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Zephyr (ゼファー), better known as his alias "Black Arm" Z (黒腕のゼット) was the leader of the Neo Marines and the main antagonist of the One Piece Film Z. He was once a Marine admiral before his resignation.

Appearance
Zephyr appeared as a big and muscular man with short purple hair and a large mechanical right arm connected to the left hip with some mast rigging. He dressed in a Marine-like coat with his Jolly Roger impressed on it and baggy trousers tucked into his boots.

Personality
He appears to hate pirates, as he formed a group to take matters into his own hands and annihilate them all himself even if it also means going against both the World Government and the Marines.

Abilities and Powers
In a trailer, he is referred to as being the strongest enemy that the Straw Hats have faced yet.

In the past he was a Marine admiral, which means his command over the soldiers within the organization was once the second highest, just underneath the fleet admiral. He also had the authority to issue a Buster Call on any island he deemed a threat, and could give that authority to any World Government agent. With his resignation, he forfeited such privileges.

Being an admiral means he was once crowned as the World Government's greatest military power, being among the strongest individual fighters within the government and Marine organizations of his time. In the trailer, it was also shown that he could charge at his opponents with a lot of speed despite his size and the weapon he carries, and was able to counter Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji's (all of whom were trained by some of the most powerful figures in the world) attacks against him with little problem.

Weapons
He had a mechanical arm that is named Smasher (スマッシャー) which he used as a powerful bludgeoning weapon. He seemed to be considerably strong since the large arm did not slow him down.

Haki
It was stated that all Marines with a rank of Vice Admiral and above can use Haki, so Zephyr was capable of using it. He was seen using his Busoshoku Haki in a battle with Monkey D. Luffy.

History
For a yet unknown reason, he resigned his position as a Marine admiral, and then formed his own version of the Marines, the Neo Marines, whose target is to destroy all pirates. Zephyr also stole the Dyna Stone from the Marines for his own agenda.

Trivia

 * Zephyr shares his name with Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος), the Greek personification of the west wind.
 * More of his characteristics, like his coat or the Jolly Roger, reveal a former affiliation with the Marines.
 * In one of the first trailers, one of the film logos that appears is the original Marine symbol.
 * He shares some similarities with Gasparde:
 * Both crews' jolly rogers indicate a relationship with the Marines.
 * Both were high-ranking Marine officers before their departure (though their reasons and paths chosen were different).
 * Zephyr also shares many similarities with the main antagonist of the movie Strong World, Shiki:
 * Both are the antagonists of movies overseen by Oda himself during the whole process.
 * Both also have remarkable prostheses, with Shiki having two swords replacing his feet and Zephyr having a huge mechanical arm.
 * Both characters have elements found in ships in their own bodies, with Shiki having a steering wheel on his head and Zephyr having two mast rigging across his chest, possibly supporting his mechanical arm.
 * It was stated in the One Piece: Film Z movie guide that Z received his mechanical arm from a government scientist after his own arm was removed by a pirate who is now a Shichibukai.

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