to strike the local village. Under the chaos of the attack Jango would hypnotise Kaya to sign a will leaving Kuro all of her families wealth then kill her, with everyone thinking she was a victim of the pirate attack. Since he had three years to build up a respectful reputation, no one would find it odd that everything was left to him. Unknown to his crew, however, Kuro was also intending to kill all of them as well.
After Usopp and Luffy overheard Kuro explaining the plan to Django, Usopp tried to warn everyone in town, but Klahadore's reputation and Usopp's tendency to lie led them to not believe him. Thus, the Straw Hat pirates took it upon themselves to protect the village. Through a difficult battle, Luffy managed to keep up with Kuro's insane speed and defeat him, and at the same time Usopp managed to protect Kaya from Django. Afterwards, the crew, sans Django, fled the island.
Left behind, Django set off on his own, and through a series of events, had his criminal record erased and joined the Navy under Captain Hina.
[edit] Pirate Flag
Kuro's flag is that of a simply-drawn black cat face.
[edit] Crew Information
[edit] Kuro
Captain (16,000,000 berry bounty, no longer in effect)
[edit] Jango
See Jango
[edit] Sham and Buchi
Lookouts
Sham and Buchi (シャム、Shamu, and ブチ, Buchi, Siam and Butchie in the english version.), also known as the Nyaban Brothers (Meowban Brothers), are the two lookouts of the Black Cat pirates. The two try to act cowardly when first approaching an opponent, but show their true colors once their opponent's guard is down. They fight against Zoro during Kuro's attempt to raid Syrup Village (Usopp's hometown), but are ultimately defeated. Buchi is fat and Sham is the one with green hair and a hunched back. Jango hypnotizes Buchi into becoming extremely powerful, being able to crush rock with one jump. Despite this increase in strength, he is defeated once again by Zoro. It is most likely that Zoro killed Sham because when Buchi got up and Sham didn't, the following quotes were said: Kuro: "He is still alive, I'm not impressed." Zoro: "Huh? Lucky."
Attack List
Sham
- Neko Baba / Cat Snatch:Sham very quickly steals a piece of the opponents equipment.
- Nekoze / Hunchback:Using his strange posture, Sham is able to quickly avoid an attack.
Buchi
- Kyatto Za Funjyatta / The Cat Stomp:Buchi takes a flying leap into the air and stomps on his opponent.
Both
- Nekoyanagi Daikoushin / Grand March of the Pussywillows:Sham and Buchi team up and rapidly slash the opponent.
Butchie is played by Jimmy Zoppi and Siam is played by Eric Stuart in the english dub.
[edit] Nugire Yainu
Shipwright
Nugire Yainu was the name of the Black Cat crewmember who was killed three years earlier by marines. He was hypnotised by Jango to believe he was Captain Kuro. His name isn't mentioned in either the anime or manga but was later revealed in the One Piece Blue Data book. [1]
[edit] Crew Strength
Most of the crew is weak and easily defeatable. Aside from their captain they have little strength as a whole. Buchi and Sham were the only other crew members aside from Kuro himself with any real fighting ability. The crew mostly relies on being hypnotised by Jango into believing they have immense strength in addition to the schemes of their cunning captain.
[edit] References
- ^ One Piece Blue book, Nugire Yainu's name revealed.
