Description

Personality

Kizaru's personality appears a combination of the more laid-back Aokiji and the more ruthless Akainu.

Like Aokiji, Kizaru seems to be very laid-back and easygoing, speaking very slowly and occasionally elongating the last word of his sentences even in surprising and unexpected situations, but he's apparently never shocked. Even when a pirate fired a gunshot at him, he seemed to be focused only on calling his subordinate, and didn't even mind. He even asked the offenders where his subordinate was. After uprooting a mangrove tree, he laughed to himself that the force he used was a tad excessive. He's also very calm and cool-headed, even in tense situations, such as when Basil Hawkins appeared unharmed by his attack, or when Rayleigh appeared. Unfortunately, he can be quite absent-minded and irresponsible, judged by the fact he used a lot of power in a kick directed at escaping pirates, uprooted an entire mangrove tree, and tried to call Sentoumaru with a black Den Den Mushi, which is only for intercepting communications. He also seems to prefer his original name, Borsalino, rather than his alias, as shown when Sentoumaru called him and he said, "This is Borsalino".

owever, more in line with Akainu, he is shown to have a ruthless side: he gives criminals, in particular pirates, very little mercy once he has targeted them. He even planned to capture Silvers Rayleigh, who had given up pirating over twenty years earlier, simply because he was the first mate of the Jolly Roger Pirates. Following the events of the Sabaody Archipelago, Kizaru has captured 500 pirates out of spite. Also like Smoker and Sengoku, he sees the Shichibukai as nothing more than just pirates, even if they are on the World Government's side.

Kizaru also seems to find some of the abilities of his enemies quite frightening. One instance was when after he witnessed the devil fruit abilities of three of the Supernova, he referred to them as "monsters". Another was after he tried to directly attack Whitebeard, 1st Division Commander, Marco, intercepted his attack with ease which made Kizaru to point out how "scary" the Whitebeard Pirates were. However he still remains calm and never appears to actully be scared or concerned.

Equipment

As an Admiral, Kizaru command's vast numbers of Marine troops that are under his rank. Most of all, he has the ability to order a Buster Call attack on any island. He was able to defeat four of the Supernovas with great ease.

Kizaru possesses the power of the Pika Pika no Mi, meaning glimmer or light, a Logia-type Devil Fruit. As a Logia-user, he is able to let objects pass through him and reconstruct his body from energy particles. He's as fast as light. All of his attacks are based on the element of light, such as firing energy blasts from his finger tips or feet. His power is very destructive, causing huge explosions and easily destroying buildings.


Kizaru has shown considerable skill with a sword as he is able to duel Silvers Rayleigh to a draw despite his loss of intangibility.




The Pika Pika no Mi is a Logia-type Devil Fruit consumed by Admiral Kizaru. "Pikapika" is an onomatopoeia of glimmering or shining light, making Kizaru the "Light Man". In the FUNimation subs, it is called the Glint-Glint Fruit.

Like most Logia fruits, this fruit makes the user immune to normal attacks by turning his body into light and allows him to create beams of light from his body. It also enables him to move at the speed of light and transport himself by means of reflection.

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
The fruit's major strengths, like other Logia types, allows the user to produce and become the element they control. In this case, Kizaru is able to generate and transform into light. From this, Kizaru is able to utilize light based attacks. He is also able to avoid normal attacks by turning into light and allowing the attack to pass through him completely. Kizaru is also able to travel, and attack, at the speed of light and is able to reflect himself to any desired location. It is likely that he can be reflected like ordinary light while in light form

This fruit's power doesn't seem to have any weaknesses other than the standard Devil Fruit weaknesses. However, though this is a Logia-class Devil Fruit that renders the user intangible, Silvers Rayleigh used Haki to suppress the power of the Devil Fruit, nullifying Kizaru's intangibility, and allowing to kick away his attacks, as well as cut him with a sword. It is also known that his Devil Fruit power can be countered by Marco's Devil Fruit power.

USAGE
Kizaru has so far been shown using this fruit to travel at the speed of light, augment his kicking strength dramatically, launch light-energy attacks that have explosive or piercing properties (depending on his way of using it), blind his opponents, and form an energy blade.

His Devil Fruit was further researched by Doctor Vegapunk, recreating his blasts in the Pacifista Bartholomew Kuma and his likeness.

Below is a list of his named techniques, all of them are named after one of Japan's Three Sacred Treasures:

* Yata no Kagami (八咫鏡, lit. Eight Span Mirror): Kizaru forms light in between his hands, and reflects it off any surface he wishes. He then rides the light to get to his desired location, as well as blind his opponents. It was first seen against Scratchmen Apoo, though the second time it was used it was stopped by Rayleigh cutting the beam of light with a sword. It's named after the Yata no Kagami. In the FUNimation subs, it is called Yata Mirror.

* Ama no Murakumo (天叢雲剣, lit. Gathering Clouds of Heaven Sword): Kizaru forms a long sword out of light, similar to Admiral Aokiji's "Ice Saber" technique. It was first used against Silvers Rayleigh. It's named after the Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi, which is later known as the Kusanagi no Tsurugi. It also looks similar to the lightsabers used in the Star Wars series. In the FUNimation subs, it is called Ama no Murakumo Sword.

*Yasakata no Magatama (八尺瓊曲玉, lit. Eight Shaku Curved Jewel): Kizaru shoots many energy beams from both of his hands. It was first used against Whitebeard but blocked by Marco. It's named after the Yasakani no Magatama.

History

Sabaody Archipelago Arc
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After the Tenryuubito incident at the Sabaody Archipelago, Kizaru spoke with Sengoku about handling the situation, and volunteered to deal with the rookies himself. The Marines outside the Human Auctioning House commented that Kizaru was bringing some type of "troops", which seemed to shock them, but they did not elaborate on what exactly that meant. This most likely was referring to the Pacifista who engaged several of the Supernovas shortly after Kizaru's arrival. Later, the Admiral arrived on Sabaody Archipelago at the Grove 27, riding on top of a fired cannon ball as it landed.


When he did so, he tried to call someone on his Den Den Mushi, but seemingly got no reply. One of on-looking pirates wanted to try his luck and shot at Kizaru, but though the shot passed directly through the Admiral, it didn't affect him in the slightest. Kizaru then tried to ask the group of pirates a question, looking for someone named Sentoumaru, whom he called his "subordinate". When the pirates ran away from him in fear, he created a large explosion with his Devil Fruit ability, uprooting an entire Yarukiman Grove. Sabaody soldiers commented on his carelessness upon this, and even Kizaru noted that he overdid it.

He later confronts Basil Hawkins, saying he wants to ask him a question. After the pirate looking over his odds, Kizaru attacks him, but does not harm Hawkins after he redirects the attack elsewhere, drawing a shocked impression from the admiral. Before long, Urouge and X. Drake unintentionally join Hawkins side, while Kizaru is joined by one of several Pacifista running amok on the island.

He used his powers to kick Urouge through several buildings, and blinded Basil Hawkins, then almost killed him. Scratchman Apoo joined the fight, and seemingly cut off Kizaru's arm and made it explode by using his musical ability. Kizaru then reconstructed his body, and took down the 3 remaining Supernovas (Apoo, Hawkins and Drake) with seemingly no effort. Afterwards he got a call from Sentoumaru, asking him which of the three culprits is he going after first. He then appeared where the Straw Hats were, immobilizing Zoro and getting ready to kill him with his Pika Pika no Mi powers until his attack is redirected by Silvers Rayleigh. He moves to try and follow the escaping Zoro, Usopp and Brook, using Yata no Kagami, but it stopped by Rayleigh cutting the beam of light with a sword. Kizaru forms a sword of light with his technique Ama no Murakumo, and fights Rayleigh, leaving his subordinates to deal with the Straw Hats. However, when Bartholomew Kuma suddenly appears, Kizaru questions why he's on Sabaody instead of at Marine Headquarters. When Kuma teleports the Straw Hats, Kizaru asks him why he let them escape from their hands to which Kuma refused to answer.

Current Events
It has been revealed that during the Sabaody incident, he captured 500 pirates. With the date of Portgas D. Ace's execution drawing closer, Kizaru has arrived to lead the battle against the Whitebeard Pirates. He has been recently seen at Marine Headquarters, along with other high-ranking marines gathered there, all preparing for war. Kizaru was recently seen watching over the execution platform of Portgas D. Ace with his fellow Marine Admirals.

Before the power of Whitebeard is shown to the marines, Kizaru is shown saying he has a bad feeling about what is going to happen next. Like always, Kizaru is shown saying this in a calm and cheerful way. Even when the power of Whitebeard is shown, Kizaru's facial expression is still calm. He seems happily astonished at witnessing Whitebeard's power. However, the other Admirals seem to be more serious.

He launched an array of light beams at Whitebeard with his Yasakata no Magatama attack, only to have them nullified by Marco's abilities. He is currently fighting Marco, and neither are getting seriously hurt from their respective attacks.

Luffy's arrival at Marineford seems to have thrown Kizaru for a loop, even if only momentarily. Justly so, given the fact that the last time he'd seen Luffy was when he was cleaning up after the Tenryuubito incident at the Sabaody Archipelago. Nevertheless, he receives Sengoku's order of execution for every last escapee of Impel Down, with his usual casual manner.