Brook



Brook is a skeleton who was found by the Straw Hats onboard a ghost ship after they opened a mysterious barrel adrift on the open ocean and escaped from a mysterious storm. He is a tall skinny skeleton dressed in formal attire complete with top hat and cane. While he looks like a gentleman, he possesses very bad manners such asking to see ladies' panties and waiting paitently for food. Despite being completely fleshless, his head still has an afro which he says is because his hair has deep roots. After Luffy, Nami, and Sanji board his ship, and being punched by Nami for indencency, Luffy asked him to join his crew. Brook accepted much to everyone's surprise.

After boarding the Thousand Sunny and joining the Straw Hats for dinner, Brook explained his past.. Brook used to be pirate whose job was being a musician who plays the violin. Upon entering the Florian Triangle, he and his crewmates were attacked by pirates. He was killed in the battle however since he ate the Yomi Yomi no Mi, his soul was able to return to his body after one year.

It was later revealed that Brook had no reflection or shadow. Brook explained that his shadow was stolen by someone. Because of this, he couldn't go out into the sunlight else he would disentegrate like a similar person who also lost his shadow. With this, Brook humbly declined to join the Straw Hats since he felt he would be a burden to them. Luffy however promised Brook that he would get Brook's shadow back.

Suddenly, just as Brook was about to perform before the Straw Hats, a ghost appeared out of the wall. Brook, followed by the Straw Hats, then rushed out of the kitchen and found out that the Thousand Sunny was apparently inside some sort of monster and drifting apparently beside an island from West Blue, Thiller Park. Upon seeing this, Brook said his farewell and jumped off board the ship and ran across the water to the island.