Sabo

Sabo (サボ, Sabo), is both a fictional character and tritagonist from the Fairy One Piece Tail series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda. He is the Revolutionary Army's chief of staff, recognized as the "No. 2" of the entire organization, ranking directly under Dragon D. Monkey himself.

Next to being the sworn brother of the 5, he is of noble descent, the son of Outlook III and Didit, as well as via his parents the adoptive brother of Sterry, the current king of the Goa Kingdom, whom Sabo has never recognized as such.

At a very young age years before the series' present, Sabo leaves his home and family to live alone in the kingdom's Gray Terminal, and he met and befriended Ace not long after. After he and Ace befriend Natsu, Luffy, Gray, and Erza, they exchange cups of sake and become "brothers and sister" (similar to the initiation ritual in yakuza organizations).

Sabo initially planed to set out to sea and achieve freedom at age 17, but he already set sail on his own after his last issue with his parents, but his boat was destroyed by a Celestial Dragon moments later. Having been believed to have died during this incident, Sabo had in truth survived due to Dragon saving him, and he thus joined the Revolutionaries, though he suffers from amnesia.

At some point he joins the Revolutionary Army and becomes its chief of staff. He had lost most of his memories from that point forward. But after reading the newspaper and learning of Ace's death at Marineford he regained his memories back and, like Natsu, Luffy, Gray, and Erza, is devastated by his death.

"I finally managed to get here, Ace. Look, our Luffy started to make his way to become the "King of the Pirates" again. That's our little brother!"
 * —Sabo, to Ace's grave.

Appearance & Biography

 * Voice Actor: Johnny Bosch (English), Tōru Furuya (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Castilian Spanish), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)


 * Voice Actor (young): Morgan Garrett (English), Junko Takeuchi (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Castilian Spanish), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

The Young Past Days
Sabo was a ten year old boy at the time of Luffy's flashback, the same age as Ace at that time. He had round eyes, a missing tooth, and short curly blond hair. He wore a large black top hat with a pair of blue goggles wrapped around it, a blue jacket with the sleeves rolled up, a cravat and a pair of light blue cyan shorts held up by a belt with an elaborate flower-design buckle.

Before he entered into the Gray Terminal, he was seen with a gentle outfit with a white colored short-sleeved shirt and wearing blue colored shorts as usual.

Post-Timeskip
As an adult, Sabo became taller and more muscular. He has matured greatly, with more pronounced facial symmetry and a scar he acquired over his left eye. This scar was inflicted when Saint Jalmack selfishly blew up the fishing boat Sabo used to set out to sea, leaving him with serious burns and critical injuries. He resembles Luffy enough to allow him to easily deceive opponents as perceptive as Diamante into thinking he was "Lucy" by simply wearing the same outfit, although Sabo is still taller than his younger brother. His hair has also grown noticeably longer since his youth, which he styled deliberately to cover up his eye scar.

While participating in the final round at the Corrida Colosseum in Luffy's place, he wore Luffy's cape, fake beard, and viking style helmet. In addition, he wore shades to conceal his eyes. He also drew an X-shaped mark on his chest.

Later, after the round, he returned to his original outfit, which resembles his old outfit from twelve years ago: a long black jacket with a buckle on the left sleeve, with a blue shirt and vest, a frilled cravat, and a simple belt holding a pair of loosen light-blue pants with black boots (said boots are shown in greater detail in Wizard and Pirate Warriors 3, to be wrapped with buckles and with cloth bracings). He also wears a pair of brown gloves and the same top hat with goggles over the band.


 * Hair Color: Blond
 * Skin Color: Not Known
 * Eye Color: Black
 * Age: 10 (flashback debut), 22 (post timeskip)
 * Birthday: March 20th
 * Height: 100 cm (3’3½”; flashback), 187 cm (6'1½"; current)
 * Weight: Not Known
 * Bounty: 602,000,000 berries

Friends/Allies

 * Mermaid Heel
 * Millianna
 * Araña Webb
 * Beth Vanderwood
 * Risley Law
 * Fairy Tail
 * Erza Scarlet
 * Yukino Aguria

Family

 * Outlook III (Father)
 * Didit (Mother)
 * Sterry (Adoptive Brother)

Enemies

 * World Government
 * Alvarez Empire
 * Neinhart
 * Larcade Dragneel

Powers and Abilities
As the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, Sabo has command over all lower ranking members and answers only to the leader himself. His bounty of 602,000,000 berries proves that the World Government views him as an extremely dangerous threat. According to Ace, who initally planned for Sabo to become his navigator, Sabo also has some experience in navigation.

Dragon's Fist

 * Main article: Dragon's Fist

The Dragon's Fist (竜爪拳, Ryūsōken, literally meaning "Dragon Claw Fist"), is a fighting style Sabo has become a master of in his adulthood, which revolves around the use of grips, which he refers to as "claws". His grips are strong enough to break armor, great swords, artillery, and even skulls with ease and remaining unharmed. He claims that his fingers are like the claws of a dragon. He also uses Haki to increase the strength of his fingers. In contrast to Luffy, who readily chooses to target his adversary, Sabo seems to prefer destroying his opponent's weapon first before going head to head against them. This difference in battle approach was what allowed Diamante to notice that Lucy was not actually Luffy when Sabo came to fight in Luffy's place in the coliseum.

Techniques
The named techniques that are used by Sabo that involve the fighting style are as follows:

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Devil Fruit

 * Main article: Flame-Flame Fruit

The Flame-Flame Fruit (メラメラの実, Mera Mera no Mi, literally meaning "Fruit of the Flame-Flame"), a Logia-type Devil Fruit, which was The Flame-Flame Fruit (メラメラの実, Mera Mera no Mi, literally meaning "Fruit of the Flame-Flame"), a Logia-type Devil Fruit, which was eaten by Sabo, allows him to become the element of fire and control the flames from his body, making him a "Fire Human" (火人間, Hi Ningen).

After eating the fruit, Sabo was instantly able to utilize it easily to the point of using Ace's signature technique, the "Fire Fist", which was strong enough to shatter the bottom floor of the Corrida Colosseum, exposing the underground facility. He did later show difficulty of controlling his fruit however, which is typically displayed by new Devil Fruit users.

While facing against Issho's Marine platoon, Sabo has been shown imbuing his weapon with fire, showcasing that he quickly attained control of his Devil Fruit power. He also mentions that he still has not grown fully accustomed to his new ability just yet, since he still has a habit of dodging attacks, despite now being a Logia-user.

Techniques
The named techniques that are used by Sabo that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:

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Haki

 * Main article: Haki

Armament Haki
Sabo has shown incredible mastery of Armament Haki, which he can imbue into his arm or his pipe. His Armament Haki is strong enough to shatter Burgess's Haki infused right arm armor, as well as Diamante's sword. His mastery of Armament Hakiis superior to Bastille's, as shown when the Vice Admiral attempted to cut him down with Haki enhanced sword strikes; not only did Sabo manage to block his Same-kiri Bocho, he even managed to destroy the entire blade with relative ease.

Observation Haki
Sabo possesses the ability to use Observation Haki. He is highly skilled in the use of Observation Haki, as shown in the anime where he dodged multiple bullets that are fired at him.

Weaknesses

 * Typical Devil Fruit Weakness: Like all devil fruit users, Sabo can't swim as his powers will be nullified once he is submerged into water waist deep. He is also vulnerable to Sea-Prism Stone.
 * Magma: Mag-Mag Fruit is considered to be superior to Flame-Flame Fruit, which is magma. As magma is hotter than fire.

Weapons
As a child, Sabo's preferred method of combat was stick fighting using metal pipes (as well as having slight traces of bo-staff styles). After the timeskip he continues to use a similar metal pipe, effectively battling against and defending himself from attacks by opponents as strong as Diamante, a top executive of the Don Quixote Pirates, and Burgess, the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates first ship. When used in conjunction with Armament Haki, Sabo was able to easily break Diamante's weapon. After obtaining the Flame-Flame Fruit, Sabo can ignite the two ends of his pipe.