Vista

"Flower Sword" Vista is the fifth division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Appearance
Vista is a tall man with a curly mustache and a top hat. He wears a shirt with a diamond stripe pattern near the top that reveals some of his hairy chest as well as a cape. He is also very muscular and wields two sabers, one in each hand.

Vista was a member of the Whitebeard Pirates 20 years ago and had his trademark mustache and top hat then as well.

Personality
Like all division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, Vista seems to be very loyal to Whitebeard. He also seems to be modest.

Abilities and Powers
As commander of the fifth division of the Whitebeard Pirates, Vista has authority over the lower-ranking subordinates.

He has incredible reflexes, and is able to move very fast since he immediately backed up Luffy against Mihawk. He uses two swords.

He also seems to be a swordsman of world renown, shown by the strongest swordsman in the world comments that only a fool would not know Vista's name. Vista lives up to his reputation, and is capable of matching Juracule Mihawk in sword combat, remarking that each had managed to get a shot in on the other.

He is also capable of using Haki.

Marineford Arc
He first appeared in Ace's flashback, saying that he had guts for attempting to assassinate Whitebeard numerous times. In present day, he was first seen attacking with the other Whitebeard Pirates after Aokiji froze the bay and immobilized all the ships. Later, he was seen deflecting Vice-Admiral Ronse's axe attack with his swords. He then had his first formal introduction when Marco told him to back up Luffy from Mihawk's assault and he did so, successfully blocking Mihawk's sword with his own. As the Pacifista units move in, Vista and Mihawk decided to postpone their battle and escape from being surrounded. He, along with his fellow crewmates, is seen shocked when Whitebeard gets stabbed by Squad. He successfully made it onto Whitebeard's hidden black paddle-ship and was seen standing next to his crewmates. When Vista's fellow commanders Marco and Jozu are both of defeated by the Admirals, he showed panic. When Whitebeard ordered for everyone to back up Luffy to save Ace, Vista sliced down some bazooka blasts aimed at the Straw Hat captain, and urging him to keep going.

Marco, Vista & Atmos are then seen shock when they see Akainu penetrate Ace through the chest.

Major Battle

 * Vista and other pirates Vs. Ronse
 * Vista Vs. Juracule Mihawk (Postponed)
 * Vista and Marco Vs. Admiral Akainu

Translation and Dub Issues
"Vista" has several meanings in translation, such as "perspective" or "view". It can strickly speaking refer to either a point in the landscape or a mental opinion.

Trivia

 * He has been under Whitebeard's service for at least 20 years.