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Bonbori

Character

Bonbori is a colossal Giant Footballfish featured in the special Heart of Gold. The beast carries the island of Alchemi within one of its stomachs and conceals the Pure Gold inside the glowing lure mounted on its head.

Age: Over 200
Status: non-canon
Species: Giant Footballfish
Japanese Name: ボンボリ
First Appearance: Heart of Gold
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Appearance

An anglerfish in form but staggering in scale, Bonbori has dark red skin, fins colored red and white, and rows of needle-sharp teeth. Its defining trait is the enormous esca dangling from a stalk above its head, a lure that shines intensely and blazed brighter still once the complete Pure Gold was taken in. Three separate stomachs sit within the creature, each cradling islands, with Alchemi resting in the third.

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Personality

An overwhelming pull toward the Pure Gold governs the fish, which swallows the treasure the instant it comes within reach.

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History

Its colossal size lets the creature gulp down whole islands and ships in a single swallow, and taking in the Pure Gold granted it everlasting youth. Roughly two centuries before the present, the fish was drawn to the Pure Gold sealed inside Myskina Olga's ring, and while pursuing that one ring it engulfed almost all of Alchemi along with everyone living there. Olga eventually forced it to bring her back up so she could venture into the outside world. During Heart of Gold, after her ring slipped into the sea once more, the beast devoured it, swallowing both the Shark Emeralda and the Thousand Sunny in the process. Luffy then flung Mad Treasure against the inner wall of its third stomach, sending the fish into dry heaves; the vomiting dissolved the Pure Gold, brightened its lure, and the creature sank away beneath the surface.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happened to the pure gold in One Piece?

In One Piece, the Pure Gold was swallowed by Bonbori, a colossal Giant Footballfish, after Luffy threw Mad Treasure against the inner wall of its third stomach. The impact caused the fish to vomit, which dissolved the Pure Gold and made its head lure blaze brighter before it sank away.

What is Bonbori in One Piece?

Bonbori is a colossal Giant Footballfish that appears in the special Heart of Gold. The creature carries the island of Alchemi inside one of its three stomachs and hides the Pure Gold within the glowing lure on its head.

How did Bonbori swallow the island of Alchemi?

About two centuries before the story's present, Bonbori was drawn to the Pure Gold sealed inside Myskina Olga's ring and swallowed nearly all of Alchemi along with its inhabitants while pursuing the ring.

What does Bonbori look like?

Bonbori resembles an anglerfish but on a massive scale, with dark red skin, red and white fins, rows of needle sharp teeth, and an enormous glowing lure dangling above its head.

Why did Bonbori's lure glow brighter?

Bonbori's lure shines intensely, and it blazed even brighter once the fish swallowed the complete Pure Gold, reflecting the treasure held within its body.

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