Boa Hancock
Hancock is now on good terms with Luffy, who saved her and her sisters after Sandersonia nearly exposed her mark on her bac
k. Luffy is actually possibly the only one outside her family she truly considers a friend. She gained an instant liking of him upon learning that he went as far to strike one of the World Nobles and that he did not scorn her because she had been a slave. As such, Hancock has ironically fallen in love with Luffy (the one person immune to her charms) causing her to have “love sickness” which had been the cause of death of the previous Empresses. However, Elder Nyon says that all the previous Empresses died because they tried to suppress their feelings whereas Hancock will survive by going with Luffy. Due to her feelings, Hancock has a hard time looking Luffy in the eye and tends to blush in his presence (much like a young girl with a crush) and requests he call her Hancock as opposed to her title.
Ruling beside her sisters, Hancock has power over Amazon Lily and the rest of the Kuja women. As the Empress and Captain of the tribe, she is most likely the strongest Kuja warrior. In fact, her strength is so great, it has even been acknowledged by Fleet Admiral Sengoku of the Marines.[11] Apart from her great beauty, Hancock has the ability to turn people into stone. This occurs when her hands form a heart shape, and beams are shot out of the shape. Anyone with “dirty thoughts” will be turned into stone as long as they do not have a means to block it out emotionally like with fear or pain.
She also can use the Haoushoku Haki, an ability of one in a million people can use. From the example shown by Luffy, it can be assumed that she can knock out a large number of individuals (with the exception of strong-willed people) with a massive burst of Haki. This perhaps adds as an additional reason why she is both adored and feared amongst the Kuja.
WeaponShe carries an extra large Snake Weapon with her, however she has yet to use it in battle.
Trivia:
- Boa Hancock has several comparisons to the Greek character Medusa of the 3 Gorgon sisters. Similarities include the ability to turn people into stone (although the methods are very different), the general snake theme, and most obviously, both are one of three Gorgon sisters.
- Her ability to seduce men is a reference to Sirens, which would fit her abilities, as a Siren would seduce sailors and lure them to a watery doom.
- She is one of two women who have claimed to be the “most beautiful”, the other being Alvida; she has also grown infatuated with Luffy though Hancock is perhaps the first character where her feelings are identified as love (Though Alvida’s reason was because he was the first man to defeat her, While Hancock’s reason was that she fell in love with Luffy after hearing about his view on the World Nobles and her being a slave).
- Her family name Boa comes from the Boa, a group of constricting snakes. It is possible that her second name comes from the flowering plant scientific name of a Snowberry, Symphoricarpos Chenaultii Hancock, a plant known for its showy flowers.
- While it is impossible to see the Tenryuubito who abused the Gorgon sisters when they were slaves, the only ones shown are Roswald’s family, who happen to have the same hair-style as Hancock’s owner. Of the family, the only one who matches it exactly is Roswald himself.
- Boa Hancock is the first Shichibukai to befriend a Strawhat Pirate, and the only Shichibukai Luffy encountered who he didn’t fight (Blackbeard, was not a Shichibukai at time of meeting).
