Binz

Tall and gangly, Binz carries broad shoulders that look mismatched against his lengthy arms, and his face is marked by oversized lips. His wardrobe runs to bold color: a black-and-yellow outer suit layered over a hot pink bodysuit that even wraps his head. A green sash circles his middle. Strapped across his back with a pale pink cloth, he keeps both a blade and an outsized shuriken, and the whole look reads unmistakably as that of a ninja.

Pirates earn nothing but loathing from Binz, a contempt he inherited from Z, the admiral who trained him and whom he addresses respectfully as Z-sensei. Words come sparingly to him, and he tends toward gravity, yet combat brings out strange flourishes: odd dancing and contorted expressions. His attachment to his mentor ran deep, and when Z died, he and Ain grieved openly through tears.

Holding officer rank within the Neo Marines, Binz is strong enough to endure the dangers of the New World, and he twice traded blows with Sanji before falling in their second clash. Through the Mosa Mosa no Mi, a Paramecia fruit, he forces vegetation to grow at breakneck speed and steers the swollen plants, sprouting them in great quantity to tie down foes. He fights with ninja tools such as swords and shuriken, keeps smoke bombs handy for retreat, and trains in the Six Powers technique Soru, whose speed once let him slip past Robin's Hana Hana no Mi strikes, a feat nobody had managed before. His record traces back to his Marine days, when he, Z, and Ain were the sole survivors of a battle against a pirate who later joined the Seven Warlords, prompting all three to quit the Marines and found the Neo Marines. During Film: Z he raided Firs Island for the Dyna Stone, overpowered several Straw Hats aboard the Thousand Sunny, and dueled Sanji on both Secon Island and Piriodo, losing each time; he later mourned Z at his grave after Kizaru's forces drove the admiral to a final stand.