Rika

Rika is a young girl from Shells Town, and the daughter of Ririka. She currently serves as a waitress at the 153rd Marine Branch.

Appearance
Rika is a young girl with black eyes, and dark hair done in pigtails. When she first met the Straw Hat Pirates, she wore a striped one-piece dress with what appeared to be a drawstring hood.

After two years, she has become taller and grown her hair out (though she continues to wear pigtails). Her Marine waitress uniform consists of an apron embroidered with a Marine emblem, a cook's bandana, and simple black shoes.

Personality
Rika is remarkably compassionate and brave for her age, enough to risk her life for people who have helped her (e.g. Zoro), and even extend friendship to former enemies (e.g. Helmeppo). At the same time, she can easily fall into tears or tantrums when frustrated.

Abilities and Powers
A budding cook, Rika can currently make a "sweet and mild curry" that is extremely popular among the Marines of the 153rd.

Romance Dawn Arc
Rika was almost attacked by Helmeppo's pet wolf, but Roronoa Zoro defended her. Because Helmeppo saw this as a crime towards himself, he had the Marines imprison Zoro for thirty days.

Rika tried to thank Zoro by offering him onigiri while he was imprisoned, but he refused and told her to go away. Helmeppo then came in and took them away from her rudely, saying that if she gave them to Zoro, it would be as if she were the accomplice of a criminal. Helmeppo then spit the onigiri out complaining that they had sugar in them instead of salt. Rika replied saying she thought it would make them taste better. Helmeppo then ordered a Marine to throw her out, but luckily, Monkey D. Luffy caught Rika as she flew over the wall.

After Helmeppo left, Luffy talked to Zoro, who asked the pirate to feed him the stomped on onigiri. Zoro then asked Luffy to tell Rika that they were delicious. Luffy later passed on the message, and Rika explained the situation to Luffy and Koby.

Rika complimented Luffy after he punched Helmeppo, but Rika's mother ushered her away from the pirate. However, after the pirates defeated Marine Captain Morgan and Helmeppo, Rika and her mother fed Luffy, Zoro, and Koby as thanks for saving the town. Rika watched as the Marines requested the pirates to leave town. Koby refused to leave with Luffy since he wanted to become a Marine, and Rika and her mother watched in shock as Koby and Luffy punched each other.

Diary of Koby-Meppo
Rika later becomes friends with both Helmeppo and Koby during their stay in Shells Town, and becomes upset when the two leave with Vice Admiral Garp.

From the Decks of the World
After the timeskip, she appears to be more mature, and is training at the Marine base in Shells Town to become a waitress. She seems to be much better at cooking, and is popular among the Marines. She also has a bounty poster of Monkey D. Luffy hanging on her workplace.

Translation and Dub Issues
The 4kids anime, in one of its earliest (and most infamous) edits, digitally changed the riceballs Rika made for Zoro into Western-style cookies. This edit was markedly inconsistent, even in how many "cookies" were left after Helmeppo took one.

Non-Playable Appearances

 * One Piece: Become the Pirate King!
 * Birth of Luffy's Dream Pirate Crew!
 * Aim! The King of Belly
 * One Piece (Game Boy Advance)
 * One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World

Trivia

 * She later appeared in a filler episode as well as TV Special 4 where she is friends with Ninjin, Piiman, and Tamanegi.

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