Five Elders



The heads of the Government are the Gorōsei (五老星 Five Elder Stars). They are the five men who rule above the Marines, the Cipher Pol and made a pact with the Shichibukai.

They are best described as (allong with anime/manga only specifics):

Noted to resemble a jewish rabbi.
 * Rabi-like gorousei:1th from the right.Has most sentences in the part,where the gorousei are introduced.


 * Tall,thin,moustached gorousei:2nd from right:spoke with clover.In the anime version of the gorousei's introduction,he is silent the entiere time.He has,so far,been only seen standing.


 * Bald Gorousei:3th from the right.Has large birth-mark spots on the head.In the anime version of the gorousei's introduction,he is silent the entiere time,while in the manga,it was HE who picked up Luffy's new poster and commneted on his bounty.


 * Budha like gorousei-4th from right:the eldest looking,bald,wearing glasses and having a samurai sword besides him.He is the only member of the gorousei who wears a white gí ,instead of a variation of a black suit.Noted to resemble a Budha depipction.


 * Young Gorousei:5th from right.Aparently the youngest member.Has blond hair.In the anime version of the gorousei's introduction,he is silent the entiere time.

The tall thin one with the moustache (second from right) spoke with Professor Clover. ordered Spandine to kill him (although in the anime and manga the person screaming into the Den Den Mushi is seen to be without such a moustache visible in the silhouete pick and so it maybe that it was another member) and initiate the Buster Call.

They have shown to have at least a basic knowledge of the occurrences of the Void century, according to their shocked reactions to professor Clover's statements.

They showed a paranoid fear of someone reviving the ancient weapons,twenty years ago,when speaking with Clover,however they were revealed to have possesed side motives when speaking of theese dangers.It was demonstrated that they would allow Spandam ,ten years later,to go and retrieve the blueprint of Pluton ,for their own use.

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They have apeared four times in the anime and three times in the manga.Note,however,that those are not the same apearances.The first apearance they have made in the manga was present in the anime,was,however altered along with the following shichibukai meeting.In the manga,each of them was given a speaking line,while in the anime,only two of them spoke,the majority of sentences being pronounced by the rabi-look-alike gorousei.Also,in the original,it was the bald gorousei who picked up Luffy's new wanted poster,but in the anime, it was the rabi-look alike again.

The cameo made by them when first hinting about Aokiji was skipped in the anime altogether, while in the scene,where they recieve the report of Whitebeard and Shanks meeting,they have been only heard in the original manga,but were seen in the anime episode 316,coresponding to that part.

Another change was that in their apearance in Robins flashback on Ohara,all were seen only in shadows,while in the anime,we have been shown the face of the thin, moustahced gorousei clearly and in light.