Lucky Roo

Lucky Roo is a male character in the anime and manga series One Piece. He's a pirate and a member of the Red Haired Pirates, being designated as the cook and one of the officers.

In Japanese version, he was voiced by Jin Domon. In the In an alternate English dub by Odex, he was voiced by Jamie Meldrum. In the English dub version of the One Piece anime by 4Kids Entertainment, he was voiced by Michael Alston Baley. And in the Funimation English dubbed version, he was voiced by John Burgmeier.

Appearance[]

Lucky Roo is a tall, incredibly obese man, with slightly tanned skin and black eyes. He wears a massive green shirt with white strips going across from top to bottom all around it, a green hat, tan pants, a dark green sash around his waist where his shirt and pants meets, and an extremely long, yellow cape on his back. He's almost always seen holding and eating from a massive chicken leg.

Out of all the crew, he has aged the least in appearance in the last decade.

Personality[]

He is always depicted as smiling, no matter the situation.

Lucky Roo is shown to be fiercely loyal to his Captain, Shanks, as he's seen killing one of Higuma's men in cold blood when they were holding Luffy hostage and Shanks wanted to save him.

He is very eager to party, always seen dancing when the crew celebrates.

He is a big fan of food, as he is always seen holding and eating from a massive chicken leg.

History[]

Past[]

Hs was born in the South Blue.

It is unknown when he joined the crew, but he soon ascended the ranks to become one of the officers and is always close to his captain.

He was present when the crew stayed in Foosha Village and befriended Luffy.

East Blue Saga[]

Loguetown Arc[]

When Hawkeye visited the island, he showed the Red Hair Pirates Luffy's new wanted poster, shocking Lucky Roo and the crew that Luffy has begun his journey. The crew celebrated this, inviting Mihawk.

Sky Island Saga[]

Jaya Arc[]

When Whitebeard refused Rockstar's letter, Shanks decided to personally meet the latter and told the crew he doesn't care if the Marines have a problem with that. Hearing this, Lucky Roo told the crew to prepare set for the New World.

Water 7 Saga[]

Summit War Saga[]

Marineford War Arc[]

Lucky Roo and the crew arrived at Marineford, where he asked the captain if he wanted to see Luffy (who was on the Heart Pirates' sub), since it was ten years but Shanks declined to see Luffy because it wasn't the right time. He later joined the crew as his Captain put an end to the war. He also took part in confronting Blackbeard and his crew, staring down Blackbeard's crewmate Vasco Shot. However, Blackbeard backed down and had his crew leave the area.

Post War Arc[]

With his crewmates, he attended Whitebeard and Ace's funeral on a distant island.

Post-Timeskip[]

Wano Country Arc[]

After Big Mom and Kaido's downfalls, Roo asked Shanks they should go see Luffy now that he is a great pirate. But Shanks didn't came to see Luffy only to drove off Ryokugyu for his dishonorable attempted to arrest Luffy.

Egghead Arc[]

Lucky Roo and his crew are partying at Elbaf with the giants. They defeated the Kid Pirates and obtain the Road Poneglyph copies as well allowing Dory and Brogy to sink the Kid Pirates' ship.

Abilities and Powers[]

Not much is known of his abilities, but it can be assumed he is a very powerful pirate as a crew member of an Emperor. Despite his large frame, he possesses great speed as he snuck up on a mountain bandit and shot him, without being noticed.

As he is always around his Captain, he is recognized as one of the latter's close confidantes. Former Fleet Admiral Sengoku stated that Lucky Roo has a very infamous reputation, a notable feat as he was one of the officers called out by name.

Weapons[]

Lucky Roo carries a flintlock.

Trivia[]

It is likely that his name is a reference to Lucky Luke, a fictional cowboy (gunfighter) from the "Lucky Luke" Franco-Belgian comic book, created by Morris de Bevere. Lucky Luke is known as "The man who shoots faster than his shadow".
Lucky Roo appeared shorter than Shanks in their first appearance in Episode 4 but he appeared taller than Shanks when they went to Marineford.
Lucky Roo is the first person to kill someone both in the anime and the manga, by shooting a mountain bandit in the head at point blank range.
Lucky Roo is the first person, named or not, to name a Devil Fruit.
Lucky Roo happens to resemble another pirate from another famous Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, the creator of several anime and manga series. Many of which consist of Space Operas that involve pirates that sail the universe in search of righting wrongs and solving political and revolutionary idealisms. The character he resembles is named Yattaran, who himself is based off another manga artist Kaoru Shintani (best known for Area 88) who, in his early career worked for Matsumoto building models for reference. This could be a coincidence however it most likely is a small shout out to the earlier works of Leji and Kaoru both whom have been writing manga for much longer than Oda has.
Lucky Roo's favorite food is bird meat on the bone.