“ | One may stray the path of a man... One may stray from the path of a woman... BUT THERE IS NO STRAYING FROM THE PATH OF A HUMAN! | „ |
~ Bentham. |
“ | Straw-Chan... You have to save your brother, no matter what! | „ |
~ Mr. 2's final farewell for Luffy. |
Bentham, also known as Mr. 2 Bon Clay, is a redeemed antagonist of One Piece. He was a major antagonist of the Alabasta Saga until redeeming himself at the end of the arc, and serves as the deuteragonist of the Impel Down arc. He was locked up in Impel Down level 3 until he temporarily freed by Buggy and Mr. 3. He was later locked up in Impel Down level 5.5 as the queen of Newkama Land.
In the Japanese version, he is voiced by Kazuki Yao, who voices Franky and Jango from the same series. In English dubbed for In an alternate English dub by Odex, he is voiced by Dwayne Tan. In English dub version of the One Piece anime by 4Kids Entertainment, he is voiced by Kevin Kolack. And in the Funimation English dubbed version, he is voiced by Barry Yandell. In the video game of One Piece: Unlimited Adventure, he is voiced by Mike McFarland.
Personality[]
Bentham is a carefree and friendly okama. He has a good relationship with the Straw Hat Pirates. He is willing to risk his life to accomplish his friends' escape.
Bentham has name gags. He referred to Luffy as Straw-Boy while in Impel Down. He rudely called his old comrades from Baroque Works such as Mr. 4 as Fatty and Miss Merry Christmas as Old Hag.
The reason he wanted to become an okama was due to him idolize the greatest okama, Emporio Ivankov.
Power and Abilities[]
Mr. 2 is quite a formidable fighter. He is skilled in martial arts.
He is a skilled master of deception, as he successfully started a war in Alabasta while framing King Cobra. He also masqueraded as Magellan and fooled the staff of Impel Down to open the Gates of Justice to help his allies escape in their marine ship, giving leeway to most famous mass breakout.
He possesses great endurance, as he survived multiple attacks from the wolves while rescuing Luffy. He also withstood the cold of the Freezing Hell level and repeated strikes from the wolves while making sure they did not touch Luffy. He is shown to have strong will, being able to resist Luffy's Haoshoku Haki before falling down from his injuries from the wolf attack.
A notable feat is that he survived his fight with Magellan, but no record of any injuries were made.
Okama Kenpo[]
Mr. 2 is an expert of the okama's martial art ability called Okama Kenpo.
Devil Fruit[]
Mr. 2 ate a paramecia Devil Fruit called Mane Mane no Mi (Clone-Clone Fruit) originally from Kurozumi Higurashi (who was killed by Kaido). He has the ability to transform into those who he has managed to touch their face with his right hand. He can revert back to normal by touching his face with his left hand. However, his imitation ability doesn't copy strength or techniques, but it does copy bodily features of whoever he's transformed to.
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