Rob Lucci

**Rob Lucci**[1] is a current member of CP-0,[3] having originally been the strongest member of CP9[10] unit operating undercover to obtain the Pluton blueprints from Iceburg.[4] Introduced as one of the five foremen of Galley-La Company's Dock One, he was a sawyer, treenail, and bolt specialist.[1] After his defeat by Luffy, he was dismissed from CP9 by Spandam, who declared him and the other assassins to be responsible for the Straw Hats' havoc on Enies Lobby.

He is the main antagonist of the Water 7 Arc and one of the two main antagonists of the Enies Lobby Arc, along with Spandam.

## Appearance

Rob Lucci is a very tall and slim, yet muscular man with arched eyebrows and a close-shaved goatee. He has shoulder length wavy hair that is sometimes tied in a ponytail. When he is not fighting, his pet pigeon Hattori is usually perched quietly on his right shoulder. He has a tattoo of a crossed-out square on each upper arm,[2] as well as five cannonball scars on his back in the shape of the World Government symbol.[10]

He wore a large black top hat with a sepia band until he lost it during his fight with Luffy[11]. As a shipwright, he wore brown trousers with caramel suspenders over a white tank-top [2] and shoes with black toe-caps.[1] As an assassin, he wore a two-piece black suit with the sleeves normally rolled up, complete with black leather shoes and a white tie and handkerchief in the breast pocket.[12]

When invading Iceburg's mansion he was wearing a bull mask and a light pink robe with thick sleeves and a yellow "tie" above.[13]

He was noted to be good looking by some women from Water 7 and Gatherine. [14][15]

Lucci was drawn as a child by Oda after a fan asked to draw the CP9 members as children. Oda drew young Lucci with the kanji for "peace" (平和 *heiwa*?) on his shirt, which possibly suggests that the branch Lucci is holding is an olive branch in tribute to the type of branch held by white doves (in this case Hattori) as a sign of peace.

The anime had also portrayed Lucci as a teenager in its rendition of his past story. Though the two portrayals of Lucci are meant to be him, they have different styles to them, mostly because Oda's version was drawn after the anime had already depicted him and not just because they show him at two different ages. Note that Oda did depict the silhouette of thirteen-year-old Lucci from the backside, though only briefly - this most likely is where the anime design for him originates.[10]

In CP9's Independent Report, he wore a light spotted shirt with a black coat over his shoulders and had bandages over his forehead and chest from his fight with Luffy and let his hair fall freely.[16]

In One Piece Film: Gold, he wears a blue-white suit with a white coat draped over his shoulders. His beard has also grown longer and has a small ball on the end.

## Personality

During the time he was in Water 7 as a carpenter, Rob Lucci never spoke, preferring to instead talk through his pet pigeon, Hattori, using ventriloquism.[17][18] However, after he revealed himself to be a CP9 agent he spoke normally,[19][20] with Hattori becoming a regular pigeon that displayed some human qualities. Hattori always rides on Lucci's shoulder until Lucci begins fighting, at which point he will fly overhead until the battle is over. Lucci seems to have a rivalry with Paulie, and often chides him for having money problems. Because of this rivalry, the two often fight;[21] however, the matches generally end before there is a victor.[22] Other than this, however, Lucci appears to be very distant from everyone else, including the other foremen and Iceburg.

Lucci comes off as a cold and collected CP9 agent, almost never displaying any emotions (nevertheless even he displays shock at the knowledge that Franky had the Pluton blueprints the whole time[23]). A testament to his cold nature is his brutal assault on his friend of five years, Paulie, whom he even tries to kill after the CP9's identities were revealed.[24] He is likewise shown smirking when telling an official that taking Nico Robin back will never happen,[25] when convincing Kaku and Kalifa to eat Devil Fruits,[26] as well as when he and Spandam realize Luffy was following them (probably because of his lust for battle.[27]) He also states that he feels no true bond with the city he has lived in for five years,[28] and he seems to have no feelings for his fellow CP9 colleagues, least of all Spandam.

However, it appears that in spite of his seeming lack of emotions, Lucci does not like being insulted - during his fight with Luffy he does not pay attention to Usopp until he starts to insult him. In addition, he reacts rather violently if anyone calls him a *gakki* (slang in Japanese for "kid" or "brat"), responding with a kick and a retort both times after Iceburg and Franky referred to him as such.[29][30] He also finds it offensive when someone shows weakness around him, as seen when he told the cowardly Marines on a Buster Call ship to shut up,[31]and goes as far as to dismiss a new colleague by presumably killing him for being weak.[32] The reason that he killed the five hundred soldiers in his past was due to another belief of his - the belief that weakness is a sin. Personally, he believes anyone who shows weakness is no better than a criminal.[33][34] He also believes if he is involved then the situation means blood will be drawn and that he also does not have to accept the views and ideals of his superiors as long as he completes his missions efficiently.[35]

In combat, he is a very sadistic and violent fighter, and also seems to derive amusement and gratification from inflicting physical and emotional pain on others, making him a typical sadist. These scenes, along with when he anticipates battle, are the only times where he seems happy at all. In the Tower of Justice at Enies Lobby, he reveals that he only joined the World Government so he can be legally allowed to kill people. An example of Lucci's lust for violence is when he compromised the mission of bringing Robin to the Gates of Justice by allowing Monkey D. Luffy to tail him, for the sole purpose of having a battle, smirking when Luffy burst through the door.[36] Lucci's violent and cruel nature is also shown when he goes into full-beast mode during battle, in order to attack Luffy more violently.[31] Another example of his sadism is when Lucci flooded the underwater passageway to the Gates of Justice in an attempt to kill the Straw Hat crew members in the passageway, because he wanted to eliminate Luffy's chances of having everything just to anger him.[37] He has a habit of demoralizing and taunting his opponents, which is seen when taunting Luffy about the possibility of him killing Nico Robin.[38] While in his full beast form he acts more like a bloodthirsty animal, as seen when he mauled Luffy.[31]

Despite all this apparent lack of morality, he has displayed some, if very little, sympathy for those he dubs innocent; when the Candy Pirates are attacking a small village, he quickly dispatches the captain to save the people,[39] though his demonstration of Absolute Justice later prompts him and his comrades to leave.[40] This shows that deep down, he is not completely heartless. He also displays some morals such as when he shows disgust towards Spandam for assaulting Robin when she was unable to fight back, despite claiming to hunt her to the ends of the world. Likewise, he shows concern for his pet pigeon Hattori, sending him away when in dangerous situations. Lastly he expresses gratitude to the doctor who saved his life after his clash with Luffy on Enies Lobby.[16]

## Abilities and Powers

As the strongest member of CP9, Rob Lucci's great power has been acknowledged even by Bartholomew Kuma of the Shichibukai, who said that none had expected Lucci to be defeated.[44] Even at the tender age of thirteen, Lucci was already known to be a very capable mass murderer, having killed 500 soldiers and a crew of pirates single-handedly. It should be also noted that Rob Lucci is the strongest member of CP9 in history by far;[10] with his Doriki at 4000, almost twice that of the second strongest member, Kaku's 2200.[8] Franky also remarked that his strength is levels above the rest of CP9 and later that, if it were not for Luffy, he was not sure how many of them would have been slaughtered.[45] Despite his first and currently only known loss to Luffy, it remains unknown whether or not Lucci's strength has changed during the timeskip. However he is now officially a member of the CP-0, which is considered to be the strongest and the most exclusive of the Cipher Pol's.[3]

Because of his reputation, he is a very valuable asset to the World Government, almost to the point of legend; the Vice Admirals even believe that he can survive a Buster Call attack.

Along with his great superhuman prowess, Lucci is a highly intelligent and cunning individual, being able to become a master carpenter within a 5-year period merely as a form of espionage and surveillance over his "boss" Iceburg (who CP9 believed to have possession of the blueprints for the Ancient Weapon Pluton), and even when it was discovered otherwise, Lucci quickly deduced the next most likely candidate (Franky) based solely on their adolescent friendship. He and the other CP9 agents that infiltrated Water 7 deceived every single inhabitant, a clear sign of their manipulative skills.

A sound tactician, Lucci manages to almost single-handedly eliminate the Straw Hat Pirates (excluding Luffy, who he was battling) by understanding the structure of his environment and firing a well-aimed "Rankyaku" through a stone wall, flooding the ground floor of the Tower of Justice and all its hidden underground passages with seawater.[37] Had it not been for the unexpected arrival of Kokoro and her mermaid heritage, they would not have survived. He also quickly analyzes the mechanics behind Luffy's Gear Second technique after engaging it for just a couple of minutes at most, explaining it to the rubber-man and stating that such bodily pressure would shave years off his lifespan. [46] The fact he was able to reach the same level as the Galley La carpenters (who spend their whole life building their skills) in five years just to do an undercover job shows a great talent for it.

### Physical Abilities

Due to years of extremely hard training in the Rokushiki martial arts since childhood, Lucci has tremendous superhuman physical prowess, vastly superior to other Rokushiki masters of the CP9 including Kaku and Jabra, Lucci has shown to have extremely sturdy and tough durability. At only the age of 13, he came out mostly unharmed without showing any signs of pain after being shot at from behind by multiple cannon shots, only receiving the scars on his back.[31] He also possesses an incredibly high degree of superhuman physical strength as shown when he easily caught Luffy with one arm while at the same time, shrugging off all his punches, and then casually threw him into a wall.[47]

### Carpentry

Since Lucci worked as a shipwright during his mission on Water 7, this means that he has some carpentry skills and has knowledge about ships. He worked as a sawyer, treenail, and bolt specialist. He, along with Kaku, was able to recognize that the Pluton blueprints Franky revealed on Enies Lobby were indeed real.[23]

### Rokushiki

Lucci has immense mastery of Rokushiki, having developed more powerful variations from each of the different forms, such as Rankyaku Hyoubi and Tobu Shigan: Bachi. Lucci is a child prodigy of the Rokushiki martial arts, and at thirteen years old, he was able to skillfully use both Soru and Shigan to slaughter over 500 soldiers, fatally piercing their armors along with their bodies. Using Tekkai, he can block and break blades from several pirates completely unharmed and even survived multiple direct cannon blasts to his back. By adulthood, Lucci's extraordinary skill in the Rokushiki allows him to used improved variations of the six forms, and even used the Rokushiki hidden technique, Rokuogan, during his fight with Luffy. The massively powerful technique is so strong that it causes severe internal injury to Luffy's body, who described its effect as an Impact Dial with greatly amplified power, which is no small feat considering that he is made of rubber. With his complete mastery of Rokushiki, in conjunction with his Devil Fruit ability, Lucci proved to be a resilient and formidable foe, fighting on an equal footing with Luffy in Gear Second, and literally forcing him to exert every ounce of strength against him.

### Devil Fruit

Rob Lucci ate the Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard,[9] a Zoan-type Devil Fruit which allows him to transform into a leopard and a giant leopard-human hybrid. As Zoan class Devil Fruits enhance physical capabilities the most, it is most favored by martial artists like Lucci. Also, being a carnivorous animal, Lucci is more bloodthirsty and predatory than a regular Zoan class user, proven when he mauled Luffy as an actual leopard.[31]

### Life Return

It has been revealed that Lucci can perform Life Return, like Kumadori, and use it to alter his body into forms that amplify his skills in a specific Rokushiki ability. However, only the Kami-e Form, which makes his man-beast form smaller and thinner, more like an average man-size, has been seen.

### Haki

Lucci is highly skilled in the use of Busoshoku Haki. In *One Piece Film: Gold*, he is shown hardening his arm while fighting Sabo. He also uses this type of Haki in *One Piece: Burning Blood*.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Rob Lucci joins the Turtles including the Strawhats in order to return things back to normal and to stop the Krang and the Foot Clan once and for all.

## Trivia

* Lucci is the only member of CP9 with both a given name and a surname. (Kumadori's name is revealed to be a surname, but his given name is unknown.)
* In the 5th fan poll, Lucci ranked 41st, making him the most popular of CP9.