Sasaki

Sasaki is one of the Tobiroppo, the strongest six Shinuchi of the Beasts Pirates. Prior to joining Kaido's crew, he was the captain of his own crew.

Appearance


Sasaki is a very tall man at just shy of 3.2 meters, with a broad, portly build and light skin. He possesses sharp blue eyes underlined by notable creases, a mildly hooked nose, and a fang-filled mouth whose lower canines are especially big (jutting out even with his mouth closed), as well as a flat chin. His shaggy hair is of yellowish-green color and reaches down to his middle back, with a golden hoop earring visible on both his ears.

As for clothes, Sasaki's seem to be a distinct blend of traditional Japanese and attire associated with a soldier or dictator. On his head is a military-style cap with a black, low-set visor. Its white crown is extra-wide and puffy, dented breadthwise with a frontal raise, and split by a lengthwise seam. Above the black bottom edge (spaced from it) runs a black band lined with a row of gold studs, holding in the front a golden badge depicting a double-cross shape (eight arms of which the diagonal ones are less prominent, with a small middle stud). Set below, front and center, is a pair of slender, golden horns that curve upward, lending Sasaki (together with his fangs) a rather demonic look. Otherwise, the man wears a cloak akin to a seaman's, slung on his shoulders with the sleeves hanging back, that has a folded standup collar bearing on each side a badge like that of the hat (but the crosses only four-armed). The coat has a solid-white coloration over its upper half, which ends at roughly waist level in a downward-facing flame motif, contrasted against the dark-colored rest of the coat. Below, Sasaki's torso is bare, partly showing off a dark tattoo around the shoulder areas, including the upper arms, chest, and back, with many curved, vane-like shapes bringing on a resemblance to wings. For lower wear, Sasaki dons a hakama-like article resembling the bottom half of a double-breasted trench coat, which is flame-patterned the same as the cloak, closed by eight buttons, and held up by a common dark leather belt. Finally, Sasaki sports a pair of dark gloves and double-toothed geta sandals.

Personality
Sasaki appears to be cold, insubordinate and ambitious. According to King, Sasaki aims to become one of the Beasts Pirates' All Stars, and for this reason, he refuses to answer to the current ones, ignoring any attempts of summoning unless Kaido's name is attached to it. He also views his fellow members of the Tobiroppo as competition for his goals, considering them "contenders" at one point and mockingly discouraging both X Drake and Page One from pursuing advancement in the crew, calling the latter dead weight.

He seems to heavily respect and fear Kaido, as he looked forward to receiving a request from him and became serious and shocked when Ulti spoke rudely about their captain. He also has no interest in socializing with those below his rank, being only interested in fraternizing with Kaido.

It is implied that Sasaki likes parties and drinks, since Kyoshiro thought his presence outside the Golden Kagura was uncharacteristic of him. Sasaki, in fact, is rather cordial to those he considers friends, such as Kyoshiro himself, but does not tolerate betrayal from them, making sure any traitors pay.

Abilities and Powers
As one of the Tobiroppo, Sasaki holds great authority in the Beasts Pirates, only Kaido himself and the All-Stars ranked above him. As an ex-pirate captain, Sasaki used to have full command over his own crew at some point.

Combat-wise, Sasaki can be assumed to be very formidable as one of the strongest six Shinuchi, potentially worth challenging the All-Stars for their post (something Sasaki seems to be confident in his ability to do).

Weapons
Sasaki carries what appears to be a katana-style (albeit more broad-bladed) sword with a double set of tassels decorating its handle, on his left hip. It is unknown how proficient he is in its use.

Past
Sasaki captained his own pirate crew before he joined the Beasts Pirates. After joining them, he developed the goal of becoming one of the All-Stars by replacing a current one.

Wano Country Arc
Sasaki and the other Tobiroppo members arrived at Onigashima during the Fire Festival. Kaido had them brought into his fortress, and as they waited, they started discussing about which of them would be promoted to All-Star if Queen died. X Drake denied any interest in promotion, and Sasaki gladly accepted his noncompetitive attitude, suggesting that Page One do the same. Sasaki then looked forward to meeting with Kaido after their wait, and reacted with shock along with the other Tobiroppo when Ulti insulted their captain.



When Kaido arrived, he gave them the mission of finding his "son" Yamato, saying he would let them battle one of the All-Stars for their position if they succeeded. Later, letting his men search for Yamato at the southern side of Onigashima, Sasaki ran into Denjiro, whom he still thought to be Kyoshiro, an ally of Orochi's. Thus, with Sasaki's guard down, Denjiro managed to have him chained up.

As the raid on Onigashima raged on, an attack from Big Mom knocked over the sacred tree where Sasaki was imprisoned at, freeing him from his chains. Afterwards, he was found by his subordinates and while he was informed of the situation, Sasaki swore revenge on Denjiro. He later received a call from King informing the Tobiroppo that the challenge for an opportunity to fight the All-Stars was cancelled, and that they were to stop the enemy alliance from getting to the roof of the dome.

Trivia

 * Sasaki is possibly named after the card game "44A", also known as Sasaki (ササキ), fitting with the card game-themed names of the Shinuchi.
 * First in Chapter 982, Sasaki is shown holding a bottle of sake labelled with 鬼守 ("Demon Protecting"). This may be a reference to the well-known Japanese Onikoroshi (鬼ころし) brand of sake, with the meaning reversed to evoke Sasaki's allegiance to his Onigashima-based crew.
 * Sasaki's favorite food is asparagus.

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