Kin'emon

Abilities and Powers
As the leader of the Nine Red Scabbards, Kin'emon has a certain degree of authority among the group. As such, he is an experienced leader who can take charge during a crisis and is capable of successfully rallying soldiers to war. The other Scabbards appear to respect Kin'emon as a leader, most notably Denjiro.

Before becoming a proper samurai, Kin'emon was nothing more than a thug who assaulted and stole from people, but his strength and reputation were already recognized by the Wano's criminal scene at the time, as attested by Hyogoro, the most prominent yakuza of the Flower Capital.

One of Kin'emon's more unique capabilities is his ability to speak through farting. This was convenient since it allowed Kin'emon a certain method of communication after getting cut up by Law at Punk Hazard, as his legs had been attached to a dragon's body while his head remained confined in a cell in the Third Research Institute. Incidentally, Kin'emon also showed that his legs could utilize Kenbunshoku Haki by themselves.

Physical Abilities
Kin'emon has an extreme amount of superhuman strength, to the point that cutting through thick steel is a trivial task for him. He also possesses an immense endurance to pain and cold; his head alone was capable of withstanding Sanji's powerful kicks, while his torso could endure freezing temperatures that a normal person would typically die from, not to mention the biting of a vicious shark. During the end of the Dressrosa Arc, Kin'emon aided in slowing down the contraction speed of Doflamingo's Birdcage by pushing against with his Haki-infused swords. Caesar's Shinokuni also seemed to have little effect on him even if it managed to petrify his body, as he did not receive any sort of medical treatment post-release despite coming in contact with the deadly gas.

At age 15, Kin'emon challenged and survived through the violent rampage of the Mountain God, a gigantic boar, and was able to injure it with his katana, making it bleed.

Tactical Skills
Noted by Orochi for his tactical intellect, Kin'emon is an extremely clever tactician, having been the one to formulate most of the strategies behind the alliance's revolution against Emperor Kaido.

At Dressrosa, Kin'emon was the one who up with the idea of disguising Zoro, Luffy, and himself as toys with animal costumes to get away from the Marines without drawing attention. Kin'emon was also smart enough to disguise himself as Donquixote Doflamingo while searching through the Dressrosa Royal Palace, allowing him to trick Gladius without the latter suspecting him of being an intruder. At Onigashima, Kin'emon would employ similar tactics, camouflaging the members of the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance in uniforms of the Beasts Pirates, allowing them to better infiltrate Kaido's domain and assimilate among his forces while remaining undetected until the time of the confrontation. Kin'emon also made sure that every ship used by the samurai sank upon landing on Onigashima, with the intent of erasing evidence of their presence from the Orochi Oniwabanshu.

Kin'emon's strategies, however, are not always flawless, sometimes requiring an extraordinary amount of luck for them to come into fruition. In order to recruit Shutenmaru, his former comrade and leader of the Mt. Atama Thieves, Kin'emon successfully framed his group for stealing supplies from the Beasts Pirates in order to provoke conflict between them, so Ashura would find himself forced to join the rebellion out of survival, but that ended up backfiring when Ashura discovered Kin'emon's scheme. The bandit eventually rejoined the Scabbards anyway, but mostly because of Yasuie's convenient sacrifice. Something similar happened later at the start of the Onigashima raid, where Kin'emon managed to accidentally mislead the alliance's traitor because he turned out to be the only samurai in all of Wano to not realize the real meaning of Yasuie's secret message, having overthought its contents and expecting everybody else to have followed the same logical process he did.

Swordsmanship


As the leader of the Nine Red Scabbards of Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon is one of the most powerful samurai of Wano, noted by Orochi himself to be an incredibly strong master in swordsmanship. His skills are extremely versatile, able to wield either one or dual wield both his swords with incredible power and precision. Even after getting dismembered into several body parts by the Ope Ope no Mi, Kin'emon was capable of putting up a fight with his legs, recklessly attacking Luffy's party when they encountered him. His torso alone was able to match Brook in swordsmanship, utilizing a two-sword style despite the lack of a head or legs. Alongside Zoro and Brook, Kin'emon was able to cut down multiple G-5 Marines with great ease and is capable of cutting steel as well.

During his youth, Kin'emon's skills were acknowledged by Hyogoro, who stated that his subordinates could never stand a chance against him mano-a-mano. He was shown being able to fight on par with Ashura Doji during a sparring session.



Kin'emon specializes in a sword style he calls Kitsunebi-ryu (狐火流). He is somehow capable of generating, attacking with, and cutting fire with one of his swords. Using this, he had no problem cutting through Smiley's pieces (which were highly flammable) and subsequently slash through the resulting explosion. His fire enhanced sword slashes are powerful enough to seriously injure a dragon, despite its scales being stronger than steel. Kin'emon's skills in using this sword style were proficient enough to split apart even Kaido's Bolo Breath. Moreover, Kin'emon is capable of emulating Oden's signature Oden Nitoryu style, allowing him to perform one of his techniques.

He also has a small dagger with him, although it appears that he only carries it around to commit seppuku if a situation calls for it.

Techniques

 * Togen Totsuka: One of Kozuki Oden's signature techniques. Kin'emon hardens his swords using "Ryuo", then leaps toward his opponent performing an X-shaped slash powerful enough to give the nigh-invincible Kaido his permanent scar. "Totsuka" is a reference to the four Totsuka-no-Tsurugi mentioned in Japanese mythology, one of them being Ame no Habakiri. In the VIZ Media translation, this is called Paradise Totsuka. Kin'emon is shown using this technique alongside Denjiro, Ashura Doji, and Inuarashi, and together they all able to simultaneously slash the same X-shaped scar given to Kaido by Oden 20 years ago.

Medical Expertise


During the Nine Red Scabbards' battle against Kaido, Kin'emon demonstrated sufficient medical ability when, in the heat of battle, he was able to use his Kitsunebi-ryu flames to safely cauterize Kikunojo's wound after her arm was severed.

Devil Fruit


Kin'emon ate the Fuku Fuku no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to transform objects placed on a person's head into various articles of clothing, which disappear once removed or damaged enough. Furthermore, he must first visualize the appearance of the clothes, otherwise his creations are limited.

While not a combat-oriented Devil Fruit, the Fuku Fuku no Mi is still a highly convenient, versatile ability. Thanks to it, Kin'emon can provide quick disguises for anyone, letting them move around enemy territory undetected. Weather is also not a concern as Kin'emon can just provide the necessary attire for survival.

Like many characters from Wano, Kin'emon considers his Devil Fruit ability a form of sorcery. He is aware of his weakness to drowning though.

Kenbunshoku Haki
Kin'emon has shown the ability to use Kenbunshoku Haki, as even after getting split by Law, his legs and his torso were able to fight, and even defeat people without being attached to his head. When Kin'emon's disembodied legs first "spoke", they said it could feel the "aura" of other people around it, accurately attacking them. Furthermore, his separated body parts navigated through Punk hazard's geography by sensing their surroundings (although his legs still managed to somehow get stuck to a dragon).

Busoshoku Haki


Kin'emon has incredible skill in Busoshoku Haki, known in Wano as "Ryuo" His Busoshoku Haki is strong enough to withstand the Birdcage's razor sharp threads, which can slice cannon balls with ease. When fueled by rage, his Haki-infused sword was able to pierce Kaido's nigh invulnerable body.