Catarina Devon

Catarina Devon (カタリーナ・デボン, Katarīna Debon), also known as "Crescent Moon Hunter" (若月狩り, Mikazuki-gari), is both a fictional character and antagonist from the One Piece series created by Eiichiro Oda.

She was the most dangerous female pirate ever to be imprisoned within Impel Down. She was freed by Blackbeard and is currently the only known female member of his crew. She is one of the Ten Titanic Captains, and the captain of the Sixth Ship of the Blackbeard Pirates.

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 * —Catarina Devon.

Appearance & Biography

 * Voice Actor: Natalie Hoover (English), Kimiko Saitō (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Castilian Spanish), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

Appearance
Devon is an extremely tall, pale-skinned, and well-endowed woman (shown to stand a similar height to her captain, who is 344 cm) with her hair in a set of girlish pigtails. Her face has wrinkles, a sloping forehead, a long witch-like nose, a devilish grin, and a square jaw.

Pre-Timeskip
Before the timeskip, she wore a striped Impel Down uniform with a V-neckline. She also wore a large magenta cape, a blue pearl necklace, and a purple sash around her waist over lavender cargo-pants and black shoes.

Post-Timeskip
After the timeskip, Devon now sports a new outfit that makes her resemble more a classical pirate. She wears a bicorn hat decorated with a single rose and feathers on one side and a plume on the other, as well as the Blackbeard Pirates' Jolly Roger printed on the front, a corset that's longer on the back and extends all the way down to her knee area, a striped dress shirt, a cravat and heels that are slightly different from her previous ones. Her pants now have a pair of belts closing its hems. She also carries a sword on her right hip.


 * Hair Color: Not Known
 * Skin Color: Pale
 * Eye Color: Black
 * Age: 34 (debut), 36 (post timeskip)
 * Birthday: March 29th
 * Height: 361 cm (11'10")
 * Weight: Not Known
 * Bounty: Not Known

Personality
When the Marines recognized her for the first time, she mentioned that she "likes them too" which suggests that she is a somewhat sarcastic person. She also preferred to receive new clothes in exchange of the prisoners' uniform that she dislikes wearing. She is obsessed with collecting beautiful women's heads. Devon also seems loyal to Blackbeard after he freed her from Impel Down.

She has a sadistic side, as seen when she mocked Gecko Moria over the death of his subordinate Absalom who she masqueraded as to give Moria a false sense of hope.

Like other characters in One Piece, she has a distinct laughter which is "Murunfuffuffu".

Powers and Abilities
Devon Catarina is stated to be the most dangerous female pirate in history though not the same degree as Charlotte Linlin. Another testament to her power is the fact that when Blackbeard recruited the Level 6 prisoners, he only chose the strongest ones that could survive when pitted against everyone else in a free-for-all battle. Thus, Catarina Devon is one of the strongest Level 6 prisoners. Having been promoted to the Captain of the Sixth Ship serves as a testament of Teach's trust in her powers, along with granting her the authority over the lower-ranking members.

Physical Abilities
Devon Catarina is one of the most powerful female pirates to have ever lived. She is one of the four to survive the battle royal Blackbeard held among the Level 6 prisoners of Impel Down who themselves were the strongest criminals to be imprisoned. She is strong enough to injure even Whitebeard using her spear although Whitebeard was already greatly weakened at that point. She has been also shown to have great superhuman endurance, taking both a Tremor-Tremor Fruit shock wave from Whitebeard (albeit not a direct hit) and Sengoku's shock wave in his Buddha form and getting up rather easily.

Devil Fruit

 * Main article: Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine Tailed Fox

The Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine Tailed Fox (イヌイヌの実 モデル “九尾の狐”, Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Moderu Kyūbi no Kitsune, literally meaning "Fruit of the Dog-Dog, Model: Nine-tailed fox"), a Mythical Zoan-class Devil Fruit, which was eaten by Devon, allows her to transform into a nine-tailed fox. With this power, she can transform into clones of people similar to the Clone-Clone Fruit.

Techniques
The named techniques that are used by Devon that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:

Weapons
She is proficient with using a whip. She is seen wielding a spear or a staff when attacking Whitebeard with her crew as it was the weapon available at the time. While unclear in the manga, the anime shows it is a spear.

After the timeskip, she has obtained a sword and wears it on her right side. It is unknown how proficient she is with it, as her skill has yet to be seen.

Past
Devon Catarina was once the worst female criminal within the Golden Age of Piracy, but was eventually caught by the World Government and sentenced to life in Impel Down, Level 6, where she was effectively erased from history.

Impel Down Arc
Devon was mentioned briefly by Emporio Ivankov as part of an explanation of Level 6's true horror to Mr. 2 Bon Clay. Later, under Teach's orders, Devon fought to the death with the inmates of her cell, and being victorious, was given freedom and was recruited into the Blackbeard Pirates.

Marineford Arc
She was seen alongside the Blackbeard Pirates and fellow criminals, all of whom have been recruited into the crew, at Marineford to watch Whitebeard die. She then joined her crew in striking Whitebeard, she in particular stabbing with a staff or spear.

Whitebeard then dies and Blackbeard starts to absorb the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Devon starts to get excited. When Blackbeard decides to sink Marineford, the Blackbeard Pirates are scattered. And as Sengoku causes a shockwave by attacking the Blackbeard Pirates, she is seen flying away. She leaves with her crew when Shanks arrives on the scene.

Post-War Arc
She is seen again on a flaming island somewhere in the New World. She says that she wants the next island they arrive at to have a town since she is tired of her prison clothes and wants new clothes. She then leaves with her crew when Akainu arrives, leaving Jewelry Bonney to be captured by the admiral.

During the Timeskip
One year after the war at Marineford, the Blackbeard Pirates fought against the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates and ultimately won.

The Blackbeard Pirates used their captain's knowledge of Whitebeard's former territory to conquer it. Now that Blackbeard has become an Emperor, the Blackbeard Pirates are hunting down powerful Devil Fruit users in order to absorb their abilities. She also became one of the Ten Titanic Captains, the captain of the Sixth Ship of the Blackbeard Pirates.

Zou Arc
The Blackbeard Pirates later attacked Baltigo, the Revolutionary Army's headquarters. Baltigo was destroyed by the time the Marines and Cipher Pol arrived, but the Revolutionary Army was able to escape. However, the Blackbeard Pirates fled after briefly clashing with Cipher Pol.

Wano Country Arc
When Gecko Moria was attacking Beehive to find Absalom, whom the Blackbeard Pirates had recently killed, Devon used her Devil Fruit powers to pose as Absalom. When Moria discovered Shiryu using Absalom's Clear-Clear Fruit abilities, Devon transformed back to her human form as Blackbeard called out to Moria.

Canon

 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Edward Newgate
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Fleet Admiral Sengoku
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Bonney Pirates
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Whitebeard Pirates (under Marco, unseen)
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Revolutionary Army (unseen)
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Cipher Pol (unseen)

Early Versions
In One Piece Green: Secret Pieces, it was revealed an early concept of Catarina Devon. She was originally a far younger and more attractive swordswoman of Blackbeard's crew.

In an SBS, Oda and Mashima stated that he took out the beauty because the Blackbeard Pirates have a "more pirate-like" theme: huge, rough, and vulgar. A beauty would just ruin the mood if she existed (although Oda also stated that he likes doing such things).

Notes & Trivia

 * She is Impel Down's only named female prisoner who appears in the manga. However, another female prisoner named Olive appears in the anime.
 * Devon is the first known female Mythical Zoan user.
 * According to the One Piece Tail: Secret Pieces databook, the Blackbeard Pirates were originally supposed to have a fox-woman crewmate known as Kitsune (キツネ, Kitsune). Part of this concept might have been salvaged by Devon having the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine Tailed Fox, which turns her into a literal kitsune.
 * Devon's favorite food is broiler sasami.