Bepo

**Bepo** is a character from the *One Piece* anime and manga.

A polar bear mink and the navigator of the Heart Pirates as well as one of the four founding members.

In the XP4 fics, Bepo debuted in XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048.

## **Appearance**

Bepo is a white bear (possibly a polar bear as noted by the Marines) mink. He wears an orange jumpsuit that bears the Heart Pirates' jolly roger. He also wears small brown boots and has sharp teeth and claws. He is as tall as a normal bear, considerably taller than common humans.

In Wano Country, he had a topknot despite having short fur and no hair. He also wore a yukata with the Heart Pirates' jolly roger surrounded by fish.

## **Personality**

Bepo tends to get depressed easily and apologizes whenever people point out that he is a talking bear. An example of his sensitivity is when Hancock called him a beast and scolded him for attempting to change the subject. His crewmates also scolded him when he wondered aloud whether Amazon Lily had female bears, much to their annoyance. Overall, members of the Heart Pirates accuse Bepo of having a weak will. Ironically, he was able to remain conscious after taking a blast of Conqueror's Haki from Rayleigh, a feat only the exceptionally strong-willed can accomplish. Those who do not know him call him meek.

He has been shown to order Jean Bart around (albeit unsuccessfully), seemingly delighted to have seniority over him. At the same time, he does not want Jean Bart to order him around. In the anime, he is shown to dislike hot environments (possibly due to his thick fur and the jumpsuit he wears), as he complained when the Heart Pirates' submarine was near an underwater volcanic region.

Sometimes, he can do foolish things like eating a fish from a toxic river.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Bepo is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Deadly Hearts as an honorary member. He also attends Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048**

In Chapter 3, Bepo took part in a successful mission in taking over Saharastar and ousting DES from the planet.

In Chapter 6, Bepo, alongside Shachi, Penguin, Edward Elric and Winry Rockbell, are seen leaving the lounge inside the Great White Shark while passing-by Kazeyoshi Imai and Cleveland whom are having a conversation with Theamilla "Thea" Rose Arystar, Sabrina Swanson, Lunamaria Hawke, Kaede Fuyou and Chikane Himemiya at a table.

In Chapter 9, Bepo, alongside Shachi, Penguin and Winry Rockbell, are seen in a snowy forest somewhere in Tundrastar and after listening to a report, they made their way towards their designated post and unbeknownst to them, Mace Wyndu, Abdul Hakim and Tamina Sixx are seen from the distance.

In Chapter 11, Bepo took part in the battle against the DES Soldiers at the town of Grust in Tundrastar while the idols performed in their guerrilla concert.

In Chapter 12, Bepo is present during the aftermath of the battle against DES and AKB0048's guerrilla concert, and alongside everyone, they discovered dead bodies of DES soldiers before coming across with Mace Wyndu, Abdul Hakim and Tamina Sixx.

In Chapter 15, Bepo, alongside Penguin, Shachi, Edward Elric and Winry Rockbell, are seen leaving the lounge area of the Great White Shark. He is later present in the living area of the dormitory where Tsubasa Katagiri announced the mission at Lancastar.

In Chapter 20, Bepo is present during a meeting instigated by Kazeyoshi Imai and Tsubasa Katagiri.

In Chapter 24, Bepo witnessed Kazeyoshi Imai's announcement all across the universe.

In Chapter 28, Bepo, alongside everyone, are seen approaching Kasumigastar and upon arriving at one city, they were confronted by Noboru Takizawa and his cohorts, demanding them to leave but they refuse. They then later witnessed the arrival of thousand of AKB-fans, much to their shock and awe.

In Chapter 29, Bepo, alongside everyone, are seen backstage of the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar with a look of awe at the large number of crowd gathered for the concert and later witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great time watching the performances afterwards. They then learned that Noboru Takizawa escaped which prompted Kazeyoshi Imai and Mace Wyndu to go after him.

In Chapter 32, Bepo took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar before witnessing the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.

In the Epilogue, Bepo, alongside the heroes and the idols, is present in the AKB-exclusive space terminal in Akibastar where they said their goodbyes to the members of Unit W and Alpha Squadron. Afterwards, everyone decided to take a break for the rest of the day.

## **Abilities**

As the navigator of the Hearts Pirates, it can be assumed that Bepo has the knowledge required to navigate the seas. The level of his skills is as yet unknown, though it is expected that he is reasonably capable of navigating through the Grand Line. Interestingly enough, despite his occupation, he is not seen wearing a Log Pose, which is essential for Grand Line navigation. He also has some skill in cartography, as he was the one who drew the map of Dressrosa and Green Bit that Law shared with the Straw Hats. However, he appears to be a bit messy, as the map had his paw print on it, and Nami stated that his map-drawing and navigation skills are far from her own.

Bepo is fairly strong-willed, being able to withstand a blast of Silvers Rayleigh's Haki.

### **Physical Abilities**

As a member of the Mink Tribe, Bepo, like all other minks, is a born warrior. Though he has not yet shown it yet, it can be presumed he is able to use Electro and transform into his Sulong form when gazing at the full moon like every other mink.

He is also a skilled martial artist combining his fighting skills with his superior physical abilities as a mink, allowing him to take out several Marines with ease but he is not strong enough to break a Pacifista as when he attempted to kick one, he wounded his leg, similar to Sanji's attack on Bartholomew Kuma.

After the timeskip, Bepo's fighting skills and physical prowess significantly improved. In the anime, he could hold his own against the Artificial Zoan Devil Fruit users of the Beast Pirates for twelve consecutive hours before Nekomamushi forced him to retreat.

## **Trivia**

* The back of Bepo's head can be seen in the lower left-hand corner of Law's wanted poster, similar to how Usopp can be seen on Luffy's first wanted poster.
* Bepo has the second lowest known bounty in the series, following Chopper's.
* In the 6th fan poll, Bepo ranked 41st.
* Bepo is the first member of the Mink Tribe to be seen in the series. His species, however, was only confirmed 307 chapters after his debut.
* Bepo shares the same voice actor with his late brother, Zepo.
* Bepo's favorite food is shaved ice.