Negikuma Maria
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Japanese Name
ネギ熊まりあ
Romanized Name
Negikuma Maria
Official English Name
Maria Onion Bear (VIZ);Mrs. Negi (Funimation)Big Mama (4Kids)
Debut
Chapter 133; Episode 80
Occupations
Housewife
Origin
Grand Line (Drum Island)
Residence
Bighorn
Status
Alive
Age
43 (debut)
Birthday
November 14th
Japanese Voice
Noriko Yoshitake
English Voice
4Kids:N/AFunimation:Wendy Powell
Introduction
Negikuma Maria is a resident of Drum Island, and friend of Dalton. Negikuma Maria is a resident of Drum Island, and friend of Dalton.
Appearance
Summary
Maria is a big woman roughly twice the height of Luffy. Her body shape looks like that of a Hiking Bear, so much that Luffy and Usopp mistakenly took her as one and bowed their heads. She has curly hair that is in a round shape. She wears a brown coat with dark brown buttons that covers her whole body, with white fur on the ends of the sleeves, the hood, and the bottom of the coat, along with light brown frills on the chest, and a dark brown stripe where the upper body separates from the lower body. She also wears a light red scarf and dark brown shoes that have white fur at the top.
Personality
Summary
Maria is leery around pirates because Drum Island had been previously destroyed by them. Otherwise, she is a typical housewife, and she cares for her two children.
Relationships
Dalton
Maria knows Dalton personally, and she greets Dalton in a very friendly manner as they meet. She also has strong trust in Dalton's judgment, as seen in their conversation about the Straw Hat crew.
History
Arabasta Saga
Drum Island Arc
When the Straw Hat Pirates were searching Drum Island for a doctor with the help of Dalton, they met Maria in the village of Bighorn. Luffy and Usopp mistook her for a Hiking Bear and bowed to her as she approached. Maria had heard the news of the arrival of a group of pirates and was worried by it since the country was previously destroyed by the Blackbeard Pirates' raid. She asked Dalton if everything was alright, which he confirmed. That day was her eldest son's birthday and she wanted to bake an onion cake for celebrating, so she was out looking for onions. The second time she appeared, she informed Dalton that Dr. Kureha was in the next village. During that occasion, she had many more onions in her basket.
Water 7 Saga
Postenies Lobby Arc
Maria was present when Kureha arrived at the village after being called by Dalton.
Merchandise
Video Games
Nonplayable Appearances
One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush! One Piece: Grand Adventure One Piece: Pirates Carnival One Piece: Gigant Battle One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World
Trivia
Summary
Maria's surname, Negikuma, comes from negi (Japanese for "spring onions"), the type of onion she was collecting, and kuma ("bear"), the type of animal for which Usopp mistook her. Maria's age is mistakenly labeled as 46 instead of 43 in the Viz Sbs answer of Volume 16.