Black Maria

## Summary

**Black Maria** is one of the Tobiroppo, the strongest six Shinuchi of the Beasts Pirates. She owns her own brothel on Onigashima near Kaido's castle.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **High 6-C**, **higher** in Zoan Forms

**Name:** Black Maria

**Origin:** One Piece

**Gender:** Female

**Age:** 29 years old

**Classification:** Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit User, Headliner, Tobiroppo, Brothel owner

#### **Abilities:**

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Haki (Kenbunshoku, Busoshoku), Skilled Polearm wielder (She is highly adept at using her polearm Wanyudo), Martial Arts, Large Size (820 cm. highe in Zoan forms), Social Influencing (Turned Samurai into her "pets" who supposedly can't survive without her), Preparation (With sufficient time she can lay many traps with her webs and subordinates to capture people), Transformation and Natural Weaponry (She ate the Kumo Kumo no Mi, Model: Rosamygale Grauvogeli, an Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows her to transform into a full Rosamygale grauvogeli—a prehistoric, carnivorous spider—as well as into a human-spider hybrid at will), Regeneration (Mid-Low), Poison Manipulation (The tips of her legs are poison needles), Enhanced Senses (Zoan's gain the senses of their respective animal), Surface Scaling, Theard Manipulation via Webs, Fire Manipulation (via Wanyudo and Atatamaria), Illusion Creation (Her illusion mist causes the effected to see and hear their most precious memories), Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Unaffected by her own and Wanyudo's fire), Animal Manipulation (Zoans are immune to Tama's Kibi Dangos)

**Attack Potency:** **Large Island level**, **Large Island level+** in Zoan Forms (Implied to be stronger than Page One. Able to restrain and damage Sanji)

**Speed:** At least **Relativistic+** Combat speed (Kept up with Nico Robin), **higher** in Hybrid Form (Faster than before)

**Striking Strength:** **Large Island Class**, **Large Island Class+** in Zoan Forms

**Durability:** **Large Island level**, **Large Island level+** in Zoan Forms

**Stamina:** Superhuman (Ancient Zoan devil fruit users have shown incredible endurance and stamina, allowing them to continue fighting without issue despite taking many attacks that can even be fatal. Even when defeated they possess immense recovery time that allows them to get back up in a matter of minutes despite their injuries)

**Range:** Several meters via sheer size, Tens of meters with Wanyudo

**Standard Equipment:** A pair of knuckledusters and Wanyudo:

* **Wanyudo:** A polearm, at the end of which was a figure of a *Wanyudo*, a flaming wagon wheel-like demon with a man's face on the side which is actually a Pug SMILE user who runs on the inside of the wheel to generate flames. Robin noted that Black Maria could potentially burn down the entirety of Kaido's castle with Wanyudo. Even without the flames, the polearm can be swung with destructive power enough to smash through a wall.

**Intelligence:** Gifted. Black Maria has shown herself to be a crafty strategist, having collaborated with her subordinates to come up with an ingenious trap to subdue Sanji, one of the Straw Hat Pirates' strongest members, by taking advantage of his obsessive chivalry, having Sarahebi feign being sexually harassed while she used her spider web to trap Sanji. As part of her plan to lure and seize Robin into the Banquet Hall, she had several spider webs set up in the two corridors used to access the room, and a few subordinates armed with tranquilizer guns and placed into strategic positions to further ensure Robin's capture. This was, however, countered by Robin's own ability to bypass obstacles by blooming her own limbs through them and Brook's ice freezing Black Maria's webs solid.

**Weaknesses:** Her webs will become brittle and easily shattered if they are frozen, as well as the Standard Devil Fruit user weaknesses

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

**Kumo Kumo no Mi, Model: Rosamygale Grauvogeli:** an Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to transform into a hybrid and full version of a Rosamygale grauvogeli, an ancient species of spider. The transformations increase Maria's physical capabilities, particularly her strength and durability. This fruit's "hybrid" form seems unusual compared to other Zoans, as instead of the user retaining a humanoid body with animal alterations over its entirety, their upper body remains fully human while their legs are replaced by a whole spider body, which possesses its own face that is remarkably human-like, complete with human eyes, a toothed, drooling mouth, and a tongue sticking out. It is unknown if this atypical, half-bodied transformation is the default Human-Beast Form of the *Rosamygale grauvogeli* Zoan or a special form that Black Maria chooses to take on. The most notable of the user's spider abilities is that they can extrude sticky spider silk from their body, which Black Maria calls "Hard Gum" (私の糸 *Hādo Gamu*, literally meaning "My Thread"); while real spiders produce webs from their abdomens, the user of this fruit is able to produce it from even their fingertips. The silk can be used to build webs and other structures meant for capturing/immobilizing targets, including sticky nets. The webs can even be made into an intricate array of traps so that no matter where an enemy steps, they will get captured. Additionally, using their spider legs, the user can walk on walls and upside-down across ceilings.

* **Oiran Knuckle** (花魁ナックル *Oiran Nakkuru*): Black Maria launches a barrage of punches while wearing her knuckledusters. This was first used to physically torture the captured Sanji to force him to shout for Nico Robin to come save his life. It was named when Black Maria used it against Robin's Gigante Fleur technique. In the Viz translation, this is called **Oiran Knuckles**.
* **Furisode Wanyudo** (振袖輪入道 *Furisode Wanyūdō*, literally meaning "Swinging Sleeves Wheel Monk"): Black Maria swings Wanyudo down in a crescent motion, destroying the floor in front of her. It was first used against Nico Robin and Brook, while pursuing them both down a hallway. In the VIZ manga, the technique is called **Wanyudo Sleeve Swing**.

* **Marianette** (マリアネット *Marianetto*): Using her fingers, Black Maria shoots several spider nets toward her enemy to latch onto and restrain them, particularly their limbs. Black Maria was first seen using this technique in her fight against Nico Robin to immobilize the latter's giant, multi-armed clone, catching each of the giant Robin's arms. The technique's name is a pun on "marionette", a type of puppet operated by strings tied to its limbs.
	+ **Oshizumaria** (お静マリア *Oshizumaria*, literally meaning "Calming Maria"): After having caught an enemy with her *Marianette* technique, Black Maria uses those same webs to pull the enemy's arms apart and render them completely defenseless against follow-up attacks. Black Maria was first seen using this technique to make Robin's giant clone vulnerable to a subsequent beating from her with her knuckledusters. The technique's name is a pun on *oshizumari* (お静まり), the polite, continuative verb form of *shizumaru* (meaning "to become quiet"), playing on Black Maria's name. In the VIZ manga, the technique is called **Mariapprehend**, a pun on "apprehend".
* **Ikidomaria** (行き止マリア *Ikidomaria*, literally meaning "Dead-End Maria"): Upon producing spider webs from her fingers, Black Maria forms a crisscrossed net formation in front of her, to block incoming attacks and, especially in an indoor passageway, prevent an opponent from coming near her. The technique was first seen being used by Black Maria to protect herself from several giant hands created by Robin. The technique's name is a pun on *ikidomari* (行き止まり), meaning "dead end", another play on Black Maria's name. In the VIZ manga, the technique is called **Maricade**, as a pun on "barricade".
* **Atatamaria** (マリア *Atatamaria*, literally meaning "Flaming Maria"): Black Maria has the human face on her lower spider half breathe out fire to set ablaze any of her prior-created webs, something possible due to the webs' flammability. First seen in Black Maria's fight against Robin, she used this to kindle her *Ikidomaria* nets, engulfing the battlefield in flames to prevent Robin from sprouting more of her limbs. The technique's name is a pun on *atatamari* (温まり), the continuative verb form of *atatamaru* (meaning "to warm up"), as another play on Black Maria's name; the kanji for "flaming" would normally be read as *enjō* (炎上). The VIZ manga calls the technique **Mariarson**, a pun on "arson".