Absalom / アブサロム

Absalom is one of the Four Enigmas of Thriller Bark. He's also quite the pervert, and only likes the beautiful ones. If he's deeply in love, even lightning doesn't phase him one bit.

Absalom occasionally likes to make corny jokes relating to Kumacy and Hogback.

He's not a zombie as one might think.

Name Origin

Absalom shares his name with the one from the Bible, who was a rebellious son of King David of Israel. Absalom from the Bible was known as the most handsome man in the kingdom. Clearly a different person than our Absalom.

But the Absalom from the Bible did have a monument named after him, called "Yad Absalom", or "Absalom's Tomb". It's close to One Piece Absalom's formal title, Hakaba no Absalom (Absalom of the Graveyard/Tomb).

Nicknames

• Pervsalom - Given by the zombies.

• Ab-sama - Given by Laura.

Background

One of the first things you'll notice about Absalom is his lion jaw. The bottom half of his face, confirmed by Oda, is said to be from the lion Nami, Usopp, and Chopper saw while riding the carriage to Thriller Bark. In SBS 48, Oda refused to confirm if the reverse was true. Thanks to Dr. Hogback, Absalom's body was powered-up with animal parts. As well as the lion's jaw, he has elephant skin and 300kg of compressed bear and gorilla muscle, all which are hidden beneath his clothes.

Abilities

Absalom has the ability to turn him and others invisible. He can also cause an invisible blast from his palm. It is later discovered that he had hidden two bazookas, one under each wrist. His strength to carry them comes from the animal parts that were implanted in him. Because of his power of invisibility, he's most likely the invisible being who played around with the Straw Hats when they arrived at Thriller Bark's entrance.

First Encounter

Absalom refuses to marry a zombie like Laura. Instead, he seeks a beauty like Nami. He saw Nami naked and tried to steal her while she was showering at the mansion, but failed when Chopper's nose picked up his scent. During the second encounter Absalom made sure not to make a second mistake by rendering Chopper's nose useless with an added scent, allowing Absalom to cloak him and Nami and successfully taking her away.

Destined Enemy

After finding out Nami's predicament, Sanji immediately left to stop the wedding. Unfortunately for Absalom, this was the worst man to anger, not just because of Nami, but because of another additional piece of information Sanji discovered during the fight...

Absalom is a user of the Suke Suke Fruit (Suke: See-Through), a fruit that allows invisibility. One of Sanji's dreams was to obtain this Devil's Fruit to become invisible despite being cursed by the sea:

• Sanji: I had that dream for a reason!!
  If I had those powers, I'd look in the girl's... I mean, do tons of stuff!
  How useful it would be to peep in the bath-... I mean, to help people in need!
  (stephen's translation)

Which added to the following reasons why Sanji is his worst enemy:

• For playing around with them and ultimately licking Robin on the Thousand Sunny

• For seeing Nami naked in the bath and attempting to abduct her

• For kidnapping Nami and planning to marry her while she is unnaturally asleep

• For eating the Suke Suke Fruit

• For putting Nami in danger during their fight

• For kidnapping Nami again

Misc.

It's probably a pure coincidence that the voice actors for Sanji (Hiroaki Hirata) and Absalom (Hiroaki Miura) share the same first name.

Second Round

When Odz defeated the Straw Hats, the noise caused Nami to finally wake up from the sedatives Absalom had given to her prior to the first attempt of the wedding. At one point, Laura eventually finds him and attempts to get her kiss. Nami noticed that Absalom had been weakened from a fight earlier and electrocutes him with the Perfect Clima Tact, giving Laura the opportunity to get the kiss that she wanted.

After the Battle

Absalom was woken up by Hogback upon sunrise. They took their master and left Thriller Bark.

Attacks

Characters/Absalom (last edited 2008-05-29 18:15:22 by Cinder)