Salvage King Masira is the ape-like boss of the Masira Pirates and a member of the Saruyama Alliance near Jaya, a boisterous shipwreck-hauler who became a friend of the Straw Hats during their search for the sky.
Masira looks like a man crossed with an ape, decked out in an orange-yellow jumpsuit with headphones and goggles, his arms enormous and his wrists ringed with piercings. A tail drifts in and out of view, clearest when Bellamy tackled him or when he lugged timber to mend the Going Merry. After the timeskip he trades the jumpsuit for a shirt bearing the same design but otherwise looks unchanged.
He puts on a serious front but is in truth goofy and slow-witted, quick to anger, above all at any hint that someone might poach his salvage hauls. For all that, he is warm-hearted and easily charmed by anyone who admires his diving or simply calls him a monkey, and he, like his sworn brother Shoujou, regards Mont Blanc Cricket as a father figure. His signature cackle runs 'Ukikikiki!'
Born in the North Blue, Masira bonded with Shoujou over a shared love of fantastical tales, and the pair swore brotherhood. Eight years before the present, they came to help Cricket chase the legend of Noland and the lost City of Gold. He is monstrously strong, able to floor a giant eel with a single 'Saru Naguri' punch underwater, and his vast lung capacity lets him raise sunken ships by exhaling a colossal air bubble, fitting his Salvage King title. He meets the Straw Hats in the Jaya Arc, briefly ends up aboard the Going Merry before being kicked off, and together with Shoujou helps refit the ship for the climb to Skypiea. After Luffy rings the Shandorian bell and proves the sky island real, the alliance follows Cricket toward their next dream, later combing the seas for the fabled Nakrowa even as Vegapunk's broadcast warns that the world has flooded.

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Masira, known as Salvage King Masira, is the ape-like boss of the Masira Pirates and a member of the Saruyama Alliance who becomes a friend of the Straw Hats during their search for the sky.
The Saruyama Alliance is led by Mont Blanc Cricket and includes Masira and his sworn brother Shoujou, who both regard Cricket as a father figure in their shared quest for the legendary City of Gold.
Masira is monstrously strong, capable of flooring a giant eel underwater with a single Saru Naguri punch, and his vast lung capacity lets him raise sunken ships by exhaling a huge air bubble.
Masira meets the Straw Hats during the Jaya Arc, briefly joins the Going Merry before being kicked off, and then helps Shoujou refit the ship for the climb to Skypiea.
Masira puts on a serious front but is actually goofy, slow witted, and quick to anger, especially at anyone who might poach his salvage hauls, though he is warm hearted and easily charmed by praise.
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