Hancock Boa

Hancock Boa, also known as Snake Princess and Pirate Empress, is a character from the One Piece series.
== Charactah Account ==
Hancock is the captain of the Kuja Pirates and the only female member of the Shichibukai. She is the current empress, known as the "Snake Princess", of Amazon Lily and rules over the Kuja tribe with her two younger Gorgon sisters, Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold.
Hancock is a very complex woman. At first glance, she appears to be selfish, pompous, spoiled, and used to having her own way. She can also act arrogant and cruel, usually justifying her less-than-admirable actions with her apparently unmatched beauty, causing her to think that she can get away with anything because the world will forgive her (and save for the handful able to resist she is largely successful in this approach, with gleeful suitors of both genders happily forgiving her every transgression). She also made it seem that she did not think much of the Kuja tribe either as she commented to Elder Nyon that she did not care if the island was destroyed or not, since everyone would forgive her anyway because she is beautiful.
Because of her beauty and strength, she is used to seeing men and women, young and old alike, fall instantly in love with her. As a result, people forgive her when she acts cutely apologetic or reminds them of her beauty. However, when Luffy came along and displayed a complete immunity to her charms, she initially felt that she could not bear the existence of someone completely invulnerable to her powers, and would collapse dramatically whenever insulted. This feeling has eroded away, though, as she loves Luffy despite his immunity to her. Even after the two year timeskip, Hancock continues to be in love with Luffy as much as before despite that the latter openly rejected a wedding proposal from her.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* One Piece
* One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace's Death! Luffy's Pledge to His Friends
* One Piece Movie: Strong World Episode 0
* One Piece Movie 14: Stampede
=== Manga ===
* One Piece
* One Piece: Strong World
=== Video Games ===
* J-Stars Victory Vs
* Jump Force
* Jumputi Heroes
* One Piece Bon! Bon! Journey!!
* One Piece Bounty Rush
* One Piece Romance Dawn: The Dawn of the Adventure
* One Piece Thousand Storm
* One Piece Treasure Cruise
* One Piece: Burning Blood
* One Piece: Burning Will
* One Piece: Dance Battle
* One Piece: Fighting Path
* One Piece: Gigant Battle
* One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World
* One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
* One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
* One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP
* One Piece: Unlimited World Red
* One Py Berry Match
== Trivia ==
* Given that all members of the Kuja tribe are named after flowers, it is possible that her given name comes from Hancock being an alternative name for the Chenault coralberry, which is a species of snowberry, a plant known for its showy flowers. Her family name, Boa, comes from the boa, a group of constricting snakes.
* She shares her name with Thomas Hancock, the manufacturing engineer who founded the British rubber industry. This similarity relates to her relationship with Luffy, who has the power of rubber.
* In Chapter 97, Nami can be seen dressing on clothes, one of which is identical to Hancock's prototype design.
* She is the only Warlord of the Sea to not be voted in the 4th Japanese fan poll. This is due to her character not being introduced at the time.
* In every Popularity Poll Hancock has been included in, she has been one of a few characters to always rank within the top 10 most popular characters in One Piece, alongside Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Sanji, Trafalgar D. Water Law, Portgas D. Ace and Sabo.
** In the 5th Japanese fan poll, Hancock ranked as the tenth most popular character, which made her the second most popular Warlord (aside from Law), the second most popular female character (Nami being the first), and the fifth most popular "non-Straw Hat" character in the series. She was also the only character on that poll's top ten list who had made no major appearance in a recent arc.
** In the 6th Japanese fan poll, Hancock ranked as the tenth most popular character again, making her the second most popular female character (Nami being the first), the most popular of the Seven Warlords. and the fifth most popular "non-Straw Hat" character of the series. She again was the only character to remain in the top ten list while having no major appearances in a recent arc.
** In the 7th fan poll, she ranked slightly higher, landing at seventh place as the third most popular female character.
* Hancock is the first female character in the series capable of using all three forms of Haki.
** She, Sengoku and Eustass Kid are the only characters confirmed to have Haoshoku Haki, but never shown any usage of it yet.
* Her character has several references to Greek mythology:
** Her tribe, the Kuja, being a nation of all-female warriors, is heavily based on the Amazons. And her relationship with Luffy starting off with malice but later turning into friendship and later love (on Hancock's half) which is a reversal of the Amazonian queen Hippolyta's relationships with Heraclesand (in some versions) Theseus, both of which started off friendly but ended rather adversely.
** Similarities to Medusa include the ability to turn people into stone (although the methods are very different), the general snake theme, and most obviously, both are one of three Gorgon sisters (though Medusa was the youngest, as opposed to Hancock who is the eldest). In some versions of the myth, she was turned into a monster against her will by Athena; similar to how Hancock was forcefully fed her Devil Fruit by the tenryubito.
** She is also very similar to Calypso; they both have an island inhabited by only women, they are irresistible to most men, and they are quite shocked that their respective hero (Luffy and Odysseus) can resist their charm and ask for a boat to leave (although Odysseus did take part in lovemaking with Calypso for quite a long while before his departure). The situation involving Luffy being the first one to ever really resist Hancock's charms caused the latter to fall in love with him also mirrors how Odysseus' resistance to Circe's charms eventually caused her to fall hopelessly in love with him too.
** She is also similar to Penthesilea. They are both empresses of amazon warriors, they were slaves when they were young, and they later escaped with their two sisters. Penthesilea was also a talented archer, which may be a reference to Hancock's usage of her Devil Fruit powers.
** Her ability to seduce men is similar to the sirens, who would seduce and lure sailors to a watery doom; only Sirens used their voice rather than their physical beauty.
* Her favorite food is hot pot.
* Her blood type is S.
* Hancock's birthday, September 2, comes from her native tribe's name since 9-2 can be derived from ku-ja.
* Hancock is the most difficult human character for Oda to draw.
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== External Links ==
* Boa Hancock at One Piece Wiki
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