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Genzo[2] is the sheriff of Cocoyasi Village, and an unofficial but long-serving parental figure to Nami and Nojiko.[1]

He is an ally of the Straw Hat Pirates during the Arlong Park Arc.

Appearance

Genzo is an average-sized, dark-haired man with a thick mustache; his face typically shows a stern expression. His only known outfit is a brown, short-sleeved police uniform with sandals; for more than a decade, he wore a pinwheel in its peaked cap as a means (and later, a memento) of cheering up Nami.[1]

After the Arlong Pirates invaded Cocoyasi Village, his face and body were heavily scarred by an attack from Kuroobi.

Some time after the Summit War of Marineford, he began to grow a bit of stubble on his chin.[3]

Gallery

Genzo Color Scheme
Genzo's color scheme in the manga.
Genzo Digitally Colored Manga
Genzo in the Digitally Colored Manga.
Genzo Anime Concept Art
Genzo's concept art from the anime.
Genzo at Age 28
Genzo at age 28.
Genzo At Age 38
Genzo at age 38.
Genzo Scarless Portrait
Genzo's face before he was scarred.
Genzo Portrait
Genzo's face after he was scarred.
Genzo Dream Pointer
Genzo in One Piece: Dream Pointer.
Genzo Live Action
Genzo in the live-action series.
Genzo Past Live Action
Genzo at age 28 in the live-action series.

Personality

As Bell-mère was growing up, she was known as the village trouble maker (he refers to her as you little thug). Her reputation caused him to express concerns over the children's well-being when she announced she was adopting them as her daughters. He has had close ties with both Nami and Nojiko since they were kids because of his concern over their adoptive mother's capabilities and spent most of his time watching out for them. Eventually this grew into a desire just to see all three of them live together and grow together as a happy family.

After their mother's death, he became concerned for the happiness of Nami and Nojiko, as he had grown into a father figure to them. He and the other villagers realized Nami would never join up with Arlong's crew without good reason. His concern for her and Nojiko's well being also led him to promise Luffy that he would hunt him down and kill him if he ever took away Nami's smile.[4]

He kept the town together after Arlong took over the island, making sure everyone was safe and able to pay Arlong's tax. Whenever there was trouble between the villagers and Arlong or his crew, he took full responsibility for everything so the villagers would not be punished. He helped keep the village together to give Nami the time to complete her plan to save the village. When her 8 years of hard work to save them fell apart after Arlong's betrayal, he decided enough was enough. If they were going to die, they would die trying to fight Arlong even with Nami pleading that she can just start all over again.[5]

Genzo also has a perverted side, as he becomes quite flustered when Bell-mère offered to pay back the items the latter stole "with her body"[6] but when Nami parroted Belle-mere's words, Genzo just yelled at the girl not to pick up her adoptive mother's bad habits. Genzo has a blown-up image of Nami's wanted poster, in which she appears in a bikini, despite stating that she shouldn't have posed like that as it would draw the attention of more perverts ("marriage seekers" in English translations) than bounty hunters.

Genzo was also horrified to see Nami's brazen new dress sense in the papers and imagined faceless leering pirates around her.

Abilities and Powers

An ordinary human, Genzo has no significant combat ability and was easily defeated by Arlong's crew when he tried to defend Bell-mère's family. At most, he has enough endurance and stamina—along with swimming and diving skills—to remain at the bottom of Arlong Park's harbor for extended periods.

However, he has considerable leadership skills and is implicitly trusted by everyone in Cocoyasi, being the binding force that helped the village survive eight years of the fish-men's occupation.

Weapons

During Arlong's initial invasion, Genzo tried attacking with twin pistols, to little effect. He also carried a cutlass, which he apparently managed to keep during Arlong's entire reign; however, he has never been seen using it.

While trying to free Luffy at Arlong Park, he also carried a large sledgehammer.

History

Past

Long an authority in Cocoyasi, Genzo was quite familiar with the young troublemaker Bell-mère. Like the rest of the village, he was surprised when she chose to enlist in the Marines, even more so when she returned from a combat mission with two orphaned girls. At first, Bell-mère's decision to raise the girls herself raised heavy protests from him and several others (even suggesting a government orphanage as an alternative), but they ultimately relented, accepting the girls—named Nojiko and Nami—as Bell-mère's family.[7]

Early on, Genzo found his stern expression would make the infant Nami cry on sight. To Bell-mère's amusement, he eventually solved this by adorning his cap with a pinwheel that made Nami laugh.[8]

As Nami grew up, Genzo kept an eye on her because she was renowned for stealing, often referring to her as Bell-mère's 'little cat' upon returning her home. While he was fully aware of how Bell-mère easily got her own way with him, often he would agree to do what she asked because she would say things to embarrass him (E.g. "I will repay you... With my body", in the 4kids Dub she simply comments that he takes her fruit without asking).[6] He was the first to find Nami when she ran away from home and then finally revealed her origins.[9] Soon after Nojiko came looking for Nami, he was seen agreeing with the other villagers that although the three girls struggle to get by, they are happy, and thus that everyone should do their best to keep them as such. However, as Nami and Nojiko were running off, Arlong and his crew of fish-men showed up. He told them to go hide behind the houses because it was dangerous on the street.

Genzo is wounded by Kuroobi.

Genzo is wounded by Kuroobi.

Genzo had enough money to save his family. To his horror, Genzo spotted smoke coming from Bell-mère's house. He said to himself that Bell-mère doesn't have enough money to buy her and her daughters' lives from the pirate. He was terrified when he heard that one of the fish-men saw the smoke and went to her place to try to save her. When Hatchan looked into the house and saw that the woman was preparing a meal for 3, he lied that Bell-mère invited him and another friend for dinner. When Arlong kidnapped Nami, Genzo used two pistols to try to stop him, but he was easily defeated by Kuroobi. As a result of this incident, Genzo was left with large scars all across his body.[10]

Soon afterward, he formed a rebellion to storm Arlong Park to free Nami, but learned that Nami had joined Arlong's crew. Disgusted with Nami, he ordered her to never set foot in the village again. However, he later became suspicious of why Nami would join Arlong, and made Nojiko tell him about her plan to buy Cocoyasi Village. In order to prevent her from feeling that the villagers were counting on her, and that she could not escape if she wanted, he resolved never to reveal that he knew her motives.[11]

For the next eight years, Genzo managed to pay the money to save his life from Arlong's tyranny.

East Blue Saga

Arlong Park Arc

Having endured Arlong and his crew for many years, Genzo began to put various plans of rebellion into place. Things went wrong and the weapons the villagers were hiding were discovered. He barely escaped death when Usopp stepped in and interfered.[12]

Genzo leads his fellow villagers to Arlong Park.

Genzo leads his fellow villagers to Arlong Park.

After losing all the money she had saved to buy her village, Genzo was disgusted that Arlong sent the Marines after Nami in order to keep her working for him forever. He and the villagers decided they finally had enough and headed off to Arlong Park to fight with the pirates despite Nami's tearful plea.[5]

They were stopped by Johnny and Yosaku, who stood guard at the entrance to prevent anyone from entering until Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp arrived. During the fight with Arlong and his crew, he and Nojiko focused on keeping Luffy alive when he was thrown into the water at Arlong Park after getting stuck in concrete.[13] They used Luffy's Devil Fruit powers and stretched his head out of the water before taking turns attempting to free him from the pinning rock.[14] Sanji dove into the pool to free the rock while Genzo held Luffy's stretched head above water. However, Hatchan appeared and attempted to attack Sanji. Nojiko dove in the way to take the brunt of Hatchan's punches. As a result of the strain, the wounds Hatchan received from Zoro opened and halted his attack. Sanji finally destroyed the rock and Luffy was freed.[15]

Genzo's pinwheel by Bell-mère's original grave.

Genzo's pinwheel by Bell-mère's original grave.

After Arlong was defeated,[16] he and the villagers celebrated freedom from the fish-men who had made them suffer all these years. Their celebration was almost cut short as Nezumi arrived to spoil the fun. He ordered the riches of Arlong Park to be brought to the Marines. However, Zoro stepped in and Nami helped push Nezumi out of town so that the villagers could keep the money.[17]

He later met Luffy by Bell-mère's grave and told him that if he ever takes Nami's smile away, he would kill him. After Nami sailed off with Luffy and crew, Genzo said he no longer needed his pinwheel, placing it by Bell-mère's grave.[18]

Water 7 Saga

Post-Enies Lobby Arc

Genzo was outraged by Nami's wanted poster, wherein she was in a bikini, but had a blown-up version of the picture in his house (with the picture being the same size as the wall it is attached to), much to Nojiko's confusion.[19]

Fish-Man Island Saga

From the Decks of the World

Genzo's reaction to Nami's new look.

Genzo's reaction to Nami's new look.

After the timeskip, Genzo was seen with Nojiko and Chabo. He was reading the newspaper and was fretting over the suggestive picture of Nami that was used in it.[3]

Whole Cake Island Saga

From the Decks of the World: the 500,000,000 Man Arc

After the events of Dressrosa, Genzo and Nojiko received Nami's new wanted poster. Genzo started complaining about the new photo, even though he once again enlarged and hung it on his wall.[20]

Final Saga

Egghead Arc

While listening to Vegapunk's worldwide broadcast with the rest of the village, Genzo was troubled about Vegapunk's claims and was shocked to see Nojiko leaving, but she explained that she wanted to check on her mikan groves.[21]

Translation and Dub Issues

In the original manga and anime, Genzo's occupation is given as Chūzai (駐在?). While this term can ostensibly mean any long-distance resident (or residence), in modern Japanese it is a popular shorthand for police officers dispatched to small "substations" in remote and underdeveloped areas, confirming that he is in fact an authorized lawman. This is largely glossed over in English translations, with the VIZ manga variously using "villager" and "headman" and Funimation's subtitled anime using "representative".

The 4Kids-dubbed anime cuts or downplays several of his scenes, both for content censorship and to fit the general shortening of the Arlong Park Arc; these include his attempted shooting of Arlong during Nami's childhood, all of his interactions with Nami and Luffy after the fall of Arlong Park, and the flashback explaining the origin of his pinwheel. For unknown reasons, he is also voiced with a heavy Italian accent.

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Trivia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 8 Chapter 71 and Episode 32, Genzo makes his debut.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary (Card #0098), Genzo's Vivre Card entry.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 One Piece Manga — Vol. 64 Chapter 629, cover story: From the Decks of the World Vol. 14.
  4. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 11 Chapter 95 and Episode 44, Genzo threatens Luffy that he will hunt down and kill him if he makes Nami unhappy.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 81 and Episode 37, Genzo and the villagers' decide to die fighting after learning that Nami was betrayed by Arlong.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 77 and Episode 44, Genzo turns red after Bell-mère offers to repay him "in kind".
  7. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 79 (p. 1-4) and Episode 36.
  8. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 11 Chapter 95 and Episode 44.
  9. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 77 and Episode 35, Genzo reveals Bell-mère's past to Nami.
  10. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 79 and Episode 36, Genzo's wounds are inflicted by Kuroobi's swordsmanship.
  11. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 81 and Episode 37, Genzo reveals to Nami the truth behind the feelings the villagers' have towards her.
  12. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 72 and Episode 32.
  13. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 10 Chapters 85–86 and Episode 39, Genzo and Nojiko keep Luffy alive while he is trapped underwater.
  14. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 10 Chapter 85 and Episode 39.
  15. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 10 Chapter 89 and Episode 41.
  16. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 11 Chapter 93 and Episode 43.
  17. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 11 Chapter 94 and Episode 43.
  18. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 11 Chapter 95 and Episode 44, Genzo leaves his windmill in Bell-mère's grave.
  19. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45 Chapter 440 and Episode 324, Genzo complains about Nami's provocative wanted poster.
  20. ↑ One Piece Manga — Vol. 81 Chapter 812, cover story: From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000 Man Arc Vol. 6.
  21. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 110 Chapter 1115 (p. 14) and Episode 1149.
  22. ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 11 Chapter 98 and Episode 52.

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