Banks Rush

Banks "Powerball" Rush is a member of the Hershey Pirates, a pirate group active in the New World, and one of the four current Yonko pirate crews.

Rush was the third member to become a part of the crew, after the captain, Komodia Aphrodite, and the first mate, Fukujin Felix. Including Hershey & Chance, he's the fifth member of the crew. Rush is notorious for being the reason the Hershey Pirates were allowed to survive during the Golden Age, and is additionally the reason that they became officially recognized as a yonko crew during the Year of Anarchy. Put simply, he's incredibly powerful. His level of sheer martial power doesn't scale well to those of his generation, instead being comparable to the yonko and heads of each of the Three Powers themselves, able to contend on even footing with even the most powerful soldiers that the world has to offer.

Rush maintains with great mastery over four of the five types of haki, excluding Hirushoku haki, which he has only learned the aura for. His Busoshoku Haki is at a level many can only dream of attaining, on par and able to contend with even Bai's **Cataclysm** **Cross**, which itself is renowned as one of the deadliest named techniques in the current age. His Kenbunshoku Haki allows him to bring all of his senses to their maximum, and with his high intelligence and rationality he can often predict the movements of others perfectly. This is NOT Future Sight, as it works solely on his interpretation on how things will go based on the information he has received, meaning that while it is usually accurate, previously unencountered techniques and abilities can still catch him off-guard. His Haoshoku presence is overwhelming to the commons, and still felt by those who have encountered Haoshoku before, though rather as a powerful presence rather than something that makes others simply pass out. Rush has also refined his Jihishoku aura to a similar effect, though he has found himself able to selectively define how his Jihishoku affects others, and pinpoint specializations in how he wants it to improve those around him, allowing him to provide for his allies greater area-specific abilities at the expense of the well-rounded average Jihishoku inspiration. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, Rush has mastered both Haoshoku and Jihishoku Infusion. The former allows him to deal incredible damage even to those prepared for his strikes, with the latter allowing him to inject his sheer willpower into allies to grant upon them a temporary surge in power, allowing them to surpass themselves in every way possible for a short period of time. He has spearheaded the discovery of multiple applications and techniques in Busoshoku itself even when not combining it with his other haki abilities, and he is undeniably one of the greatest forces within the pirate world to be reckoned with.

His epithet is named after his signature move, **"Powerball,"** where he punches in front of him with a good portion of strength, launching a spherical soliton in the direction he punches towards.

## Appearance

Rush has short, yellow hair, and wears a loose blue school uniform of his home nation. He can often be seen wearing a pair of headphones, as he likes to listen to music as he fights.

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## Personality

Rush is a battle-hungry individual who lives to both fight, and have fun. He loves to go on adventures, and because of this is elated by the nature of his captain and crew, who often bring the adventure to him, and he willingly tags along with the crew's "troublemakers" in search of fun. He's one of the stronger people in the world and he knows it, and he constantly yearns for the appearance of opponents that actually give him trouble in a fight, loathing the notion of being "too strong."

## Major Battles

* Rush vs Exodus Krall — Inconclusive, occurred during childhood
* Rush vs Komodia Aphrodite — Loss (After his ninth attempt, he finally won)

## Trivia

img - Sakamaki Izayoi from Mondaiji tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru So Desu Yo?