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About Eneru

His name could very well be a nod to ancient Mesopotamian Gods, such as En-lil. Some believe that his name is a pun on the word "energy" and therefore translate it as "Eneru" or "Ener", or even in some instances into "Enel", mainly due to the fickleness of translating Katakana. In the English Dub, his name was translated as Eneru. Also, his powers and the drums attached to his back match those of the storm god of Japan, Raijin, so the idea of this character might originate from this god. Additionally, one of his poses (reclining on his side) and his elongated earlobes are reminiscent of statues of Buddha. His golden staff and a floating cloud he made using a Dial seem to be plays on Son Goku, the Monkey King of Journey to the West. One can assume his design is based off rapper Eminem, of whom Oda is a fan. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Raijin surrounded by drums to make thunder. ... Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972) is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, producer and occasional actor. ...

Oda confirmed that if Eneru were actually a wanted pirate, he would have a bounty of no less than 500,000,000 Belli. ^[1]

In a recent Japanese Fan Poll, Eneru is currently ranked the 22nd most popular character, making him the most popular One Piece "Major Villain" (outside the CP9 members).

Personality and Abilities

Eneru thinks of himself as an invincible god - quite literally. He believes that he is a divine and immortal being, with the authority to do, take or destroy whatever he pleases. As the result, he appears fearless, childish, and without a care in the world. His lifestyle is relaxed and hedonistic, and when not attending to his godly duties of smiting the natives of Skypeia, he spends his time sleeping or eating in his residence, being waitered on hand and foot by beautiful women. This attitude carries over to his battles, where he's hardly serious and barely annoyed - instead he's relaxed, and enjoys himself by effortlessly absorbing attacks, and humiliating his opponents. In his fight against Kamakiri, he even went to sleep in the middle of the fight, in order to prove his immortality.

Eneru holds no regard for other lives except his own, and has no moral qualms about killing thousands- instead he sees it as his godly duty, and laughs as he sends Skypeia to its doom. He is in short completely insane, which was pretty much undeniable when he sets off for the moon, which he believes to be the home of God (himself) Before Luffy showed up, his fruit power and mantra ability made his God complex completely legit. Once Luffy began gaining the upper hand in the battle he incapacitaded him, in order to remove him as a threat, and reclaim his status as "invincible" - and from this point acts somewhat cowardly, trying his best to avoid another confrontation with Luffy. According to Oda, Eneru's favourite fruit is apples. Going along with this, when Eneru taunts in One Piece Grand Battle! Rush (The Japanese version of One Piece Grand Battle!), and One Piece Grand Adventure, he eats an apple. ^[2] One Piece Grand Battle! is a fighting game based on the Anime and Manga series One Piece. ... One Piece: Grand Adventure for the Sony PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo GameCube is an American made sequel to the original game, One Piece Grand Battle! (known in Japan as One Piece: Grand Battle Rush!). Based on the popular Anime and Manga series, One Piece, Grand Adventure contains more characters...

Many of One Piece's primary villains were given distinct laughs. Eneru follows this tradition with a stressed "ya" at the beginning of his laugh (i.e. "Yaaa ha ha ha ha ha!"). This carries over to the English dub.

History

Six years before he took over Skypiea, Eneru destroyed his home island Bilka as a show of his power. Afterwards, Eneru and his loyal contingent of followers overthrew the then current ruler of Skypiea, Gan Fall, becoming the island's new ruler. Eneru maintained a personality cult over Skypiea truly taking the mantle of "god" to its more literal sense. Though Skypiea still had a sense of peace and paradise, much like any classic dystopia it was a false paradise. If anyone dared speak out against Eneru, or challenge his list of commandments, he would shoot a giant column of lightning down from the sky to effectively eliminate the dissenter. Along with this, he forced the priests who worked under Gan Fall to build him a massive, flying ship called the "Maxim". Gan Fall (AKA Gan Forr) is the name of a character from the anime One Piece. ... Adolf Hitler built a strong cult of personality, based on the Führerprinzip. ...

Once the Straw-Hat pirates arrived in Skypiea, Eneru commenced his plan to return all of Skypiea to an "endless world". Eneru took advantage of an already brewing war between the Skypieans and a native tribal group called the Shandora. His great battle, which he called the "Survival Game", was meant to pit these two groups, along with the Straw-Hat pirates and his own followers in a war to see who was worthy enough to accompany him to his holy land, "Fairy Vearth"(The Endless Varse in the English dub). At the start of the fight, Eneru made a prediction that there would only be five survivors at its end (including himself). However, Eneru's prediction was miscalculated as there was one fighter overlooked (due to being inside a giant python): Monkey D. Luffy.

In a grand battle between the protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy (who ate the "Gomu Gomu no Mi", a Devil Fruit, giving him a rubber body that can stretch at will) and Eneru, it is made apparent that they are an even match due to rubber's inability to conduct electricity. Eneru manages to get rid of Luffy temporarily by grafting a huge golden ball to his right arm as well as knocking him off his flying ship. The heat of the electrified ball burns Luffy while its tremendous weight rockets him down to the ground. With Luffy out of the way, Eneru continues on with his plan to destroy all of Skypiea. Eneru unleashes a devastating new technique called the Raigo, a massive thundercloud sphere, and destroys one of the Skypiean islands. Setting his sights on Upper Yard, he forms an even larger one. Monkey D. Luffy ) is the main character of the anime and manga One Piece. ... A Devil fruit, (悪魔の実 Akuma no Mi) renamed Cursèd Fruit in the American dub, is a fictional fruit from the manga and anime series of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. ...

Along with help from Nami and the rest of his friends, Luffy manages to get back up into the sky to defeat Eneru once and for all. Before he does though, Luffy launches himself into the Raigo. Using the golden ball, Luffy creates a new technique (the Gomu Gomu no Golden Peony) in which he twirls the golden ball ferociously without control while having his arm out-stretched, creating an illusion of thousands of golden balls. The tremendous force of this attack wreaks havoc within the Raigo, causing it to explode within mid-air. With the threat of the Raigo neutralized, Luffy winds up his arm with the golden ball attached to it for one final attack on Eneru.

In retaliation to his attack being thwarted, Eneru uses the full advantage of his powers and transforms into a giant God of thunder. His attack "Amal Eneru" shows all of his power and might as he is now pure electricity. This doesn't deter Luffy though, he winds up his arm as much as possible and stretches it clear across the sky setting up his final attack, the "Gomu Gomu no Golden Rifle". Eneru makes one last vain attempt to guard the strike, but it is clearly too late. Luffy launches his arm forward, letting out a massive sonic boom, smashing the spinning gold ball into Eneru, sending him flying into the golden bell of Skypiea, which signals the defeat of Eneru and freedom for all Shandorans and Skypieans. Though he falls from the sky, Eneru has managed to escape in his battered floating ship, Maxim, and heads for his supposed promise land, "Fairy Vearth", which turns out to be the moon. It's unknown whether he will encounter Luffy again.

Recent Chapters

He has currently reached the moon and is now exploring around it in the current mini-arc.

Abilites

He gets his power from the Goro Goro no Mi (Rumble Rumble Fruit, "Goro" being a Japanese sound effect for thunder). It lets him use a variety of Electric, and Lighting based attacks, which are nearly all named after thunder gods from various cultures. When amplified by his ship, they were shown to easily destroy an island. It also gives him the ability to restart his heart after being killed. His current Mini-Arc suggests he does not need to breathe, and can survive outside of the atmosphere (though the laws of space may not apply in the One Piece universe).

Attacks

• 5, 10, 20, 30, 50, 60, 100, Max 200 Million Volt Vari (# Million Volt Buzz): Eneru releases various levels of his electric energy, eventually becoming a living body of lightning. "Vari" is the Japanese onoamatopoeia for the sound the electricity makes, similar to "buzz" in English and can also be intended to mean "volley."

• Sanga: Eneru unleashes a massive charge of electricity from his hand that froms a wide blast used to devastate large areas with no specific target in mind. "Sanga" is the Yoruban (West African) god of thunder.

• El Thor / (Volt Bolt): Also known as "God's Judgement" mostly used to punish "infidels", Enel focuses a large cluster of electricity above his target, then uses it to send a huge lightning bolt crashing down from the sky, deep frying said unlucky target. He can also use this attack to lauch a massive thunder stream from his hand. Thor is the Norse god of thunder.

• Ishkur: "Ishkur" is the Mesopotamian god of thunder.

• Kari: Enel heats the air around him with his Goro Goro no Mi powers until it creates an explosive thunder clap, only to re-appear moments later completely unharmed. "Kari" is the Malayan god of thunder.

• 30,000,000 Volt Hino/Hino Avian Zap: Eneru bangs on the drum on his lower right hand-side with his staff to create a giant hawk shaped blast of lightning from said drum. "Hino" is the Iroquois (Native American) god of thunder.

• Kiten: Eneru bangs on the drum on his lower left hand-side with his staff to create a giant beast shaped blast of lightning from said drum. "Kiten" is an Asian god of thunder.

• 60,000,000 Volt Julungul: Eneru bangs on his top two drums with his staff to create a giant dragon shaped blast of lightning from them much stronger then Hino or Kiten attacks. "Julungul" is an Aboriginal serpent goddess of weather.

• Gloam Paddling (Luminous Forging): Eneru uses this Goro Goro no Mi powers to heat metal and melt nearby metal then reshape it into anything he desires. During his battle with Luffy the used this attack to change his gold staff into a trident and to create the gold ball on Luffy's arm from some of the gold plating on his ship Maxim. Thus far only gold, but he may be able to do it with other metals as well.

• Thunder Cloud: Creates a cloud (similar to the one in Dragonball), that he rides to attack his enemies to just to travel around.

• Thunder Storm: A thunder storm is created by the ark, Maxim and Eneru's powers.

• Mamaragan: The aforementioned thunder storm showers lightning everywhere. The lightning bolts are much larger and more powerful than normal lightning bolts and one is enough to burn down an entire village. "Mamaragan" is the Central Australian Aboriginal God of Thunder.

• Raigoh (Thunder Soul Guide)/Ragal: Also known as the Advent of Thunder, Eneru creates a huge spherical cloud filled with electricity, the ball has enough power to destroy an entire island. It is created by combining the powers of the ark, Maxim, and Eneru's own powers. "Raigou" is the term used for the coming of Amida Buddha to welcome the spirits of the dead, but here the "Rai" stands for thunder.

• 200,000,000 Volts Amaru (Bolt of Heaven)/Amal: Eneru transforms into a giant Raijin looking thunder god made of pure electricity and supposedly is when Eneru is at his strongest, but we never see how strong it is as Luffy quickly beats him with his Gomu Gomu no Golden Rifle attack.

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References

1. ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga Volume 43 - How strong would Eneru be if he was on Earth?
2. ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.36 - Chapter 340, Fan question: Are apples Eneru's favourite food?