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Bran is the pickpocket hero of Future Present from God, a one-shot by Eiichiro Oda. Determined to reform yet unable to quit lifting wallets, he is handed a notebook that foretells the future, and his thieving talent ends up saving both his own life and a small boy's.

Origin: Earth
Status: Alive
Occupation: Pickpocket
Also Known As: Branco (VIZ Media)
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Appearance

Bran sports green hair and a face that calls Roronoa Zoro to mind. He layers a dark olive vest over a pale blue long-sleeved shirt and wears dark trousers.

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Personality

For all his vows to go straight, Bran has a paper-thin will, lifting a wallet only moments after swearing off the habit and then talking himself into keeping the loot. Underneath the bad habit he is decent at heart and enjoys outwitting people cleverly. He also thinks fast under pressure, clearing an entire crowded mall on God's command and working out how to save both himself and a trapped child in a matter of seconds. As a pickpocket his skill is remarkable.

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History

Resolving to give up theft and perform one good deed each day, Bran promptly undid the pledge by lifting a passerby's wallet out of sheer reflex, then kept the money while insisting it would be his final crime. The lapse disappointed God, who had briefly believed the thief reformed and now decided to drop a meteorite on his house, only to misspell the target as Branchi, the name of a busy department store. Disguised, God handed Bran a notebook foretelling everything to come, and as each predicted event unfolded, Bran reached the final entry warning that a meteorite would strike Branchi. At first he shrugged it off, certain no one would believe him.

Toying with the idea of rewriting fate, Bran learned from God that only the pen of fate could alter the book, a tool God alone possessed, proven when a written line sent him floating into the air. God then explained the spelling slip, which handed Bran a chance to live, namely to save everyone inside the store and be spared. After refusing and failing to have the line erased, since God had long ago lost the eraser of fate, Bran reluctantly set out, swiping a gun off a street thug along the way. Unable to convince the store's CEO of the danger, he seized the building's radio booth at gunpoint and announced a planted bomb to clear the crowds. The customers fled and mocked him as a liar, until a cry rang out from the sixth floor. Bran dashed back in for the child and leapt from a window with the boy in his arms just before the meteorite landed, somehow surviving the crash. God was later seen holding the notebook, in which Bran had written that he would live.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Bran in One Piece?

Bran is the pickpocket protagonist of Future Present from God, a one-shot by Eiichiro Oda. He wants to reform but cannot resist stealing wallets, and a notebook that predicts the future ends up helping him save both himself and a boy named Yoshio.

What happens when Bran breaks his vow to stop stealing?

After vowing to quit theft, Bran immediately picks a passerby's pocket out of reflex and keeps the money, disappointing God, who had believed he had reformed. God then plans to drop a meteorite on Bran's house, but misspells the target as Branchi, a busy department store.

What is the notebook God gives Bran?

The notebook God hands Bran foretells everything that will happen, ending with a warning that a meteorite will strike the department store Branchi. Bran learns that only the pen of fate, held solely by God, can change what is written in it.

How does Bran save people from the meteorite?

Bran steals a gun from a street thug, seizes the department store's radio booth, and falsely announces a bomb to clear the building. When a boy is trapped on the sixth floor, he rushes back inside and leaps from a window with the child moments before the meteorite hits, and both survive.

What does Bran look like?

Bran has green hair and a face that resembles Roronoa Zoro's. He wears a dark olive vest over a pale blue long-sleeved shirt with dark trousers.

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