Skypiea's Priests

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Skypiea's Priests, referred to as Vassals in the 4Kids dub, are the four men who serve under the false god Enel in the anime and manga series One Piece by Eiichirō Oda. They are Enel's most loyal (some would say "fanatical") followers, and, short of Enel himself, the greatest threat to Straw Hat Pirates during the Skypiea arc. Each have their own unique powers, and use Dials (Skypiean energy sources in the form of seashells) as weapons. All of them can use Mantra to predict what his opponents will do before they attack, and dodge them effectively.

Other than the priests, Enel has 50 warriors called The Enforcers to fight for him (Yama is the leader, Hotori and Kotori are lieutenants of the group). They have stretched out earlobes, like Enel, and horns. Each of them is armed with an axe dial, which fires out an invisible blade to attack enemies and jet-ski wavers. They all act like goats, as in they bleat out words when they talk.

Contents 1 Satori 2 Shura 3 Gedatsu 3.1 Trivia 4 Ohm 5 Holy 6 Yama 7 Hotori and Kotori 8 References

[edit] Satori

Seiyuu: Yasuhiro Takato

• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment): Jimmy Zoppi (heard in One Piece: Grand Adventure and One Piece: Pirates Carnival)

Satori of the Forest (森のサトリ, Mori no Satori) punishes criminals with the Ordeal of Spheres. The spheres he uses have random effects, from explosions and shooting blades to singing birds and flowers. Satori also uses an Impact Dial, which absorbs the force of an attack and releases it back at the attacker. One of his most powerful attacks, called Orb Dragon, involves creating a dragon made out of spheres that contain fire and blades. Satori moves it with a string on the end of a fake candycane. Once a fire sphere is erupted it causes a chain reaction and creates a mighty explosion. With Mantra, he can predict what his enemies are going to do before they do it, and can cause damage to them from the inside of their bodies (but it stops working if he has to use it in too many places at once, which is how Sanji and Luffy defeat him). He is the triplet brother of Hotori and Kotori. His ordeal has a 10% chance of survival.

• As with many other One Piece villains, Satori has his own distinct laugh. (Ho, ho-ho!/Ha, ha-ha!)
• It's unkown why satori has powers that his brothers don't have, yet it might be given randomly like his mantra.

[edit] Shura

Seiyuu: Shinichirou Ohta

• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment): Unknown (heard in One Piece: Grand Adventure)

Skyrider Shura (スカイライダー・シュラ, Sukairaidā Shura), the second priest, punishes criminals with the Ordeal of String. He tangles his enemies in nearly-invisible and unbreakable string and then attacks with his lance that has a Heat Dial inside. He rides a flying monster bird named Fuza, who has a Fire Dial in its mouth that allows it to breathe fire. He is defeated by Wiper, who uses a Reject Dial (similar to an Impact dial except 10 times the power). His ordeal has a 3% chance of survival.

[edit] Gedatsu

Seiyuu: Masaya Takatsuka

• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment): Unknown (heard in One Piece: Grand Adventure)

Sky Boss Gedatsu (空番長ゲダツ, Kūbanchō Gedatsu, romanized as Gedatz in the 4Kids adaptation of the anime) , the third priest, punishes criminals with the Ordeal of Swamp. He can create dense clouds from his hands that his opponents drown in. He also has a Jet Dial attached to his arm, giving him a very fast and powerful punch, and Milky Dials in his shoes that allow him to fly. Tony Tony Chopper defeated him by using the "Rumble Ball" and using "Brain Point" to find out his weakness, which was to remove one of his Milky Dials, making him unable to fly in a straight line. When he lost to Tony Tony Chopper, he falls to the ground and, through a series of accidents and coincidences, ends up helping Goro, Kohza's uncle, start a hot springs resort in Alabasta. His ordeal has a 50% chance of survival, due to his incompetence (If not for his previously mentioned incompetence, his ordeal would have a 5% chance of survival).

[edit] Trivia

• Gedatsu is one of the oddest characters in One Piece, as he has many strange habits, all of which he is never aware that he is doing (when informed that he is performing one of these habits, he has a shocked look on his face and says "How careless!"). His mannerisms largely parody that of archetypal "serious" villains in action stories. These habits include:
  • Rolling his eyes into the back of his head, making him unable to see.
  • Sticking his lip into his mouth and closing it, making his voice muffled and incomprehensible.
  • Temporarily ceasing to breathe.
  • Incorrectly crossing his arms (he doesn't have them meet), making them constantly rub against each other.
  • When explaining his abilities, he only thinks about them and forgets to actually talk.
  • Accidentally aiming an attack at an ally instead of his enemy (twice).
• During his mini-story:
• Going into the house by going into the small window.
• Attacking anything that randomly appears.
• sitting inside a bucket
• "Gedatsu" (解脱) is the Japanese word for Moksha, which in Hindu and Buddhist tradition is the liberation of the soul.
  • He appears as Buggy's henchmen in several tv specials.
• In a recent Japanese Fan Poll, Gedatsu is ranked the 35th most popular character in One Piece.

[edit] Ohm

See main article: Ohm

Seiyuu: Eiji Takemoto

• Voice Actor (4Kids Entertainment): Scottie Ray

Skybreeder Ohm (スカイブリーダー・オーム, Sukaiburīdā Ōmu) the fourth priest, punishes criminals with the Ordeal of Iron, where the victims are cut into pieces by barbed wires when they step onto hidden panels. He attacks with a sword made of iron cloud that has a Dial in it that allows him to turn the sword's blade into any shape including a wall or a whip. He is defeated by Roronoa Zoro who, despite Ohm using Mantra to predict his attack, waits for him to attack to give away his position. He then cuts through Ohm's sword using the 108 Pound Cannon attack to defeat him. His ordeal has a 0% chance of survival.

He's a playable character in One Piece Grand Adventure.

"Aum" (ॐ), also spelled "Om," is the holiest syllable in Hinduism, and begins most mantras.

[edit] Holy

Holy (ホーリー Hōrī) is a huge, pale yellow dog that Ohm taught to box and stand on two feet. Ohm often tends to ride him around while traveling and fighting. Holy is very loyal to Ohm, and is a powerful fighter who, oddly enough, knows martial arts. However, he isn't particularly smart, and will obey almost anyone: when Holy suddenly attacked Zoro, Zoro instinctively yelled the order "stay," which it did. Realizing it would obey him, he then told Holy to "hit yourself on the head and take a little nap", and Holy did just that, thereby defeating himself.

[edit] Yama

Not a priest, Yama is the chief of Enel's enforcers. He attacks using his monsterous strength and weight, along with a strip of cloth with ten Axe Dials sewn onto it, called the Ten-Fold Axe, though he apparently can't use Mantra. He is easily defeated by Nico Robin after he destroys the ruins she was looking at. He was last seen being thrown off a cliff by Robin as she used her ability to put Yama in a painful hold, during which Yama was begging for mercy.

• Yama is also the name of the god of the Death in Hinduism and Buddhism.

[edit] Hotori and Kotori

Seiyuu: Yasuhiro Takato (both of them)

These two are not priests (they are lieutenants of the Enforcers) but seem to be around the same level as their brother Satori. They utilize a various number of Dials (Impact, Fire, Axe, and farts stored in a Flavor dial) which can be used with each other for combination effects. They lack the power of mantra that their brother possesses, making them much less deadly in combat than he is. Kotori was defeated by Gan Fall, while Hotori was beaten by Nami using Gan Fall's Impact Dial.

Hotori and Kotori have the same distinct laugh as their brother, Satori. (Ho, ho-ho!/Ha, ha-ha!)

[edit] References

SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.29 - Chapter 266, Explanation of the Priests' names.