Speed

Speed is a Shinuchi of the Beasts Pirates who is stationed in Bakura Town. However, she became a subordinate to Tama due to the latter's Devil Fruit powers and became an ally of the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance. She has been dubbed Umami (ウマ美) by Tama and Monkey D. Luffy.

Appearance
Speed is a tall woman who, due to her Devil Fruit, resembles a centaur, with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse. The right half of her hair is white while the left half is dark-blue. She has purple eye irises, and a furry tail that is white on the left-side, and dark-blue on the right-side. She also has a light-pink piercing on her left long horse ear, and light-pink goggles on her head. She wears a half-white, half-light-blue jacket that exposes her cleavage, with dark-blue shoulder pauldrons, a short black feather cape, a light-pink pearl-like necklace wrapped around her neck, three sets of light-blue bead bracelets on her left and right wrists, two sets of silver metal armbands on her left and right forearms, white gloves on each hand, and has a saddle on the back of her horse body that has a variety of accessories on it. Whenever she smiles, her mouth resembles that of a horse.

Personality


Speed is a serious woman who cares about her duties and can get annoyed if she sees others goofing around. She is also proud because she does not like being given orders. Despite this, she seems cheerful when she is praised and will smile like a horse in a humorous fashion when complimented or treated well. She seems to like explaining her powers to other people, as seen when she boasted about her great range of vision.

After being tamed by Tama, Speed began to affectionately call her "Master".

Beasts Pirates
As a Shinuchi, she was put in charge of low ranking members of the Beasts Pirates who caused nothing but test her patience when it came to doing their jobs competently. She became enraged at them when they were goofing off instead of putting out a burning building, causing her to lose her temper. Her subordinates seem to hold her in high regard, often showering her with compliments.

Tama
Upon Tama using her Devil Fruit abilities, she was able to fully tame Speed, who went from very stern to carefree and happy once Tama becomes her new master. Speed became very protective over Tama, letting her sit on her back and letting her ride her. She even went so far as to defy Kaido in order to protect Tama, putting her life in jeopardy to save her.

Monkey D. Luffy


Speed first encountered Luffy when he was rampaging in Bakura Town, earning her wrath. She was further enraged and shocked at Luffy attempting to ride her like a regular horse. She did not tolerate Luffy touching her until she was tamed by Tama, who changed her demeanor. After this, she grew to tolerate Luffy riding on her back. After Luffy found her injured in Okobore Town, Luffy made sure she was out of harm's way before fighting Kaido.

Abilities and Powers
As a Shinuchi in the Beasts Pirates, Speed holds a high position in the crew and has authority over the lower-ranking members, and she is one of the top authorities in Bakura Town along with Holdem and Basil Hawkins.

Devil Fruit
Speed is a Horse SMILE (ウマの) user, giving her the lower body and ears of a horse. Her field of vision is greatly increased as well, with her claiming it to be 350 degrees. Her horse legs make her a very fast runner, and she is also capable of carrying people on her back.

However, since she is part horse, she is susceptible to Tama's animal-taming Devil Fruit power.

Weapons
Speed carries a bow on her back, although she has not been seen using it.

She is shown using it in the anime, and was skilled enough to launch a barrage of arrows quickly.

Haki
In the anime, she is shown to be capable of Busoshoku Haki, imbuing her arrows with it to boost their power.

Wano Country Arc
Speed went into the Paradise Farm to collect provisions for her and her crewmates stationed in Bakura Town. She heard the fire bell ringing, and ensured that the fire was put out as she arrived at the recently destroyed remains of Holdem's house. She then brought the Treasure Ship of Provisions to Holdem as she asked him what was going on, and watched as her fellow Shinuchi and some of her subordinates were suddenly taken out by Monkey D. Luffy and Roronoa Zoro.



Speed was shocked at Holdem's defeat when Luffy, thinking she was a horse, tried to ride on her back. Speed got angry, but when Tama offered some kibi dango made from her body, she ate it and became subservient to Tama, carrying her and Luffy out of Bakura Town as they made their way to Okobore Town. After Tama ate some food from the Treasure Ship of Provisions, Speed escorted her back to her home.

On the way, both Speed and Tama were attacked by Kaido when the Emperor discovered them. Speed was unable to protect Tama and she was greatly injured. She then traveled back to Okobore Town and collapsed. When Luffy found her, Speed told him what happened. He then put her out of harm's way as he fought Kaido.

When Tama was left behind, she expressed her wish to support the alliance, so Speed complied taking Tama on her own vessel. While inbound to Onigashima, Speed expressed her worry when Tama started to exhaust herself from making too many Kibi Dango's. However Tama waved aside her worry by expressing how she wished to live in a Wano without Kaido and Orochi. Speed then resolved herself to fulfill her master's wish, alongside Daifugo and Gazelleman who were also converted into Tama's ally by the dangos. After arriving, the three distributed Tama's dangos to the other Gifters, with Speed claiming it to be a medicine to restore the injured SMILE users created by Queen.

Major Battles

 * Speed vs. Kaido (unseen)
 * Speed vs Beasts Pirates (unseen)

Filler Battles

 * Speed vs. Roronoa Zoro and Kikunojo

Anime and Manga Differences
The anime gave Speed more scenes than in the manga. At Bakura Town, she puts up a fierce fight, firing volleys of Haki-infused arrows at Zoro and Kiku, who are able to push through her arrow shots and escape.

Also in the anime, Speed is shown putting up a desperate stand against her former leader Kaido, who greatly injures her and Tama with a fire blast.

Playable Appearances

 * One Piece Treasure Cruise

Trivia

 * Speed is possibly named after the card game of the same name or the name variant of a card game, fitting with the Beasts Pirates' playing card naming theme.
 * Speed is the first named SMILE Devil Fruit user who possesses a fruit that has the ability of another already existing Devil Fruit, the Uma Uma no Mi.
 * Speed came in 187th in the ONE PIECE Worldwide Popularity Poll.
 * Eiichiro Oda ranked Speed as his third favorite SMILE user design, behind only Holdem and Hamlet. Oda wished to make her a woman since most centaurs are depicted as men, though has avoided drawing her horse feet in order to make her look more beautiful.

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