Vasco Shot

Vasco Shot, monikered "Heavy Drinker", is one of the Ten Titanic Captains of the Blackbeard Pirates, as the captain of the Eighth Ship. He was originally one of several legendary criminals given a life sentence on Impel Down's Level 6, before being freed by Blackbeard and joining him.

Due to his actions and role, he is a supporting antagonist in the Marineford Arc, and a major antagonist in the Final Saga.

Appearance
Vasco Shot is a huge man, three times a normal man's height; of the Blackbeard Pirates' core members, his size is second only to Sanjuan Wolf's. He is stocky, overly top-heavy in build with thick arms, proportionate to his torso, that reach knee level, looking massive compared to his disproportionally shorter, thinner legs.

Shot has light skin with a red undertone, an extremely wide neck, and on top an unattractive face that is set most apart by his big, bulbous nose: uniform in its thickness, protruding down over his mouth and slightly frontward, with small, nearly unseen nose wings and a strange placement: its bridge starting higher than Shot's eyes are set. The latter are widely spaced beside his nose, drooping, with purplish-gray irises underlined by black lines (more prominent in the manga) that jut upward from the outer eye corners like lashes, and being topped by what seem to be thin, short brows always drawn downward, touching the nose's upper edge. Otherwise, Shot is seen with a perpetual, drunken smile, his mouth gaping wide, exposing his big, rounded teeth, with his tongue sticking out, salivating, thickening the apples of his cheeks (marked by blush marks), and forming prominent chin folds. His tall, rounded forehead is furrowed, with a black jester's hat above whose two cones bend over, and are tipped by white pompoms. Behind, his black, waved hair comes out to go down his back, and placed upon the sides of his neck (three on each) are large, golden ring piercings.

True to his moniker, Shot is always seen chugging on a large, yellowish gourd of liquor strapped on his back by a rope, which has the kanji "sake" (酒) on its bottom section. Clothes-wise, beside his hat, he has only been seen donning the basic Impel Down prison uniform, comprising a long-sleeved shirt and shorts striped black-and-white, plus white slip-on shoes.

Midway through the Egghead Arc, Shot's design changed from his previous appearance at Amazon Lily. He now wears dark lipstick and has a small star tattoo on the left-side of his forehead, as well as a darkened nose. His outfit now consists of a black feathered coat, worn over diamond-patterned overalls.

Personality
As his epithet suggests, Shot's general bearing is that of a nonchalant, somewhat dopey drunk; having yet to be seen in a sober state, how strongly inebriation affects his personality is unknown. He does seem to hate the idea of sobering up, as he at one point suggested to his crew that they invade a town somewhere solely because he had run out of booze.

However, Shot's apparent goofiness seems to bely his viciousness, which is established by the supposed cruelty of his crimes that led to his bygone imprisonment; said to be of outstanding brutality even by the standards of Impel Down's Level 6 prisoners, and as a result of which his very existence had to be erased from history. Upon his crew's arrival at the Summit War of Marineford, Shot was seen asking for permission to kill everyone present at the scene, suggesting a lust for battle. Vasco Shot has displayed a lecherous nature such as when he tried to dissuade Devon from killing Boa Hancock, suggesting that they could have fun with her if they took her away. He also felt enough lust towards Boa Hancock to be affected by her Devil Fruit ability.

Shot, like many characters, has a signature laughter style: "Toputoputopu" (トプトプトプ).

Abilities and Powers
Over the two-year timeskip, Shot has become one of Blackbeard's "Ten Titanic Captains" who personally guard the Emperor, acquiring great authority in the crew as captain of its eighth ship.

Next to nothing is yet known about what Shot is capable of in combat. However, he is strong enough to have been contained in Level 6 of Impel Down where only the world's worst, most dangerous criminals are held, where Emporio Ivankov considers him very notorious. This is checked, as when Blackbeard recruited him alongside other prisoners, he chose only those who could survive when pitted against all other Level 6 prisoners in a free-for-all battle royale.

Physical Abilities
Shot is shown to have impressive endurance, displayed when he took a quake shockwave from Whitebeard (albeit launched from afar rather than a direct hit) and thereafter one of the energy shockwaves from Sengoku's Daibutsu Form, and seemingly recovered swiftly each time.

Devil Fruit
Shot ate the Gabu Gabu no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit with alcohol-based powers. He has demonstrated the ability to take advantage of alcohol's flammable properties and attack with fire, but beyond that, the full capabilities of his powers are currently unknown.

Weapons
Shot was seen wielding a pistol while he participated in the killing of Whitebeard, In the anime he carried dual pistols.

Past
Vasco Shot was once one of the most feared criminals in the world, but was eventually caught by the World Government and given a life sentence in Impel Down's Level 6, whereby he was effectively erased from history. During his stay in the prison, he was very infamous among prisoners for his crimes, which were deemed incredibly brutal even compared to those committed by fellow inmates.

Impel Down Arc
When the Blackbeard Pirates invaded Impel Down, Shot fought to the death with the inmates of his cell under Marshall D. Teach's orders, and being victorious, was given freedom and recruited into the crew.

Marineford Arc


Shot eventually arrived with the Blackbeard Pirates, including fellow Level 6 inmates who had been recruited, at the ongoing war at Marineford to watch Whitebeard die. Shortly after Whitebeard had launched a quake shockwave at the crew and then started engaging in battle with Blackbeard, Shot joined his comrades in brutally assaulting Whitebeard, who Shot personally started barraging with bullets.

After Whitebeard had died, Shot assisted his fellow crewmates in covering Whitebeard's lifeless body in a black cloth, then guarding Blackbeard as he somehow stole Whitebeard's Devil Fruit powers beneath the cloth and subsequently emerged to demonstrate his newly acquired ability. Shot was then, along with the rest of his crew, attacked with a shockwave sent out by Sengoku in his giant Buddha form. Eventually, after Shanks had arrived to intervene in the war and end it, Shot left with his crewmates on their captain's order.

Post-War Arc


The Blackbeard Pirates later made their move in the New World, taking out Jewelry Bonney in the process. When the crew was seen bickering amongst each other while dwelling on a fiery island, Shot complained that he was running out of alcohol, and that they should next travel to an island with a town to get more. The Blackbeard Pirates' raft had been brought close to the point of destruction due to Sanjuan Wolf's size, and they had gotten in contact with the Marines to trade Jewelry Bonney for a battleship. Van Augur then alerted Teach that the battleship had arrived, but not for trade because Akainu was aboard. Knowing that the deal would not happen, the Blackbeard Pirates fled, leaving Bonney and her crew behind to be captured.

During the Timeskip
One year after the war at Marineford, the Blackbeard Pirates fought against the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, with their respective allies, and ultimately won.

The Blackbeard Pirates used their Teach's intimate knowledge of Whitebeard's former territory to conquer it. With Teach having become one of the Four Emperors, the Blackbeard Pirates have begun hunting down powerful Devil Fruit users in order to kill them and steal their abilities. At some point, the Blackbeard Pirates expanded and Vasco Shot became one of the Ten Titanic Captains, leading the eighth ship of the fleet.



When the crew encountered Kuzan on some island, Shot was among the several other Blackbeard Pirates that were frozen during the confrontation. After Shot and the others were thawed out, they all started drinking and laughing as they talked about the man with the burn scar and how he possesses the fourth and final Road Poneglyph that would help lead them to Laugh Tale. Shot was frozen again after Kuzan thought the pirates were planning to kill him in order to steal his Devil Fruit power. However, after clearing up the misunderstanding, Teach managed to convince the former Marine Admiral into joining the crew.

Following the events of the Rocky Port Incident the Blackbeard Pirates made the island Hachinosu their base of operations.

Zou Arc
The Blackbeard Pirates eventually attacked Baltigo, where the Revolutionary Army was headquartered, due to Jesus Burgess's discovery of said island. Baltigo had been left destroyed by the time the Marines and Cipher Pol arrived, but the Revolutionary Army had managed to escape. The Blackbeard Pirates fled after briefly clashing with Cipher Pol.

Wano Country Arc


Following the dissolution of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Shot accompanied his captain, along with Catarina Devon, to Amazon Lily so Blackbeard could claim Boa Hancock's Devil Fruit powers. While Devon wanted to take Hancock's head as a trophy, Shot wanted to keep her alive for his own lechery. During the battle, they were petrified by the Mero Mero no Mi, but thanks to the intervention of Silvers Rayleigh, Shot was returned to normal and was forced to leave the island with his crew. He later returned with Teach to Hachinosu after they abducted Koby and was present when Blackbeard told Koby about his plans to turn Hachinosu into a kingdom and listened to Kuzan explaining the nature of SWORD.

Egghead Arc


Days later, Koby had managed to escape the prison and after Avalo Pizarro managed to pinpoint the location of the breakout, Vasco Shot suggested to set the fire on town to cut off the prisoner's escape route, although he was scolded by Pizarro for that idea. He then watched when Garp arrived with a Marine ship and attacked Hachinosu. When Garp wreaked havoc on the island, Vasco Shot was unimpressed by Garp's title, doubting his strength, using his Devil Fruit powers to spit flames at Garp who shielded himself from the flames with surrounding pirates. After SWORD escaped with Koby, Shot and fellow Titanic Captains surround an injured and nearly frozen Garp.

Major Battles

 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Edward Newgate
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Fleet Admiral Sengoku
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Bonney Pirates
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Whitebeard Pirates (under Marco, unseen)
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Revolutionary Army (unseen)
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Cipher Pol (unseen)
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Yamakaji, Helmeppo and Koby vs. Boa Hancock
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Monkey D. Garp, SWORD & Marines
 * Vasco Shot vs. Monkey D. Garp

Playable Appearances

 * One Piece Treasure Cruise

Trivia

 * Shot's first name is likely based on alcohol "shots"—small servings (usually about 1-4 fl. oz) traditionally expected to be drunk in quick, single gulps.
 * The surname Vasco is likely based on the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, and/or Spanish explorer-conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa. More obscurely, it may also be derived from the Japanese pronunciation of "Tabasco" (タバスコ), a key component of the infamous "prairie fire" mix-drink.
 * Shot's favorite food is Shaoxing wine.
 * According to Oda, Shot has the longest nose of any character introduced in the series so far.
 * Shot's darkened nose might be a reference to the colloquial names for Rhinophyma, such as "drinker's nose" or "whiskey nose", due to the condition often being wrongly connected to alcoholism.

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