Cabaji

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Cabaji the Acrobat is the Buggy Pirates chief of staff, and a member of the Buggy and Alvida Alliance. He is an acrobat swordsman. He was a member of Buggy’s Delivery, and is currently a member of Cross Guild. Due to his actions, he can be considered the tertiary antagonist of the Orange Town Arc, and a minor antagonist in the Loguetown Arc.Cabaji the Acrobat is the Buggy Pirates chief of staff, and a member of the Buggy and Alvida Alliance. He is an acrobat swordsman. He was a member of Buggy’s Delivery, and is currently a member of Cross Guild. Due to his actions, he can be considered the tertiary antagonist of the Orange Town Arc, and a minor antagonist in the Loguetown Arc.

Appearance

Cabaji is a tall slender man with a unique hairstyle that covers half of his face. In the manga, his hair appears black. However, in the anime his hair is light green where it is shaved and dark green where it is longer. He is usually seen wearing a large blue and white checkered scarf that covers the lower portion of his face, a sleeveless brown coat (purple in the anime) reaching down to his knees, white pants larger near the end and held up by a white sash (light blue in the anime), and white shoes. His hair is particularly interesting in its design, long on one side and a parallel shaved design on the other. During the Zou Arc, he shows off wearing a white top hat.

Personality

Cabaji is always serious, mysterious, and elegant. He is a proficient acrobatic fighter as well as somewhat formidable as an opponent. He appears to be concerned for his captain, along with Mohji. He is usually by Buggy’s side, unlike Mohji, who is ordered to do other things. Cabaji does not seem to care for Mohji’s pet lion, Richie, at all, and even used it as a shield from the Buggy Ball just to prevent himself from getting dirty. Despite these traits Cabaji has immense loyalty for Buggy, grieving after his captain when he and Mohji perceived him to be dead and was overjoyed when he later returned to them with Alvida. Though two years later it appeared Cabaji had grown colder as he brushed off Buggy’s impending death at Crocodile’s hands due to his mistaken leadership of Cross Guild, merely suggesting to the others that they had no choice but to follow Crocodile as their new leader.

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Buggy Pirates

Cabaji shows respect and loyalty for his captain, Buggy, and also shows great appreciation for him, such as when he cried in sadness when he thought Buggy was dead or when he was taken to Impel Down, or also great joy when he returned after the Marineford war. He has a constant rivalry with Mohji, both wanting to show who is the best in the crew. When Alvida took over the crew after Buggy was arrested, he showed fear towards her. After Buggy was beaten up by Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk for accidentally taking leadership of Cross Guild, Cabaji, alongside the rest of the administration, nonchalantly agreed to follow Crocodile while brushing off their chairman’s impending death as they continued to party.

Straw Hat Pirates

After Zoro beat him, like the rest of the crew, he has a grudge over the Straw Hat Pirates after being defeated by them.

Abilities And Powers

As the staff superior of the Buggy Pirates and Buggy’s Delivery, Cabaji has authority over the lower-ranking subordinates. His position seems to be the same as Mohji’s.

Physical Abilities

Cabaji has significant physical strength, shown when he was able to lift Richie with one arm and send Mohji flying with a single kick.

Carnival Tricks

Cabaji’s primary fighting style, known as Carnival Tricks, combines swordplay and acrobatics to distract and take advantage of his opponents. It incorporates a variety of circus props and feats, including Cabaji’s signature unicycle and tops, sword swallowing, and fire breathing.

Weapons

Along with his acrobatic skills, which he uses to glide to enormous heights on his unicycle, he has displayed a fondness for using both daggers and a sword during his fights, not unlike his captain. He also uses razor-sharp spinning tops and has a flame breath. He can also swallow swords with ease, as witnessed when he pulls out a sword from his mouth when the town mayor comes to challenge Buggy. Also, if necessary, in Chibi Buggy Pirate Adventure, he has shown to be fairly skilled in hand to hand combat after his sword was broken.

History

East Blue Saga

Orange Town Arc

Cabaji is at Buggy’s side when he first appears. When Boodle appeared before them and challenged Buggy, Cabaji wanted to slice him up, but Buggy told him to stand down, since the mayor had challenged Buggy. However, after Luffy successfully bounced back a Buggy Ball and destroyed much of Buggy’s crew, Cabaji was forced to use Richie the lion as a shield in order to survive the ricocheted cannonball’s effects. He then jumped back into the fray to execute Luffy, but was halted by Zoro, who challenged him to a duel. He proceeded to fight with Zoro and played dirty by striking Zoro’s wounds whenever he had the chance.

He also created flames through his breath and breathed directly into Zoro’s face. However, once Cabaji was knocked off his unicycle, he became angered and attacked with a slew of spinning tops and more deadly acrobatic maneuvers. Buggy tried to help him by sending his arm to help hold Zoro in place for Cabaji’s strike, but Luffy did not allow Buggy to interfere in Zoro’s duel. Zoro then took his own sword and slit his own side to ensure that he can battle Cabaji…

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Anime Differences

In the manga, Cabaji is formally introduced performing a sword swallowing trick and offering to kill Boodle for Buggy; this is omitted in the anime, moving his introduction to the scene where he manhandles Richie (the latter is also expanded slightly, giving him Buggy’s role of flinging Mohji at the Straw Hats). His duel with Zoro is also changed slightly, as Zoro (instead of cutting open his side-wound himself) lets him land a stroke on the wound to prove its insignificance. Zoro’s repeatedly knocking him off his unicycle—including just before his defeat—is also omitted.

Liveaction Differences

In the live-action series, Cabaji first appears in Shells Town, where he was intending on stealing the map of the Grand Line in Morgan’s possession. He witnessed Zoro’s fight with Helmeppo, and quickly left the bar once it began. Due to Luffy, Nami, and Zoro stealing the map instead, Cabaji failed in his mission, which he reported back to Buggy. When the three pirates were later kidnapped by the Buggy Pirates, Cabaji confronted Zoro about a previous encounter, in which Zoro killed Cabaji’s older brother in the Goa Kingdom to claim his bounty; though Zoro didn’t remember it….

Translation And Dub Issues

The 4Kids-dubbed anime, per standard policies, edits most of Cabaji’s (successful) attacks to be less graphic. He is also portrayed with a French accent.

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