Heart Pirates

The Heart Pirates are an infamous and notable rookie pirate crew discovered on the Sabaody Archipelago around the time the Straw Hat Pirates arrived there. Their potential is further seen with the release of Haki by Silvers Rayleigh, against which nearly every notable crewmate was able to withstand.

Pirate Flag
Like many other pirates from the North Blue, the Heart Pirates do not use a skull and crossbones, but a smiley instead. It resembles a virus.

Known Crewmembers
The crew appears to have at least nine members, including Law himself. The most prominent feature of the crew is that they all wear the same boiler-suit apparel, other than Law himself, as well as Bart, a new recruit who changed into a black shirt. A similar clothing design has also been seen being worn by the Tenryuubitos' slaves, with the only notable difference being that the Heart Pirates have their jolly roger on their suits. At least 5 crew members including Trafalgar Law and the newly recruited Jean Bart have been confirmed. Later on, more crewmates were revealed, as seen in Chapter 591. It appears that Bepo and two of the main unnamed members are all proficient in martial arts, of which they all seem stylistically similar. Also, Law is the doctor onboard. The crew has been seen using a submarine as their mode of transportation.

Crew Strength
It can be presumed that they are a strong crew for them to have made it all the way to Sabaody Archipelago. With the addition of the new member, famous pirate Captain Jean Bart, the crew may have grown even stronger. All crewmembers were able to withstand a blast of Haki from Silvers Rayleigh. Like the rest of supernova, they were able to escape Kizaru raid. They were also able to make it to Marineford where the war was taking place not long after leaving Sabaody Archipelago. They also seem to have medical expertise, as their submarine is supplied with what looks like a complete operating theater, and their Captain is a medic capable enough to heal Luffy while he was on the verge of death.

Trivia

 * The crew's name is possibly a reference to the medical expertise of its captain and general medical theme, as the heart is one of the many organs that may receive surgical operations nowadays.
 * In the Japanese fandom, the two unnamed pirates are often called "Penguin" (ペンギン) and "Casquette" (キャスケット). The former after the word on his cap, and the latter after the Japanese name of the type of hat he wears.

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