Wapol Pirates
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The Wapol Pirates are fictional pirates from the anime and manga One Piece, led by Wapol.
Several years before the present timeline, Wapol was the king of Drum Island, succeeding his father. However, unlike his benevolent father, Wapol was cruel and spoiled, often making very bad decisions for his country. One day, the kingdom was attacked by the Blackbeard pirates, and as soon as he saw their power, Wapol and most of his cabinet fled the island without even fighting back. However, they got lost and couldn't find their way back afterwards, so they turned to a life of piracy.
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[edit] Part in the Story
Before he was exiled, Wapol initiated a "doctor hunt" throughout the nation. According to his logic, by forcing every doctor except for his Isshi 20 to leave, the citizens would have to grovel at his feet in order to get any medical attention, which would keep them under his control. However, two doctors managed to escape his grasp: the quack doctor Hiruluk and Dr. Kureha. Wapol then came up with a trap to draw them out--he would spread the news that all of the Isshi 20 were sick (which they weren't) so the two doctors would come and try to cure them. Hearing about this, Dr. Hiruluk, who was already going to die that day due to a disease and being accidentally poisoned by his adopted son, Tony Tony Chopper, arrived at the castle only to find a group of soldiers aiming rifles at him. Glad that the doctors were alright, Hiruluk gave a speech on the nature of death and drank an explosive potion so that he wouldn't be killed by either Chopper or Wapol. Moved by his actions and angered by how Wapol simply laughed at all this, Dalton decided to speak against his king, claiming, "There is no cure for stupidity!" Soon after that, Blackbeard attacked and Wapol fled.
The Straw Hat Pirates first encounter the Wapol Pirates out on the sea. Using their submersible ship, the Bliking, the crew ambushed the Straw Hats, but when Wapol tried to eat Luffy, he was merely knocked into the ocean, forcing the rest to leave in order to rescue him. Dalton, who is trying to form a new government on Drum, helps the crew find a doctor for a sick Nami. Later on, following the Straw Hats for revenge, the crew finally finds themselves back on their home island and Wapol decides to return to his throne. However, he was defeated by Luffy's crew. The Isshi 20 reveal that they care about the nation just as much as everyone else, but they were forced to work for Wapol, and become the nation's doctors.
The force of Luffy's attack is so powerful that it sends Wapol flying to another island. While Wapol lived in poverty, he used his ability to turn trash into toys in order to amuse himself. As luck would have it, however, his toys became an international phenomenon and he became the wealthy CEO of a toy company. It also appears that his experience as a homeless person made him turn a new leaf and he seems to be much kinder than before. Meanwhile, Dalton became the leader of the new Sakura Kingdom on Drum Island. It is unknown what happened to his subordinates Chess and Kuromarimo.
[edit] Pirate Flag
Wapol's flag is that of a standard Jolly Roger, except with Wapol's large metal jaws, with the tongue sticking out to its right; and a crown at the top.
[edit] Crew Information
[edit] Wapol
Captain/King
- See Wapol for more.
[edit] Chess
Head of Staff and Lookout
As head of staff, Chess writes down every new law Wapol makes, along with everything he eats. Chess is quite cocky, often stating that he has figured out his foe's weakness, and he also won't hesitate to hurt innocent bystanders. Chess is a skilled archer that uses huge arrows, often multiple ones at the same time.
He is voiced by Yusuke Numata. Interestingly, one of Numata's hobbies is archery, which Chess uses.
[edit] Kuromarimo
Magistrate
As magistrate, Kuromarimo is the highest-ranking law officer below Wapol. He fights using the large afros on his fists, sports a large afro on his head, and three small ones on his beard. He has the ability to do many tricks with said afros, from ejecting spikes from them to shooting them off and using them to constrict opponents.
With regards to his name, "kuro" means "black," and "marimo" is a kind of algae that forms into round balls due to the action of the tides. So in essence, "Kuromarimo" is a way of referring to his hairstyle.
In the English dub, Kuromarimo is played by Jamie McGonnigal and speaks with an American Southern accent.
[edit] Chessmarimo
A fusion of Chess and Kuromarimo created by Wapol's Baku Baku Factory, though Sanji comments that Kuromarimo is simply standing on Chess' shoulders and only their clothes were fused. They become a stronger warrior with 4 arms, 2 heads (Kuromarimo's above Chess'), and many weapons which allow them to use their powers to the full extent, such as arrows, hammers, and axes. He was defeated by Chopper using his Rumble Ball. His weakness, according to the Rumble Ball, is the section under the Chess' chin. It is unknown what happened to him after Chopper defeated him.
[edit] Isshi 20
Doctors, Former Members
The Isshi 20 are the twenty most skilled doctors of Drum Island ("isha" means "doctor"), whom Wapol took for himself in order to make his subjects grovel at his feet for their services. While they were under Wapol's control, they secretly despised him as the rest of the people did, but gave in to the King in order to continue their research and refine their technique, which they hoped to one day use to help their compatriots. After Wapol was defeated, they were forgiven by the people of the island and rejoined them as part of the new Cherry Blossom Kingdom.
[edit] Crew Strength
Though they are nothing compared to the protagonists of the story, Wapol and his cabinet managed to subdue an entire nation, and flashbacks showed Wapol easily defeating Dalton in his "ultimate form". It should be noted that Wapol didn't get the chance to use this ultimate form, which he would have achieved by eating all of Drum Castle's weapons, because Nami stole the key to the armory from him.
[edit] Other Information
By turning garbage into toys, Wapol discovered a new metal that he called Wapolium.
