Barto Club

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The Barto Club is a pirate crew led by Bartolomeo and the second ship of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. Following their actions on Gartel Island and confrontation with the Red Hair Pirates, their status is unknown. They also are one of the central characters from The Stories of the Self-Proclaimed Straw Hat Grand Fleet Cover Page Serial. The Barto Club is a pirate crew led by Bartolomeo and the second ship of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. Following their actions on Gartel Island and confrontation with the Red Hair Pirates, their status is unknown. They also are one of the central characters from The Stories of the Self-Proclaimed Straw Hat Grand Fleet Cover Page Serial.

Jolly Roger

The crew’s flag consists of a red skull with green, spiky hair on its top, similar to Bartolomeo’s own hair, and crossed spikes on its bottom. The expression is also identical to the Usopp Pirates’s flag.

Crew Members

Crew Strength

The Barto Club seems to be a powerful group, as it managed to reach the New World all the way from East Blue, which was generally regarded as the weakest of the four seas. Their captain, Bartolomeo, has a high bounty on his head, giving him the status of a Super Rookie, standing out from his generation. He is also strong enough to defeat Gladius, an officer of the Donquixote Pirates. The only other named member of the crew, Gambia, was able to gain a moderate bounty and was marked as a target among the participants of the Corrida Colosseum, although he was unable to stand up to Vice Admiral Maynard. Despite their strength, the crew is very inexperienced at sailing, lacking a proper navigator and relying on useless advice from Gambia’s grandmother through Den Den Mushi calls in order to handle obstacles at the sea. They are also prone to seasickness. They were also unable to pose any threat to the Red Hair Pirates when confronted by them.

Ship

The Barto Club’s ship was called the Going Luffy-senpai. It has dark crimson sails and various cannons on its sides. Two variations of the Jolly Roger can be seen, one in the main sail (in which the skull is white) and the other one in the crow’s nest flag (in which the skull is red). Its figurehead is shaped like Luffy as he appeared before the timeskip, with his arms stretched backward. It has a set of ornamental decorations resembling Chopper’s antlers on each side and the entire stern of the ship is modeled after Chopper’s head. A sheep’s head that resembles the one on the Going Merry is in the center of the ship. Behind the figurehead, there seems to be some trees, like the mikan trees that Nami keeps on the Straw Hats’ ships.

Other Information

The crew’s captain, Bartolomeo, was a famous rookie roughly one year after the Summit War of Marineford, having started his journey from East Blue, and the crew eventually entered the New World. Prior to this, as stated by Bartolomeo, the crew’s members were all originally gangsters. They are a crew of 56 members who are all huge fans of Monkey D. Luffy and the rest of Straw Hat Pirates. They are also an extremely rowdy group, which they interpret proudly as “bringing the ruckus” wherever they go.

History

Past

The Barto Club were originally a group of gangsters that grew in size later on. In the anime some members were rascals who grew up with Bartolomeo as childhood friends in rural areas. The leader of the group, Bartolomeo, became inspired to follow piracy after seeing Luffy’s participation at the Summit War of Marineford. He became a very promising rookie, earning his fame around one year after the war.

Dressrosa Saga

Dressrosa Arc

Bartolomeo and Gambia competed at the Corrida Colosseum, attempting to win the Mera Mera no Mi as a prize in order to give it to Monkey D. Luffy, Bartolomeo’s idol. Gambia was defeated by Vice Admiral Maynard prior to Block B’s match. Later, just before Block B’s match began, the vice admiral was defeated by Bartolomeo and left inside the garbage room. When Block B’s match began, Bartolomeo teased the crowd and lazily sat around watching the other contestants fight.

When King Elizabello II used his King Punch to wipe out the other competitors, Bartolomeo used his Devil Fruit ability to protect himself from the attack. He then used it once more to defeat the king, thus winning the Block B match. Bartolomeo later participated…

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