Bambina

## Creation

Bambina is created by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro to serve as one of the main antagonists of his manga series Toriko. His first appearance was duringChapter 300, Fierce Attacks and Roars!!.

Mitsutoshi drew inspiration for the species that Bambina belongs to, from the work of an anonymous fan from Tokyo, and outside of this Bambina is likely a direct reference to Sun Wukong from the Chinese Novel, Journey to the West. Other than this however, any inspirations for his physical design are unknown.

## Character Evolution

### Appearance

Bambina has two distinct physical appearances, the first of which is that of the fictional baboon species, the Ballboon. In this form, Bambina is a somewhat small primate with dark tufts of thick body hair on his arms, legs waist and on his head, with a slightly lighter base skin tone than his hair. His eyes are notable i that they are rather small in comparison to the size of his head, and lack visible pupils. Covering most of his body is a notable webbing type substance that is much paler in contrast to his dark hair and skin. Other notable traits of his appearance in this form, are his rather large hands and feet in comparison to his other body proportions, his long tail and his rather large buttocks. His most notable body trait however is his somewhat large pair of pale-coloured testicles, which also serve as the legendary ingredient PAIR.

This body however is revealed to be a ruse, used by Bambina to hide his true appearance. In order to show his true appearance, Bambina must essentially shed the first body, revealing a much larger, paler and less defined Ballboon. In this form he the only things he retains from his previous body are his small eyes with the lack of pupils, and large pale testicles. The changes begin with his body hair, changing from its darker tone to a much paler tone, as does his visible skin. Other notable changes are his more rounded features, such as his ears mouth and nose. His overall size in this second form is seemingly larger than his first form, indicating that it had been compressed or stuffed inside the skin of his original form.

### Personality

Despite his status as one of the Eight Kings of the Gourmet World and having the nickname of "The Problem Child of the Eight Kings", Bambina appears to be very childlike, chaotic and impulsive. His childish nature is constantly shown through his need to play games with others, such as Hide and Seek, Rock Paper Scissors and Hiza Kakkun. However due to his immense power and strength, these games tend to end badly for those involved, more often than not killing those Bambina wishes to play with. His need to play games is so great that he let his own continents established hierarchy fall into near ruin, when the Four Heavenly Kings upset the balance by defeating Gorilla Taurus and starting revolution among the lower ranked monkeys.

Despite his playful and childlike nature, Bambina can become enraged and angered when he believes he has been fooled, shown when he believed that Sunny wasn't coming to search for him after he established that they were playing hide and seek. This burst of anger only lasted for a split second however, as Bambina quickly surmised (Incorrectly however) that Sunny simply couldn't find him because he was so good at hiding himself. Aside from his playful nature, When Bambina goes to sleep however, his playful and aggressive nature disappears and he generates an aura of peacefulness. To achieve this he elevates himself high above the Earth in order to sleep peacefully among the stars and planets, before allowing the Earth’s gravity to pull him back down to the summit of the 100G Mountain where he awakens once more to start his day again.

## Major Story Arcs

### PAIR Arc

Bambina is first seen, shortly after the defeat of Gorilla Taurus at the hands of the Four Heavenly Kings. Resting at the summit of the 100G Mountain, Bambina notices a change in the atmosphere of his continent, due to the defeat of one of his Enbu Masters. However Bambina paid no heed to this upheaval, and quickly raced off to the shore to meet a small skipping stone he had thrown a week before, allowing it to hit his head and fall into a small pile of similar stones. Laughing to himself, Bambina quickly raced off once again to a nearby mountain range, and proceeded to uproot one of the numerous mountains from the ground and bring it with him to the shore of the sea. It's here that Bambina throws the mountain with such force and speed, that he sends it on a round the world trip, in which it slowly whittles down, and arrives back at the starting location roughly a week later, little more than a small pebble, in a Human World phenomenon known only as the Skipping Stone Mountains. After he threw the mountain and saw it on its way around the world, he returned back to the summit of the 100G Mountain.

Bambina is not seen again until the Four Heavenly Kings arrive at the base of the 100G Mountain, greeting them in his own intimidating fashion. Mistaking the Four Heavenly Kings actions for a game of Hide and Seek, Bambina effortlessly annihilated all of the Four Heavenly Kings in 0.1 of a second, playing numerous different "games" which each of the kings, which inadvertently caused all of them significant injury and distress. The games only end when Bambina notices Sunny had his eyes closed, taking this as a sign that Sunny is now the seeker in a new Hide and Seek game, Bambina quickly rushed off up the side of the 100G Mountain in order to find a good hiding place where Sunny wouldn't be able to find him, However, Bambina realised shortly after that Sunny had no intentions of coming to find him. This greatly angered Bambina, causing him to release a powerful aura of anger over the entire mountain range, but he quickly retreated that and reasoned with himself that Sunny simply couldn’t find him due to how well he was hiding himself. Satisfied with his logic, Bambina quickly retreated further up the 100G Mountain, back to its summit so he could rest after a long days playing.

After Bambina returned to his home at the summit of the 100G Mountain, he quickly set up a small wrestling ring right at the centre of the summit, in preparation for the upcoming Monkey Festival. After this Bambina though he had earned a rest and entered into his long peaceful sleeping routine, where he lightly propelled himself high above the surface of the Earth and into the upper Thermosphere of the planet in a single jump, allowing him to sleep peacefully among the stars and planets on the solar system, before the gravity of the Earth pulled him back down to the ground in order to awaken him.

Finally being pulled back to Earth by the gravity of the planet, Bambina awakens from his slumber to be greeted by the sight of the Four Heavenly Kings, who had made the climb up the side of the Mountain to challenge him once more. Bambina instantly jumps to action and excitedly launches into playing the same games with each of the Kings once more. However this time the Kings prove to be a match for him, effectively surviving and beating Bambina all of his "games", much to the Monkey Kings surprise. Toriko quickly apologises to Bambina on behalf of all the Four Heavenly Kings for being a bad playmate for him, and askes Bambina what he would like to play with them next. Bambina smiles at the Four Heavenly Kings and at that moment a large gathering of Area 7s inhabitants start to gather around the sides and summit of the 100G Mountain, making the beginning of the annual Monkey Festival.

Kaka quickly realises that the wrestling ring is meant to be the ground for a serious match between Bambina and the Four Heavenly Kings. Bambina quickly jumped straight to the centre of the ring and rang his testicles like a bell, releasing a powerful tone which rained down across all of Area 7, restoring the stamina of every living thing that resided on the continent. Bambina did this to ensure that all of the Four Heavenly Kings would be capable of fighting him at their maximum strength, without having to worry that they exerted too much of their energy "playing" with him prior to their fight.

The Four Heavenly Kings then enter into the ring with Bambina, who begins to act up once again, spinning himself round on the spot until he becomes dizzy. After some deliberation, Sunny steps forward first to face Bambina, however as soon as the match begins, Bambina quickly disappeared from Sunnys sight, and used his immense power to overpower Sunny and launch him straight into the ropes at the side of the ring, and off into the distance. Bambina then began charging up a lariat which he planned to hit Sunny with when he returned due to the elastic nature of the ropes, however before he could hit Sunny with his lariat, Zebra grabs Bambina by the arms and restrains him long enough for Sunny to return and hit Bambina with his own powerful Secret Enbu Technique. Bambina is shocked by this, but before he could take action against the Kings, Coco, Toriko and Zebra all launch a continuous stream of attacks against him, giving him virtually no respite between hits. Finally their combo ended, and Sunny, Coco, and Zebra used all their strength to fully restrain Bambina to the floor of the ring, in an effort to give Toriko a chance to remove PAIR from Bambinas body.

As Toriko approached Bambina however, Bambinas testicles released a potent smell which set Torikos appetite devil into a near frenzy. However Toriko managed to regain control just in time, and grabbed for Bambinas testicles with his remaining hand, despite Kakas warnings. The moment Toriko grabbed Bambinas testicles, however they are quickly engulfed in a large explosion, that covered the entire area in dust. When the dust had settled, everyone looked on with shock and horror. The monkeys gathered to watch the battle, quickly fled out of fear at the sight of the true form of Bambina, who emerged after the violent explosion to face the Kings once more.

The reveal of this true form sent out a wave of fear across the entire world itself, causing a sense of great unease among both people and creatures alike, essentially forcing them to consume any foods they wished to eat before they died. Much to the shock of the Four Heavenly Kings, Bambinas first action was to simply supress the incredible power of Toriko Mugen Kugi Punch before unleashing an incredible powerful and vicious attack with his tail, however thanks to the sudden emergence of the Oni in the Four Heavenly Kings and the subsequent loss of their Enbu, Bambinas attack failed to hit, and instead it shot off through the sky, cutting through the ring they stood on and up into space where it sliced through a lone satellite. Bambina however prepared once more to engage the Kings, as they themselves began to unite their cells and attempted once more to play with the Monkey King. Instantly they met face to face and began to dance in much the same way they did when Bambina first met them, however this time Bambina was thrilled to see that they were now able to match him to some degree. Due to the excitement that he had finally found people worthy enough to dance with him, Bambinas power increased once again, causing his testicles to grow slightly larger while also causing the muscles in his body to bulk up further and become even more defined.

Bambina and the Four Heavenly Kings then began to dance together once again, going through all of the steps that Coco had memorized from a mural on the wall in the Kingdom of Hope, and all the while Bambinas testicles grew even larger and started to secrete a smell which invigorated all of them. However when it came to the final step in the Monkey Dance the Four Heavenly Kings stopped, awaiting for Bambina to make the final move so they could copy him, however Bambina sensed this and had a sudden feeling of disappointment in not being able to finish the dance he had longed to do in so long. Instead Bambinas entire demeanour changed instantly and he lunged at the Four Heavenly Kings with everything he had, attempting to eat them for their failure. Combining all their power together, the Four Heavenly Kings launched an all-out attack against the enraged Bambina, causing some minor damage to the Monkey King before he recovered and attempted to consume them once again, this attack however also failed and the Kings managed to evade him and launch individual attacks of their own, all of which Bambina was able to dodge or block. Still enraged Bambina continued his vicious attack against the Four Heavenly Kings, until he attacked Toriko only to realise too late that it was one of Cocos Poison Dolls. At that moment the Kings appeared behind Bambina and attempted to pull his testicles off, however they failed, and Bambina once again tries to consume them, this time managing to eat a large chunk out of their combined arm, causing Toriko to unleash his Oni in response and attack Bambina with his Jet Fork, causing some minor injury to Bambina in the process.

As the immense gravity of the 100G Mountain took hold of Toriko however, Bambina managed to grab hold of his leg, causing his body to stretch out painfully, allowing Bambina to bite into his leg. All Four Heavenly Kings then began to unleash their own respective Oni and attack Bambina themselves, during which Bambina manages to both destroy the enhanced barrier Sunny had placed around the entire summit and also manage to bite into Sunnys own arm in the process. Bambina, in a blind rage proceeded to destroy the entire summit of the 100G Mountain by unleashing a relentless assault into the ground. As the Four Heavenly Kings fell due to the sudden destruction of the summit, Bambina managed to grab onto Toriko one more, however he was shook off and ended up falling to a location near their own, surrounded by natural Sandoriko Flowers.

Walking up to the immobilized Kings, Bambina proceeded to pick all four of them off the ground in preparation to eat them, however at that moment Bambina is suddenly overcome with emotion as he looks upon one of his species long lost female primates standing behind the Four Heavenly Kings. This sudden surge of emotion causes Bambinas testicles, the Food Treasure PAIR, to finally drop from Bambina. At that moment Bambina let the Four Heavenly Kings free from his grasp and began to dance with his long lost mate, as Toriko and the others managed to prepare the legendary ingredient PAIR. However during his dance with the female primate, the arrival of the Blue Nitro Kaka disturbs them, causing him to lose focus of his mate. In response to this Bambina once again becomes enraged and prepares to battle the Blue Nitro.

## Powers and Abilities

### Overview

As one of the Eight Kings of the Gourmet World, ruler of Area 7, and the foremost practitioner of the Monkey Martial Arts style Enbu, Bambina is an immensely powerful creature. Contrary to his rather small appearance, Bambina possesses an incredible level of strength and durability, being able to cleanly cut entire mountains from the ground with a simple swipe of his tail, and then carry those mountains one handed, over vast distances. His incredible strength is further exemplified when he displayed the ability to throw said mountains fast enough that they were capable of "skipping" off both land and water at the speed of sound itself, for a continuous round the world trip. His incredible level of durability is displayed during his battle with the Four Heavenly Kings, being able to take their most powerful and destructive attacks with virtually no effort on his part, even withstanding the immensely power Enbu Secrete Technique with only a slight change in his facial features.

Bambina is also deceptively fast, being capable of crossing vast distances in very little time, and this is shown when he moved from his home on the summit of the 100G Mountain to the shore of Area 7, a great many kilometres away, in a matter of seconds. This is shown to an even greater degree when Bambina effortlessly annihilated all four of the Heavenly Kings during their first encounter in 0.1 of a second. Bambina has also shown a great deal of speed when he jumps, with a somewhat "soft" jump, being capable of accelerating him high into the upper thermosphere of the planet in a matter of seconds,

The most shocking aspect of Bambinas strength is that he is not actively trying to harm or injure anyone, he is in fact playing games with people. However due to the immense gap in power between those he plays games with and himself, Bambina tends to unintentionally take things too far and the games end up seriously wounding or even killing those unfortunate enough to be "playing" with him.

Bambina is also one of the strongest practitioners of the Monkey Martial Arts style known as Enbu. With this, Bambina is able to unify his entire cellular structure, allowing each and every cell in his being to work in perfect harmony with one another. This most notable effect on his being while using Enbu is the fact that he is able to completely stave off the effects of the immense levels of Gravity on and around the 100G Mountain, simply allowing the gravity to move around his cells, allowing him to walk unimpeded.

His physiology is also unique, in that he seemingly does not require any air or oxygen in order to survive, making routine trips into space, as well as living in an area that is completely devoid of oxygen. He also has a notable immune system, being able to survive after breathing in the Sandorikos pollen, only sneezing in reaction to it, something which would quite easily kill almost any other being currently known.

Bambina is also the host of the legendary ingredient PAIR, which serve as his own testicles. With PAIR, Bambina is able to release waves of sound that is capable of healing and rejuvenating nearly any injury. Not only this but simply by touching PAIR, once can seemingly enter into the fabled Back Channel of the Gourmet World, which is shown when Toriko grabs onto Bambinas testicles during their battle, and he briefly enters into what can be described as the Back Channel.

Bambinas overall power likely increases exponentially when he enters into his true form. This is due mostly to the reaction all of the monkeys present at the Monkey Festival displayed upon realising that he had unleashed his true form to combat the Four Heavenly Kings. Not only this but it'f further backed up by the fact that nearly all of the monkeys present at the Monkey Festival, fled in fear of him when his true form was unveiled due to the actions taken by the Four Heavenly Kings.

### Skills

 Killing Intent
 Bell of PAIR