Sealed

Sealed
Sealed
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Japanese Name:	封印者
Romanized Name:	Fūin-sha
Official English Name:	Sealed
Debut:	One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
Affiliations:	Popora
Occupations:	Island leader
Status:	Deceased
Japanese VA:	Osamu Saka
Funi English VA:	Bill Flynn

Sealed was an old man from now-lost civilization that existed one thousand years ago. One of the builders of the Great Tree, he eventually abandoned this project after seeing the folly of it and stole one of his home's Orbs, which he arrived on another island in Paradise with. Becoming the acting leader of this island, he used his Orb to ensure prosperity for the land and create Popora. However, when his Orb got stolen to create the Evil Guardian, Sealed would sacrifice himself to seal away the monster with his Orb when it turned on its creators, although not before regretfully leaving Popora with the heavy duty of guarding the Evil Guardian's seal. However, his spirit would be trapped in his Orb for the next thousand years until the Straw Hat Pirates defeated the Evil Guardian. As his spirit ascended into the afterlife, Sealed provided Popora with new friends to keep him company and the permission to live for himself.

Sealed is a major side character in One Piece: Unlimited Adventure.

Appearance

Sealed was a tall man with light skin, white spiky hair, and a white spiky beard with part being shaped like an arrow on his lower lip. He had thin eyebrows and very prominent cheek bones, as well as deep creases around his mouth.

For attire, he wore dark, round glasses and a tall, light-colored hat that had a diamond pattern on the front, a small, circular object on the top, and a feather hanging off of it. He also wore a long, light-colored cloak that had a zipper down the front, a pair of socks that went above the knee, and loafer-like shoes. He had a necklace made of large beads that held an Orb and a bell. He was usually seen sitting in his wheelchair, which had only two large wheels, and carrying a golden polearm.

Gallery

A close-up of Sealed's face.

Sealed's full-body appearance.

Personality

A kind and benevolent man, Sealed was quite caring in life. As seen in his motivations to provide a bountiful and beautiful land for Popora and his adopted island's residents, he wished only for everyone to be safe and happy. Also, though he was angry and disappointed at the island's residents when they wanted Popora to fight off invading pirates and later took his Orb to use for their own purposes, he never seemed to hold a grudge against them for this, implying that he was very forgiving, too.

Sealed was shown to be very wise. Despite being one of the builders of the Great Tree, he recognized the folly in trying to create a "tool of justice" like that and eventually abandoned the project in order to pursue a different path. He also seemed to take great interest in preparing for the future, notably by researching the Orbs for the sake of future generations.

Sealed was a very honorable man. He held things like promises in high regard, being filled with regret and shame when he could not keep his promise to Popora of making their island the paradise it was meant to be after the Evil Guardian went on a rampage. He was also brave and daring since he went to the extent to protect Popora and their island from the Evil Guardian by sealing the monster away at the cost of his own life.

Relationships

Popora

Sealed uses his Orb to give life to Popora.

Sealed created Popora with the power of his Orb and his good-hearted spirit. He cared greatly for Popora and loved him like a father would love a son, and he also named him for the sake of convenience. He also shared his dream of making his adopted island a paradise with him. Later, when the island's residents wanted to use Popora, he defended him and told them that he was not created to be a weapon. When he later had to sacrifice himself, Sealed regretfully entrusted Popora with the responsibility of protecting the island and keeping the Evil Guardian sealed away until someone would come along and free him from his burden.

Evil Guardian

When the idea of animating the statue of the island's guardian deity came up in discussion of how to protect his island, Sealed strongly disapproved of this and warned the islanders of the consequences of giving something life out of hate. When the islanders went through with it anyway, and the Evil Guardian was created, it turned against the islanders and slaughtered all of them, leaving behind only Sealed and Popora. Sealed felt that the entity's existence was his fault, so he took it upon himself to seal it away.

Island's Residents

Sealed seemed to be the acting leader of his adopted island since the island's residents would address him for help and guidance. Sealed himself provided the island with bountiful harvests and cared greatly for their well being. The residents, however, began to distrust Sealed when he would not use Popora to protect their island. In defiance, they used his Orb to animate the statue of their guardian deity, but it killed everyone but Sealed and Popora in the process. Despite this betrayal, Sealed would visit the grave errected in the islanders' memory out of respect and vowed to seal the entity away to avenge them.

Monkey D. Luffy

Sealed was very grateful towards Monkey D. Luffy for his kindness towards Popora and thanked him for being the creature's friend when his spirit was released from his Orb. For unspecified reasions however, the rest of Luffy's crew could not see or hear him.

Abilities and Powers

Though Sealed was an old man by the time of his passing, he did have decent endurance and willpower, being able to hold off the Evil Guardian with his Orb for some time before sealing him away.

Orb

Sealed was in possession of an Orb, an artifact that allowed him to give shape to people's thoughts. With it, he was able to pull off miraculous feats, such as creating Popora, provide his adopted island with bountiful harvests, create immensely sturdy energy barriers, and seal away the Evil Guardian.

Weapons

Sealed was seen carrying a polearm with a hammer on the end of it, but he has not been shown fighting with it. It is unknown how skilled he was in using it.

History

Past

Sealed originated from a now-lost civilization that existed long ago (at least more than a millennium) on a distant island. Back them, he was one of the builders of the Great Tree, an entity meant to administrate justice and select future leaders, which was made with the aid of artifacts his civilization had discovered: the Orbs. However, like many of the builders of the Great Tree, Sealed drifted away from the project. Apparently, Sealed's reason for doing so was because he saw the folly in trying to create a "tool of justice" for a task like electing leaders. As a researcher of the Orbs, Sealed subsequently stole one of the Orbs and departed for another island with it to study it for future generations on another path. This made him a wanted man by his homeland, who needed the Orbs for creating the "ideal world". Before he left his homeland though, Sealed seemingly left behind some Stone Monuments explaining the background of him and the Great Tree.

Eventually, Sealed would settle on another island in Paradise. Seemingly becoming the island's leader, he used his Orb to provide the islanders with bountiful harvests all year long. Sealed in particular dreamt of making his new home a true paradise.

As an old man, Sealed created a unique creature out of clay and gave it life with his Orb. For connivence sake, he then named the creature "Popora" and became a father figure to him. In return, Popora revered and loved Sealed dearly, and shared his dream of making their island a paradise. Later, the island's residents approached Sealed, thanking him for providing them with bountiful harvests, but demanding that he use Popora to defend the island from invaders. After refusing to use Popora as a method of defense, Sealed would awake from a nap to discover that the island's residents had stolen his Orb with plans to animate the statue of the island's guardian god to serve as their protector. However, Sealed warned the people that if something was given life out of hatred, then something terrible would happen. Warning Popora to hide in the hills, Sealed headed out after the islanders himself, determined to right his wrong, although not before promising Popora that their island would be the paradise it was meant to be by the next time they met.

Sealed seals away the Evil Guardian.

Despite Sealed's efforts, the residents animated the island's statue, thus creating the Evil Guardian. However, this corrupt entity ended up killing everyone on the island except for Sealed and Popora. The two later visited the grave for the fallen, and Sealed deemed that he was personally responsible for the recent events. With the Evil Guardian's hatred having become too great to be stopped directly as well, Sealed resolved to risk his life and seal him away instead. As he apologized to Popora for failing to keep his promise, he left the well-being of the island under Popora's protection.

Eventually, Sealed and Popora approached the Evil Guardian, and, after some struggle, Sealed managed to enact the sealing of the evil entity. As he died, Sealed asked that Popora protect the island until someone would come to stop the evil force for good. He then used the last of his strength to seal the Evil Guardian away, with the only remains of his body being a few of his physical belongings, including his Orb.

Postmortem

Sealed's grave, erected by Popora.

After Sealed sacrificed himself, Popora erected a grave for his fallen master and vowed to protect the island like Sealed had wanted him to do. Unbeknownst to him, however, Sealed's soul had been trapped inside his Orb when the Evil Guardian was sealed away.

One Piece: Unlimited Adventure

After Monkey D. Luffy fished Sealed's Orb out of the sea and summoned his island, he was unknowingly guided by Sealed throughout the duration of his and the Straw Hat Pirates' journey around his island releasing its seals keeping the Evil Guardian contained; after they broke the first two seals, Sealed tried speaking to Luffy, but Luffy only caught a glimpse of him. Along the way, Sealed's Orb showed the group a variety of flashbacks from Popora's point of view, many of them containing Sealed.

Sealed creates friends for Popora as his final parting act.

After the Evil Guardian was destroyed by the Straw Hats and Popora, Sealed's soul appeared before them when his Orb shattered. He thanked Popora for protecting the island and thanked Luffy for helping him and becoming his friend. However, only Luffy was able to see Sealed, much to the confusion of his crew. Before departing for the afterlife though, Sealed gave Popora permission to live his life for himself and used the last remnants of his Orb to created more Popora-like beings to keep Popora company, who in turn helped him turn their island into a true paradise, just like Sealed had wanted.

Major Battles

• Sealed and Popora vs. Evil Guardian

Trivia

The endgame credits where Sealed's name is revealed.

• Though he was not named in the story of the game, his name was revealed in the credits.