Jewelry Bonney,[9] also known as the "Big Eater", is a pirate from the South Blue and the captain of the Bonney Pirates.[1] She is one of twelve pirates who are referred to as the "Worst Generation" and the only female member of the group.[10]

Bonney is the daughter of Ginny and the adopted daughter of Bartholomew Kuma,[11] the former King of the Sorbet Kingdom (making her Sorbet's former princess). Thanks to experiments conducted by Jaygarcia Saturn of the Five Elders, Bonney acquired the powers of the Toshi Toshi no Mi,[12] which allows her to manipulate the age of herself and others at will. She also inherited the Sapphire Scales disease from her mother, forcing her to live inside Kuma's church through her early childhood.

After Kuma sacrificed his body and free will to the World Government in exchange for Dr. Vegapunk curing Bonney, she ventured forth from her home to become a pirate in search of her father, using her ability to appear as a young woman in her twenties, despite still being a little girl, having been ten years old during her debut and now being twelve after the timeskip.[13].[14] Bonney eventually succeeded in reuniting with her father after he saved her life during the Egghead Incident.[12]

Upon reaching the Sabaody Archipelago, Bonney had a bounty of Beli 140,000,000.[1] Two years later, it was raised to Beli 320,000,000.[8]

Bonney is a companion and major ally of the Straw Hat Pirates during the Egghead Arc and Elbaph Arc.

Appearance

Bonney is a 24-year-old woman who is slim despite the enormous amount of food she consumes regularly. She has long light pink hair and brown (later blue) eyes (purple in the anime). Due to her Devil Fruit ability, she can alter her age and thus change her appearance at will.[15] Her most common appearance in public is that of a curvaceous, taller, and more buxom young woman in her early 20s with less childish facial features.

Her outfit consists of a white low-cut tank top, along with a pair of orange-and-black striped buckled shorts with long, thin suspenders. She also wears black high-heeled boots that reach to her calves, with large laces coming from the openings, and a pair of hot pink and dark red stockings with a yellow sun-like motif on them (a pattern seen other times in the One Piece world). She has a golden anti-eyebrow below her right eye where her Sapphire Scales used to be, which she adorned hoping it would help her father recognize her. She also wears bright red lipstick on the middle of her lips due to not knowing how to apply lipstick properly. She consistently wears a brown furred jacket and a green Furażerka hat with a light-green lining that has foldable earflaps that can be pulled down for disguise and cold weather; she received both of these items from Conney when she escaped from government custody.

Bonney's common outfit did not change much after the timeskip; she now wears pink lipstick instead of the red one from two years ago and a new white tank top with frills along the rim. During the Punk Hazard Arc, Bonney was shown wearing a black hat (possibly a sunhat) and a furred, hooded coat, likely due to the winter island she was seen on at the time.

During the Egghead Arc, Bonney wears no hat. Through the use of a clothes-changing machine at Egghead, Bonney started wearing a purple leotard bodysuit with a hood, along with purple gloves, thigh-length purple leggings, an earpiece, and a pair of purple DOM shoes. After escaping from Egghead and during the Elbaph Arc, Bonney has remained in her child form.

As a 9-year-old child, Bonney had shoulder-length hair with a cowlick as opposed to her current back-length hair. During this time, a blue, rock-like skin disorder had started manifesting in her right cheek as a result of the Sapphire Scales disease she had contracted. Her outfit consisted of a sleeveless, ragged shirt, a pair of shorts held up by thin suspenders, and short boots.[16] At 15 years old, Bonney's hair was longer, and the Sapphire Scales already covered most of her right face. At age 21, Bonney had fully recovered from the disease and no longer showed any signs of it on her face or body.

Personality

In accordance with her true age, Bonney's personality is not unlike that of an ordinary kid, being playful, energetic, and rather innocent. She is sometimes described as "vulgar" due to her lack of maturity contrasting with the adult figure she generally prefers presenting herself as. However, Bonney is not entirely childish, and in comparison to certain older characters like Monkey D. Luffy, she can come off as more reasonable and less simple-minded, even if only slightly. Like other children, she has a big sense of adventure and enjoys flashy, colorful things like rainbows.

Befitting her epithet, Bonney is an extremely gluttonous person with very poor table manners. She will, for instance, demand more food before finishing her current meal, eschewing utensils and talking with her mouth full. She is usually seen eating pizza, her favorite food, even when fighting or on the run.[18][1][19][20] She shares this quirk with her late mother, Ginny, who was similarly insatiable when it came to eating, and it is a big reason for her rapport with Luffy.

Bonney has always displayed an aggressive temper and rude attitude, seemingly stemming from her early childhood as a frequent victim of bullying due to her rare medical condition, which prevented her from socializing with other children normally. Still, even at the young age of twelve’, Bonney knew how to be tactful and show restraint, mostly to prevent upsetting her father, Kuma. Said mindset extends to this day, as she knows when to fight and when to prevent trouble, particularly in dangerous territories such as the Sabaody Archipelago. When she saw Zoro attempting to attack a World Noble, she orchestrated a scene to fake Zoro's death and prevent an escalation, knowing full well that such a thing would have led to terrible consequences.[15] However, this sense of caution is overwritten when enticing food is involved, similar to Luffy and Chopper.

Being a adult, Bonney believes in the stereotypical view of what a pirate should be, that being of selfish, violent plunderers (although she still encourages some degree of morality going by her own personal code). For Bonney, all pirates should follow an unspoken agreement of not creating a stir in delicate situations, and the idea of a pirate helping wounded strangers also leaves her dumbfounded. However, even Bonney is not against losing control of her emotional urges to confront those others would dare not; while she was originally against the idea of defying the World Nobles of Sabaody Archipelago, due to their statuses and the consequences that would be incurred, when she realized that her father's mind was killed on the orders of Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, Bonney did not hesitate in attacking him, ironically disregarding the consequences herself. Several instances suggest that Bonney has an unforgiving disposition towards those who wrong her, holding grudges and cursing their name.[22][23]

Bonney may not be a pleasant individual, but she is capable of respecting others, particularly her fellow members of the Worst Generation, having shown a keen interest in Luffy and Trafalgar Law's exploits.[24] She had a genuinely loving relationship with her father, Bartholomew Kuma, as she was heartbroken upon witnessing his brutal enslavement at Mary Geoise and even defended a Pacifista unit that resembled her father at one point, showing great sensitivity towards even his likeness being disrespected. Bonney loves Kuma dearly and has been driven primarily by her desire to be reunited with him, especially after learning about his ultimate fate as a mindless cyborg during the Summit War of Marineford.

Like Kuma, Bonney believes in the figure of Nika, having heard the stories her father had shared with her about the ancient Buccaneer legend, and genuinely thinks that he still exists somewhere in modern times. Because of her sheltered upbringing caused by a rare disease, Bonney clung onto the god as a savior and symbol of her own personal freedom. One of her objectives is thus to find Nika, not only for herself but also for her father's sake.

Abilities and Powers

As the captain of the Bonney Pirates, Bonney has complete authority over the crew. As a member of the Worst Generation, she is a powerful pirate. Bonney and her crew had a reputation for attacking the elderly and children, although those were in fact merely Marines affected by Bonney's abilities. This brutal reputation, along with her successfully avoiding and escaping capture from the World Government for so long, helped turn her into one of the most infamous rookie pirates in the world, following in her adoptive father's footsteps. Before the timeskip, she had a bounty of Beli 140,000,000; after the timeskip, it rose to Beli 320,000,000.

Over seven years ago, Bonney contracted the extremely rare Sapphire Scales illness, the same that killed her mother. Because of this disease, Bonney's skin became susceptible to natural light sources. Upon completing the experimental stem cell transplant therapy, Bonney was completely cured and able to come into contact with light without any harm.

It is known that she has been training her body and stamina since she was six in order to eventually sail the seas with her father. At eight years old, Bonney already knew how to fight and defeat adult opponents. By the time she started her piracy career at the ripe age of nine, Bonney could already beat a member of Cipher Pol, a feat that is nothing short of extraordinary for a normal pirate, let alone a child. With her Devil Fruit abilities and experience, Bonney is able to defeat many Marine soldiers with minimal difficulty, something that was plainly evidenced during the Egghead Incident, as she neutralized no less than three different Marine Vice-Admirals out of the nine that were present there.

Bonney currently has the highest authority in commanding all Pacifistas that have her father, Kuma, as their genetic template, surpassing the Five Elders, a fact that she was unaware of until Vegapunk told her. Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro commented that having control over the Pacifista effectively allows Bonney to destroy entire nations.[38] Due to this, she became a high-priority target of the Marines to be killed.

Non-canonically, she also was able to withstand a Supreme King Haki blast from Douglas Bullet.[39]

Infiltration and Stealth

Bonney appears to be a very skilled escape artist, as she has managed to escape from the World Government's possession twice. Likewise, she is skilled at infiltration, stealth, thievery, acting, and mind games thanks to her Devil Fruit. She proved this when she successfully managed to infiltrate Mary Geoise by posing as one of the Levely attendees, a noteworthy feat considering that for most pirates, entering through Mary Geoise without being invited or enslaved is considered practically impossible. Rob Lucci even noted that she has escaped the World Government's hold over her many times.[40]

Physical Abilities Due to her strong desire to overcome her illness and sail the seas, Bonney trained herself from a very young age to be as physically capable as possible, and as a result, Bonney has shown considerable physical abilities despite her slender frame and young age, enhanced by her Devil Fruit, to manipulate her physical age.

Even at the young age of eight, Bonney possessed immense physical strength, as she was more than capable of fighting and defeating grown men and severely beating them as well. She even managed the extraordinary feat of defeating Alpha, a member of Cipher Pol, with a single punch, despite her young age. Similar to Boa Hancock's and Sanji's fighting styles, Bonney's fighting style seems to personally emphasize powerful and acrobatic kicks. She even managed to injure Marshall D. Teach, who is a monstrously durable man, by kicking him in the head.[41] She was also able to make a distracted Luffy bleed and send him flying with just one kick despite his own substantial durability.[42] Bonney is also extremely fast. She managed to tackle Zoro before he was able to attack Saint Rosward Charlos, sensing his killing intent quickly enough to prevent a reaction.[15]

Bonney has an incredible metabolism where she can eat large amounts of food, to the point where she becomes fat and round, but instantly burns all the calories to replenish her stamina. Likewise, she has displayed an immense level of physical endurance, having survived a shock from Egghead's Frontier Dome at maximum strength.

Devil Fruit Due to Jaygarcia Saturn's experiment to test whether a Devil Fruit could be given to an infant via an extract, Bonney acquired the power of the Toshi Toshi no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows her to freely manipulate the aging process of anything, including herself, other people, and objects, though the effects are only temporary on living things. A unique effect of this ability is that the years Bonney steals from people are physically manifested in the form of sparkling three-dimensional jewels and shapes.[3]

She can use this power to disguise herself, being able to freely change between a little girl, a young adult, and an old granny, making it so people will not recognize her as the same person they are looking for. Another benefit is that she can cripple opponents by rapidly aging them into their feeble senior years or by regressing them into small, weak children.[43]

Another application of this power is by 'shooting' at an opponent; she can induce a Near Death Experience (NDE), causing them to briefly adopt the appearance of a skeleton before their flesh returns. This ability seems to make an opponent actually experience a pseudo-death, akin to a physical hallucination, resulting in extreme emotional trauma.

She can also age herself into any possible future version of herself she can imagine, even if the future she envisions is not actually possible. This includes futures where she becomes a giant or even a deity.

Haki Bonney is an extremely talented user of Armament Haki, having achieved a high mastery despite her young age. She first demonstrated this skill while assuming her Nika form, hardening her inflated fist to assist in striking Luffy from behind to send Marcus Mars flying a vast distance away, which consequently caused the rubber man to experience a great deal of pain in the process[44] and later when she punched Jaygarcia Saturn in the face, rendering him unconscious.[45]

Weapons

Bonney is generally versatile with weapons, often picking up any nearby objects that could be potentially used for battle (from actual weapons to random scrap).

At one point during her rookie days, she wielded a plain stick weapon when invading a certain island. At Egghead's scrap heap, she was in possession of a beam saber that was considered a failure by Vegapunk due to its unintended side-effect of attracting bug swarms.[25] Later, Bonney used a pipe as a makeshift club, swinging it as she chased Vegapunk down a corridor.[36] While facing Kizaru, she employed a metal cord from the then destroyed Vegaforce-01 instead but was unable to hit the Admiral.[46] While fighting Marines on Egghead, Bonney managed to acquire a pistol and later picked up a stray katana to stab Saturn with.[47]

Trivia In the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th fan polls of most popular characters, Bonney was ranked 36th, 67th, 68th, and 85th, respectively.

Bonney is the only known female with the title of Super Rookie, as well as the only female in the Worst Generation. She is also the youngest at 24 years old.

In the present, Bonney is the youngest person known to be a Pirate Captain, have a wanted bounty on their head, and possess the Armament Haki ability.

Coincidentally, Bonney and Trafalgar Law have both suffered from a seemingly incurable disease when they were young, but managed to survive, despite being estimated to die within a few years. Bonney suffered from the Sapphire Scales disease, while Law suffered from Amber Lead Syndrome.

Bonney's identity as Bartholomew Kuma's daughter was spoiled through her entry in the Vivre Card databook, which noted the nature of their connection in one of her concept artworks.[6] This set was released while the Wano Country Arc was still ongoing.

The same card also hinted at her role during the Egghead Arc, which was to find Vegapunk and request him to "turn her father back".

The origin of Bonney's surname "Jewelry" is currently unconfirmed, as it does not match those with Kuma's or her mother, Ginny, who had no surname; however, the surname is likely based on when Bonney contracted the Sapphire Scales disease, where Kuma called her skin stones "jewels" (宝石, hōseki?) in order to cheer her up.[108]

Bonney's side cap and fur coat pre-timeskip originally belonged to Conney and were given to her for the sake of disguising herself as Conney.[52]

SBS-Based Trivia Bonney's birthday, September 1, comes from her epithet since 9-1 can be derived from Oo-gurai.[7]

Bonney's name was taken from the 18th century Irish woman Anne Bonny, a noble turned pirate who operated in the Caribbean.[109]

Unlike other characters, Bonney's age provided in SBS, which was published before Chapter 1098, is noted to be an estimation, likely not to spoil the truth behind her true age.[5]

Bonney's favorite food is pizza Margherita, and her least favorite food is carrot.[18]

Bonney's animal resemblance is a deer.[110 ] If One Piece was set in the real world, then Bonney would be from Australia.[111]

When a fan asked which flower Bonney resembles the most, Oda answered she most resembles a freesia.[110] If Bonney was not a pirate, then she would be a pizza shop owner.[111]

Bonney's hobbies are eating food and playing Jenga.[112] She is shown playing Jenga with Gyogyo in Chapter 1101.[113]

The mood of the scene is: #1 neutral. The characters are simply present, awaiting the next event.

The mood of the scene is: #1 The scene is steady and calm, ready for whatever comes next.