Gekko Moriah

Gekko Moriah

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Japanese Name:     ゲッコー･モリア
Romanized Name:     Gekkō Moria
English Name:     Gecko Moria
First Appearance:     Chapter 449; Episode 343
Affiliations:     Thriller Bark; Mysterious Four (former); Shichibukai (former)
Occupations:     Pirate; Captain, Shichibukai (former)
Japanese VA:     Katsuhisa Hōki
Age:     48 (Debut)[1]
50 (after timeskip)[2]
Birthday:     September 6th[3]
Height:     692cm (22'7")[1]
Bounty:     Formerly Beli Small320,000,000[4]
Devil Fruit
Japanese Name:     Kage Kage no Mi
English Name:     Shadow-Shadow Fruit
Meaning:     Shadow
Type:     Paramecia

Gekko Moriah (ゲッコー･モリア Gekkō Moria?)[5] was a member of the Shichibukai who resided on the largest ship in the world, Thriller Bark. His former bounty is Beli320,000,000. He is also the central antagonist of the Thriller Bark Arc who stole Brook's and various other beings' shadows with the use of the Kage Kage no Mi. He took part to the Whitebeard War and sided with the Marines like all the other loyal Shichibukai. Upon the war's end, he was stripped of his title and was to be eliminated by Donquixote Doflamingo, but managed to escape before he was killed, leaving Moriah's overall status unknown.

Appearance

Moriah is a gargantuan person with very distinct devil-like features. Standing at 22' 7'' in height, he is the tallest among the Shichibukai. His animal theme is that of a gecko based off his name, general appearance and the collar of his shirt bearing a resemblance to a lizard's frilled neck. His overall design resembles a giant leek.[6][7][8]

He has two horns protruding from the sides of his forehead and stitches running down vertically from the top of his face and down his neck, which is rather long and thick in comparison to his body. His ears and teeth are both pointed, while his lower body is relatively fat and stubby in comparison.

Moriah's hair is red (purple in the anime) and his skin is a pale blue of which his lips, armbands and the edges of his gloves share in color. His coat and gloves are black whilst his pants are bright orange with pale window shapes imprinted on them. He wears a fishnet shirt. He also wears a cravat, necklace and a blue crucifix-like ornament with claw-like appendages sprouting out from three of the cross' points. During the meeting of the Shichibukai at the Marine Headquarters, Moriah added a fur-laced cape to his attire.[9]

His armbands and the edges of his gloves are pale blue. His coat and gloves are black whilst his pants are bright orange with pale window shapes imprinted on them. He wears a fishnet shirt. He also wears a cravat, necklace and a blue crucifix-like ornament with claw-like appendages sprouting out from three of the cross' points. During the meeting of the Shichibukai at the Marine Headquarters, Moriah added a blue cape laced with beige fur to his attire.[10]

Twenty-four years before the current storyline, Moriah looked much thinner and had a pointed chin.

In SBS Volume 63, Oda drew the Shichibukai as children. Moriah is shown to be gleefully pulling off the leg of a hapless ghost doll. His horns and hair were shorter and he was missing the cross stitches running down the middle of his face. He wore a baggy long-sleeved white shirt with suspenders and dark knee high pants. He also wore his usual long black gloves with cowboy boots with spurs and a jewel-encrusted dagger on his belt. He was also much thinner, had a chin and longer legs.