, otherwise known as "Devil Child", is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. The character made her first appearance in the 114th chapter of the series, which was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on November 22, 1999.
In the series, Robin is introduced as an antagonist, but eventually becomes the seventh member of the Straw Hat Pirates crew and the sixth to join. Acting as the group's archaeologist and historian, Robin is a Devil Fruit user who possess the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit, allowing her to sprout replicas of her limbs, and later her entire body, from any surface. As the only survivor of the island of Ohara, Robin is the only known living person in the world of One Piece with the ability to read the ancient stones called Poneglyphs, something considered threatening by the World Government, which forbids the practice.
Robin has become extremely popular and a breakout character in anime and manga fandom. She has also appeared in several adaptations based on the manga, including the anime television series in which she is voiced by Yuriko Yamaguchi and Anzu Nagai as a child in the original Japanese language, as well as by Veronica Taylor and Stephanie Young and Jad Saxton as a child in the English versions. She has also become a popular subject of cosplay, causing a trend in Japan where women attempted to replicate her iconic costumes.
Nico Robin is portrayed by Russian actress Lera Abova in the live action adaptation of One Piece.
Concept and creation The character of Nico Robin was created by Eiichiro Oda, the author of the manga series One Piece, and she made her first appearance in its 114th chapter, titled "The Course", which was first published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on November 22, 1999. As a fan of film director Quentin Tarantino, Oda stated that he used as a source of inspiration for Robin's design the character of Mia Wallace, played by Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994), one of Tarantino's most famous films.
Robin was a later addition to the story and Robin and Franky are the only crew members who did not appear in the original concept art for the Straw Hats. However, there was a male member who was a botanist, which may allude to Robin's Devil Fruit power.
Abilities Robin ate the Flower-Flower Fruit, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows her to sprout duplicates of any of her body parts from any surface within range.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 19 Chapter 170 (p. 7) and Episode 106. The number of duplicates she can create appears to be unlimited, so long as they are within range. Usually, when she uses her powers, she crosses her arms and makes an "X" shape across her chest, though it's shown that she does not necessarily need to do so to use her abilities.
She can sprout her duplicate body parts from her own body, inanimate surfaces, and even from other people's bodies.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 30 Chapter 283 and Episode 185. She can even sprout duplicate body parts on top of other duplicate body parts.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 28 Chapter 264 (p. 8) and Episode 174. She maintains full control of her duplicated limbs and can perceive sights and sounds remotely through duplicate eyes and ears.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 26 Chapter 237 and Episode 153.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 50 Chapter 486 and Episode 378.
Robin can create entire clones of herself and even sprout gigantic-sized limbs.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 64 Chapter 629 (p. 6-7) and Episode 547.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 65 Chapter 643 and Episode 563.
Description When she joined the Straw Hats, Robin was 28 years old and had a bounty of 79,000,000, which made her the oldest crew member (at the time) and the second-highest bounty bearer, junior to her captain Monkey D. Luffy (100,000,000 at the time) but senior to Roronoa Zoro (60,000,000).One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 398 (p. 4) and Episode 278: the true reason for Nico Robin's bounty is revealed.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 23 Chapter 213 (p. 22) and Episode 128: Luffy's and Zoro's bounties after Arabasta are revealed. Her bounty has since been raised to 80,000,000 after the Enies Lobby incident,One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 435 (pp. 16–17) and Episode 320: the Straw Hat Pirates' bounties post-Enies Lobby are revealed. to 130,000,000 for her involvement in the defeat of Donquixote Doflamingo,One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 801 (pp. 15–17) and Episode 746: the Straw Hat Pirates are given new bounties after Dressrosa. and lastly to the current 930,000,000 for her involvement in the raid on Onigashima and the defeat of Kaido, as well as for her having defeated pirate Black Maria and for her knowledge of Poneglyphs.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 105 Chapter 1058 (pp. 3–5) and Episode 1086: the Straw Hat Pirates' bounties post-Wano Country are revealed. Her current bounty ranks fifth in her crew — after Luffy (3,000,000,000), Zoro (1,111,000,000), Jinbe (1,100,000,000) and Sanji (1,032,000,000) — and is their highest bounty under 1,000,000,000. Originating from West Blue,SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 69 (p. 66). Nico Robin is a tall, slender woman with a long, thin and defined nose, shoulder-length raven black hair which she used to style in a traditional hime cut, and large brown eyes (in the manga and in One Piece Film: Strong World and in One Piece Film: Z, azure in the anime) with wide pupils. In the anime she was initially depicted with a tanned skin complexion, as opposed to the lighter one in the manga. Robin has long limbs — especially her legs — and, before timeskip, she seemed to favor dark-toned or purple outfits and a somewhat outback fashion in general, having worn cowboy hats at Arabasta, Jaya, Skypiea and Sabaody; alternatively she wore leather clothes in Long Ring Long Land and Water 7. As Ms. All-Sunday, she wore a two-pieces cowgirl purple corset and miniskirt, paired with white cowboy hat, fur-lined coat, and high-heeled boots. After timeskip, she abandoned her hime cut in favor of curtain bangs that expose her forehead, has grown her hair to lower back-length, and has lighter skin complexion in the anime too.
Robin has a somewhat more morbid side compared to her crew mates, often pointing at grisly details or occasionally showing fondness for horror fashion, much to Usopp's, Chopper's, and Nami's disgust. For example, when Usopp "interviewed" her when she joined the crew, she mentioned "assassination" as her specialty,One Piece Manga and Anime – Vol. 24 Chapter 218 (p. 8) and Episode 130. and later, her proposed name for the Straw Hats Pirates' new ship was "Little Darkness".One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 439 and Episode 324.
One Piece author Eiichiro Oda has provided background details about Nico Robin occasionally, answering fan questions. Robin was born on 6 FebruarySBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 25 (p. 26). and is tall, with blood type "S" (or "0" in AB0 system)SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 66 (p. 162): One Piece blood types are explained and Robin's blood type is revealed. and body measurements of 99–59–89 cm (39–23.23–35.04 in),SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 37 (p. 146): Robin's height and body measurements are revealed. wearing a Japanese I-cup bra size.SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 42 (p. 146). After the timeskip, her height remained unchanged, but her body measurements have been updated to 100–60–90 (39.37–23.62–35.43 in), equivalent to Japanese J-cup bra size.SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 69 (p. 166): Robin's body measurements and cup size after timeskip are revealed. If she were real, she would "smell like flowers"SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 40 (p. 66). and she would have been of Russian nationality,SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 56 (p. 144). while her favourite type of food is sandwiches and anything to complement coffee, including cakes as long as they are "not too sweet",SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 45 (p. 188). and the least favourite would be chewing gum since she "can't swallow it".SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 73 (p. 144). She sleeps 7 hours a day, from 11 pm to 6 am.SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 74 (p. 126).
Dream As with the case of all her crew mates, Nico Robin has a lifelong dream that boosts her and that she made the scope of her life itself: to read the Rio Poneglyph, a legendary stele containing the True History of the One Piece world, including the erased-from-records Void Century, and thus completing the lifelong research of her own mother, Nico Olvia, and her late mentor, Professor Clover. To accomplish so, she must first locate all of the thirty Poneglyphs scattered around the world and read them; of them, the four known as "Road Poneglyphs" would give pieces of informations that, put together, would lead to the last island on the Grand Line, Laugh Tale — where Gol D. Roger is rumoured to have buried his legendary treasure, the "One Piece" itself.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 82 Chapter 818 (pp. 4–7) and Episode 769. So far, she has located and read at least the following Poneglyphs:
a Poneglyph in an unknown location and of unknown purpose, found in a wooden area in a West Blue island in her pre-teens.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 41 Chapter 398 (p. 7) and Episode 278: Robin finds and reads a Poneglyph in an unknown area as a pre-teen. a Poneglyph located in the Tomb of the Kings in Alubarna, which bore informations about the ancient superweapon Pluton, and which was also chased after by the Baroque Works.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 22 Chapter 203 (p. 4-11) and Episode 123. a Poneglyph located in the Great Belfry of Shandora in Skypiea, the Island in the Sky, bearing informations about another ancient superweapon, Poseidon, and also a message by the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 32 Chapter 301 (pp. 10–15) and Episode 194. a Poneglyph located in the Sea Forest of Fish-Men Island, bearing an apology letter by a man of the surface known as "Joy Boy".One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 64 Chapter 628 (p. 15) and Episode 548: Robin finds and reads the Fish-Men Island Poneglyph. a Poneglyph located in the Whale Tree in the island of Zou, one of the four Road Poneglyphs. a Poneglyph located in the Treasure Room in Whole Cake Island, one of the four Road Poneglyphs, of which she possesses a copy.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 85 Chapter 855 (p. 14) and Episode 824, Brook reveals that he successfully copied the Poneglyphs. another Poneglyph located in the Treasure Room in Whole Cake Island, of unknown purposes and content. a third Poneglyph located in the Treasure Room in Whole Cake Island, of unknown purposes and content. a Poneglyph located in Mt. Fuji cavern in Wano Country, one of the four Road Poneglyphs, of which she possesses a copy.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 104 Chapter 1055 (pp. 5–9) and Episode 1082.
She also knows the location of, but has not read, a second Poneglyph in Wano, located in the secret chamber of Kouzuki Sukiyaki's castle.One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 93 Chapter 934 (p. 9) and Episode 929: Brook tells Robin about the Poneglyph.
Appearances
In One Piece
Background and origins Originating from the island of Ohara in the West Blue, home of the world's oldest and largest library, Nico Robin was born on 6 February, twenty-eight years prior to the main events, from archaeologist Nico Olvia and an unnamed father. She was born on her mother's birthdaySBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 79 (pp. 184–189): birthday calendar for One Piece characters is revealed (January–February: p. 186). and followed her steps, becoming an archaeologist herself at the age of eight.