Highlights
- CP9, a specialized agency of the World Government, focuses on assassinations of perceived threats, training members to discard emotions for efficiency.
- The agency's members, like Rob Lucci and Kaku, are highly skilled fighters with unique Devil Fruit powers and mastery of Rokushiki martial arts.
- CP9 has the privilege to initiate a Buster Call and kill threats on sight, making them a formidable force to be reckoned with in the One Piece world.
The World Government of One Piece is the biggest faction in the world that stands as an antithesis to everything that the pirates stand for and hope to do. Its true motivations and goals are largely a mystery, but what is known is the fact that they have many subsidiaries and branches that are wholly dedicated to certain tasks, ensuring an efficient and easy way to solve many problems that the World Government faces, wherever they may be.
One of these agencies is the infamous Cipher Pol 9, or as it is more commonly known, CP9. However, even among the various Cipher Pol agencies, CP9 is special, something that could be seen in how they were the central antagonists for the Water 7 and Enies Lobby arcs. So, let's break down this special group of the World Government and look at why they're so important for the overall story of One Piece.
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What Is CP9?
First Appearance | One Piece, Episode 230, "The Adventure in the City of Water! Aim for the Giant Shipyard" |
|---|---|
Debut Date | April 24, 2005 |
Debut Story Arc | Water 7 |
The World Government has quite a few Cipher Pol agencies, which are essentially the ones that carry out various intelligence operations. CP9, however, is the only one that doesn't concern itself with the gathering of information and secrets of the world, instead being a specialized group that focuses on the assassination of targets that are deemed to be threats to the World Government in one way or another.
Members of this secret organization are chosen when they are children and are then physically and mentally molded into the perfect killing machines. One of the central tenets of this organization is the discarding of emotions to ensure maximum efficiency in doing their jobs, as was seen with Rob Lucci. He was the most powerful member in the history of the organization, showing a complete lack of empathy and detesting any signs of emotion or weakness.
We're intelligence officers... we don't care who we face if we have orders.
This group is highly esteemed, so much so that they are stationed at Enies Lobby where they act as the final guardians of the Gates of Justice. Moreover, it is believed that Enies Lobby gained its impenetrable and unconquerable reputation due to generations of CP9 serving as its protectors, which also gives them an air of arrogance.
In order to become such powerful and ruthless justiciars, the training that members of CP9 are put through is grueling, designed to make them extremely formidable fighters and to strip them of any emotion. To achieve the former goal, they're trained in Rokushiki, or Six Powers, a specialized style of martial arts that gives them 6 unique and extremely powerful techniques that they are masters of utilizing in battle.
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Privileges of CP9:
Being an agency of the World Government, CP9 has control over some of its forces. However, this group is allowed to do things that some of the other Cipher Pol agencies aren't able to, such as killing any one person or group of people that they deem to be a threat to the World Government or the overall stability of the world on sight. They are also some of the only people who are given the knowledge and training to use the Six Powers.
Moreover, the current generation of CP9 is considered to be the strongest ever, which certainly gives them the credence to do much more. An example of this was their gaining the ability to initiate a Buster Call upon Enies Lobby to prevent Robin and the rest of the Straw Hats from escaping. This ability was granted to them by Admiral Aokiji.
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Members of the Agency
The generation of CP9 present at Enies Lobby was called the most powerful in the history of the organization. It comprised of 8 agents to carry out the orders given to them and one chief that the others work under. The first chief of CP9 that was ever seen in the series was Spandine, and he was the one who controlled the group 22 years ago during the Ohara Incident. As of Enies Lobby, his son Spandam became the new chief of the group. The remaining members are:
- Rob Lucci: The de-facto leader of the group and the most powerful member in the entire history of CP9. The user of the Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard, he fought Luffy in a very equal fight toward the end of Enies Lobby.
- Kaku: One of the younger members of the organization, Kaku ate the Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Giraffe and was the best swordsman out of every member of CP9.
- Jabra: Jabra ate the Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Wolf Devil Fruit and was quite an adept user of both his fruit and Rokushiki.
- Blueno: Blueno was one of the more physically imposing members of CP9 and ate the Doa Doa no Mi Devil Fruit, which allowed him to create doors on any surface.
- Kumadori: This member of CP9 possessed no Devil Fruit, but was still a powerful foe due to his mastery of Rokushiki and his bodily manipulation powers.
- Kalifa: The only female agent of CP9, Kalifa was not only very proficient with the Six Powers, but she was also the user of the bubble-producing Awa Awa no Mi.
- Fukurou: Fukurou is another member of the organization that does not use a Devil Fruit, though he is still quite powerful, with his power rating within the agency being on the higher end.
- Nero: The newest member of CP9, Nero was unlike the rest of his comrades in that he was quite weak and was taken out far sooner than everyone else.
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One Piece (1999)
One Piece is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. The series follows protagonist Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirate crew as they explore the Grand Line to find the King of the Pirates' ultimate treasure, the One Piece, in order to become the next king. The manga's popularity helped it spin off into a larger media franchise, including an anime with more than 1,000 episodes.
- Release Date
- October 20, 1999
- Story By
- Eiichiro Oda
- Number of Episodes
- 1082+
