You know what? I'm gonna count 'em. How many members of the legendary "Silhouette Tribe" do we actually have in the story, right at this moment?
Currently, there are:
Imu: AKA The Littlest Shadow Lord!
-The Ruler of the World that we know nothing about. Are they old or impossibly young? Are they tall or short? Are they evil or good? Are they a boy or a girl? Did they pick Charmander or Bulbasaur? Truly a mystery wrapped in a enigma and sprinkled with a fine topping of unanswered questions and a fine glaze of quandaries.
Imu's Unpaid Intern: AKA The Job Shadow!
-Somehow, we know even less about them than we do about Imu. So much in Imu's shadow that most people don't even really remember them in order to speculate about them. But, I remember them. I see you. The Kif to Imu's Zapp Brannigan. Or the Phoebe to Imu's Helga. They mostly hang out in the Garden with Imu. Hopefully, Imu lets them play with the butterflies, too, sometimes.
Most of the God's Knights: AKA Sirs Not Appearing In This Picture!
-Some members of this group have foolishly stepped out of the shadows to let us see what they look like. But, most are wise enough to stay within the shadows and retain the element of surprise! And at least nearly all of them have kept their names to themselves!
Rocks D Xebec: AKA Mister Gotta' Recruit 'Em All!
-He amassed a crew of monsters and then disappears after God Valley. Did he really die or is he actually hiding out, ready to strike? Only time (and Oda) will tell.
Most of Rocks' Crew: AKA The Thriller Bark Regional Dance Troop!
-While we do know a fair number of Rocks' crew, there are still a fair few members that we don't have any idea what they look like for sure. Silver Axe. Ochoku...AKA WANG ZHI! That four-armed guy. That other one, you know the one. It only makes sense that a Silhouette Tribesman would command a team of fellow Shadow-People. Truly, the most powerful crew the World has ever known. Is it ironic that the "crew of monsters" would eventually become literal monsters on Thriller Bark? They might have all become zombies, but they're all Zom-A's in my book!
The Man Marked By Flames: AKA Mister Nice Boat!
-A man so mysterious that he doesn't even have a silhouette. Only his boat does! A man so powerful that he's been able to keep the last Road Poneglyph away from everyone for years. How did he get his burn scars? Maybe from trying to cook for himself while steering his ship? We may never know.
Roger's Giant Mystery Egg: AKA The Once and Future Omelet!
-Some people are born to the darkness. And some achieve true darkness by never being born at all! Within it's giant shell it waits, dreaming. Surrounding itself in pure shadow biding it's time. Has it hatched? Did someone keep it's shell as a nostalgic memento? We're still waiting to find out.
The Florian Triangle Creatures: AKA Those Who Seek Three-Fifty!
-They’re literally just giant blobs made of shadow! Impressive! Imu’s so jealous, they copied their sytle! Cursed to wander the same patch of ocean for all eternity. These Silhouettes only have themselves to keep them company! Lucky, they have a book club together. They keep themselves entertained.
Prince Loki: AKA Mister Large and in Love!
-The reason Elbaf is such a powerful country is clearly because they have a Silhouette Tribesman as their leader! Did love lost turn him evil? Or is he still a big teddy bear? Ladies....he's single and shadowy and ready to mingle!
The Twelfth Man: AKA The Shanks Cosplayer Who Went Too Far!
-This guy is apparently a big deal! Big enough to include in a two-page spread of 11 other characters who will play big parts in the story. That'd be a big deal, if we knew or cared about who they were!
Binks: AKA The Man Who Loved Sake Too Much!
-Is he a man? Or a place? Or a state of mind? Or maybe all three? He's so deep into the shadows, only his song remains!
Lili: AKA Miss Paint Me Like One of Your Silhouetted Girls!
-Does it count as being a member of the Silhouette Tribe, if we already know what you look like? We know she looks like Vivi. But, we've never actually gotten a clear look at her. Even the painting of her Imu keeps around seems sketchy and shadowy. And that takes commitment. No wonder Imu has a crush on her. Look at all those....silhouetted curves! *Squints* Or is that a elbow? It’s hard to tell with silhouettes.
Joyboy: AKA The Laughing Man!
-Such joy! Such laughter! Such silhouette! Truly he proves that the way of the Silhouette Tribe is the path to true happiness!
Nika: AKA The Laughing-er Man! AKA Buster Moves!
-Nika came to this World for two reasons. To deliver us from sin...and to put it ALL out there on the dance floor. And he STILL hasn't run out of dance moves, yet! He'll get around to that "freeing us from sin" thing later!
The Egghead Camera Crusher: AKA The Paparazzi Punisher!
-So committed to keeping their identity a mystery, they took out any way to record what they looked like on Egghead! And they got away with it, too! Oda never told us who this was! Could it be York? Caterina Devon? Vegapunk's intern, Internpunk? We may never know...unless Oda spells it out for us in a SBS.
The Egghead Food Delivery Service: AKA War Dash!
-This Sustenance Fulfillment Provider is so good at their job that they'll walk right into a war zone in order to deliver Luffy the food he needs to beat down the Gorosei! They'll even go above and beyond and deliver YOU to the food if they have to! Braving both Ancient Demons and Buster Calls, they're in and out before you can even leave them a tip! Now that's service!
The Wano Kidnapper: AKA The Kissing Bandit!
-Someone on Yamato's cover story is trying to kidnap girls! Or...maybe just the one girl? It's unclear. It's possible they're just REALLY socially awkward and don't know how to talk to women. Maybe it was all a misunderstanding. Or they're a shadowy creep. The best kind of creep!
The Elbaf Loiterer: AKA The Waiting Watcher! AKA The Watching Waiter!
-The newest member of the Silhouette Tribe! And what a way to make a entrance! Sitting...AND waiting! Truly the height of hype! So many mysteries. Do they have a tail? Are they actually a big squirrel? I'm not weird for asking that, maybe you're weird for NOT asking that, have you ever thought about that?
And there's also some honorary Silhouette Tribe members, to boot! People who, while not OF the Shadow, are close to achieving true Shadow-hood! This also includes people who I don't expect to see revealed in the actual story.
Big News Morgans: AKA The Bird Spreading the Word!
-While he is not a member of the Silhouette Tribe, he has hidden his human form so well that most people forget he even is human under all those feathers. Most fans probably assume he's a Mink! But, he's been training long and hard to one day, hopefully, achieve true Shadow-hood!
Crocus's Drinking Buddy from c631: AKA The Shivers and the Shakes and the Shiki!
-We've seen their back, which means they are not of the Silhouette Tribe. But, we know literally nothing else about them. Rather cheeky of them, showing us nothing but their backside. Could it be Shiki, surviving his fall out of non-canon Movies into the main story? Could it be Scopper Gaban stopping by for a snort of sake? Does Oda even remember this guy?
Franky's Parents: AKA The Garbage Patch Parents!
-Franky's parents left him to die surrounded by garbage. Lucky, the garbage turned out to be better parents. The garbage took Franky in and raised him like one of their own, upgrading himself into the cool cyborg we know today. (I'm pretty sure that's how I remember it happening.) Will we ever meet them? All that we know is...they disappeared into the shadows. Like ninjas. Deadbeat ninjas. Members of the Silhouette Tribe, or just bad parents? You decide!
Charlotte Pudding's Father: AKA Bedroom Eyes!
-Somehow, Big Mom managed to not only find a member of the Three-Eyed Tribe, but also seduce him and have his children. Is he dead after snu-snu-ing Big Mom? All we know is, this guy probably has a tale to tell, if he ever steps out of the shadows.
Most Parents: AKA That Parent-Teacher Meeting Went Extra Long!
-Honestly, you could lump most One Piece parents in with this. They must have have been dead a long time, because they have plenty of practice ghosting their children!
All Klaubatermann: AKA Only My Boat Understand Me! AKA If You Can't Fix Me I Guess I'll Just Fix Myself!
-So far, all klaubatermann we've seen have either been invisible or hidden in shadow. We've never gotten a clear look at any klaubatermann. But...we do see the boats themselves. Does it count as a silhouette if we CAN see one of their bodies? Are they obscured by shadow or are they just shadow-adjacent due to being made of the ship's "feelings"? These are the questions that keep me up at night, guys.
Pandaman: AKA The Bamboo-zler!
-While not a member of the Silhouette Tribe, he is close cousin being of the Background Wanderers. Mysterious and powerful are his ways. We have much to learn from him in the ways of Ultimate Muscle!
Saul: AKA Scarface!
-We know what Saul used to look like. But, ever since his return to the story, his face has been obscured. Hidden from view. Does he have a Doctor Doom like iron mask, now? Or just some zits? Clearly his near-death experience has awakened his hidden shadow powers! Some are born into the shadows, and some have shadow-hood thrust upon them...but Saul seems to be a rare case of someone taking the power of the Silhouette and making it their own!
Did I miss anyone?
And, yes, some of these shadow people could turn out to be the same people. There might be some overlap. But, I'm splitting them up, because we don't know that for sure.
And, I’ll admit, some of these might be revealed even as soon as within the next month.
But, right now, the “Silhouette Tribe” outnumbers the number of Lunarians, Three Eyes, and Buccaneers in the story…combined! It’s just a little funny that this “Tribe” outnumbers a great number of “actual” races in the story.
Currently, there are:
Imu: AKA The Littlest Shadow Lord!
-The Ruler of the World that we know nothing about. Are they old or impossibly young? Are they tall or short? Are they evil or good? Are they a boy or a girl? Did they pick Charmander or Bulbasaur? Truly a mystery wrapped in a enigma and sprinkled with a fine topping of unanswered questions and a fine glaze of quandaries.
Imu's Unpaid Intern: AKA The Job Shadow!
-Somehow, we know even less about them than we do about Imu. So much in Imu's shadow that most people don't even really remember them in order to speculate about them. But, I remember them. I see you. The Kif to Imu's Zapp Brannigan. Or the Phoebe to Imu's Helga. They mostly hang out in the Garden with Imu. Hopefully, Imu lets them play with the butterflies, too, sometimes.
Most of the God's Knights: AKA Sirs Not Appearing In This Picture!
-Some members of this group have foolishly stepped out of the shadows to let us see what they look like. But, most are wise enough to stay within the shadows and retain the element of surprise! And at least nearly all of them have kept their names to themselves!
Rocks D Xebec: AKA Mister Gotta' Recruit 'Em All!
-He amassed a crew of monsters and then disappears after God Valley. Did he really die or is he actually hiding out, ready to strike? Only time (and Oda) will tell.
Most of Rocks' Crew: AKA The Thriller Bark Regional Dance Troop!
-While we do know a fair number of Rocks' crew, there are still a fair few members that we don't have any idea what they look like for sure. Silver Axe. Ochoku...AKA WANG ZHI! That four-armed guy. That other one, you know the one. It only makes sense that a Silhouette Tribesman would command a team of fellow Shadow-People. Truly, the most powerful crew the World has ever known. Is it ironic that the "crew of monsters" would eventually become literal monsters on Thriller Bark? They might have all become zombies, but they're all Zom-A's in my book!
The Man Marked By Flames: AKA Mister Nice Boat!
-A man so mysterious that he doesn't even have a silhouette. Only his boat does! A man so powerful that he's been able to keep the last Road Poneglyph away from everyone for years. How did he get his burn scars? Maybe from trying to cook for himself while steering his ship? We may never know.
Roger's Giant Mystery Egg: AKA The Once and Future Omelet!
-Some people are born to the darkness. And some achieve true darkness by never being born at all! Within it's giant shell it waits, dreaming. Surrounding itself in pure shadow biding it's time. Has it hatched? Did someone keep it's shell as a nostalgic memento? We're still waiting to find out.
The Florian Triangle Creatures: AKA Those Who Seek Three-Fifty!
-They’re literally just giant blobs made of shadow! Impressive! Imu’s so jealous, they copied their sytle! Cursed to wander the same patch of ocean for all eternity. These Silhouettes only have themselves to keep them company! Lucky, they have a book club together. They keep themselves entertained.
Prince Loki: AKA Mister Large and in Love!
-The reason Elbaf is such a powerful country is clearly because they have a Silhouette Tribesman as their leader! Did love lost turn him evil? Or is he still a big teddy bear? Ladies....he's single and shadowy and ready to mingle!
The Twelfth Man: AKA The Shanks Cosplayer Who Went Too Far!
-This guy is apparently a big deal! Big enough to include in a two-page spread of 11 other characters who will play big parts in the story. That'd be a big deal, if we knew or cared about who they were!
Binks: AKA The Man Who Loved Sake Too Much!
-Is he a man? Or a place? Or a state of mind? Or maybe all three? He's so deep into the shadows, only his song remains!
Lili: AKA Miss Paint Me Like One of Your Silhouetted Girls!
-Does it count as being a member of the Silhouette Tribe, if we already know what you look like? We know she looks like Vivi. But, we've never actually gotten a clear look at her. Even the painting of her Imu keeps around seems sketchy and shadowy. And that takes commitment. No wonder Imu has a crush on her. Look at all those....silhouetted curves! *Squints* Or is that a elbow? It’s hard to tell with silhouettes.
Joyboy: AKA The Laughing Man!
-Such joy! Such laughter! Such silhouette! Truly he proves that the way of the Silhouette Tribe is the path to true happiness!
Nika: AKA The Laughing-er Man! AKA Buster Moves!
-Nika came to this World for two reasons. To deliver us from sin...and to put it ALL out there on the dance floor. And he STILL hasn't run out of dance moves, yet! He'll get around to that "freeing us from sin" thing later!
The Egghead Camera Crusher: AKA The Paparazzi Punisher!
-So committed to keeping their identity a mystery, they took out any way to record what they looked like on Egghead! And they got away with it, too! Oda never told us who this was! Could it be York? Caterina Devon? Vegapunk's intern, Internpunk? We may never know...unless Oda spells it out for us in a SBS.
The Egghead Food Delivery Service: AKA War Dash!
-This Sustenance Fulfillment Provider is so good at their job that they'll walk right into a war zone in order to deliver Luffy the food he needs to beat down the Gorosei! They'll even go above and beyond and deliver YOU to the food if they have to! Braving both Ancient Demons and Buster Calls, they're in and out before you can even leave them a tip! Now that's service!
The Wano Kidnapper: AKA The Kissing Bandit!
-Someone on Yamato's cover story is trying to kidnap girls! Or...maybe just the one girl? It's unclear. It's possible they're just REALLY socially awkward and don't know how to talk to women. Maybe it was all a misunderstanding. Or they're a shadowy creep. The best kind of creep!
The Elbaf Loiterer: AKA The Waiting Watcher! AKA The Watching Waiter!
-The newest member of the Silhouette Tribe! And what a way to make a entrance! Sitting...AND waiting! Truly the height of hype! So many mysteries. Do they have a tail? Are they actually a big squirrel? I'm not weird for asking that, maybe you're weird for NOT asking that, have you ever thought about that?
And there's also some honorary Silhouette Tribe members, to boot! People who, while not OF the Shadow, are close to achieving true Shadow-hood! This also includes people who I don't expect to see revealed in the actual story.
Big News Morgans: AKA The Bird Spreading the Word!
-While he is not a member of the Silhouette Tribe, he has hidden his human form so well that most people forget he even is human under all those feathers. Most fans probably assume he's a Mink! But, he's been training long and hard to one day, hopefully, achieve true Shadow-hood!
Crocus's Drinking Buddy from c631: AKA The Shivers and the Shakes and the Shiki!
-We've seen their back, which means they are not of the Silhouette Tribe. But, we know literally nothing else about them. Rather cheeky of them, showing us nothing but their backside. Could it be Shiki, surviving his fall out of non-canon Movies into the main story? Could it be Scopper Gaban stopping by for a snort of sake? Does Oda even remember this guy?
Franky's Parents: AKA The Garbage Patch Parents!
-Franky's parents left him to die surrounded by garbage. Lucky, the garbage turned out to be better parents. The garbage took Franky in and raised him like one of their own, upgrading himself into the cool cyborg we know today. (I'm pretty sure that's how I remember it happening.) Will we ever meet them? All that we know is...they disappeared into the shadows. Like ninjas. Deadbeat ninjas. Members of the Silhouette Tribe, or just bad parents? You decide!
Charlotte Pudding's Father: AKA Bedroom Eyes!
-Somehow, Big Mom managed to not only find a member of the Three-Eyed Tribe, but also seduce him and have his children. Is he dead after snu-snu-ing Big Mom? All we know is, this guy probably has a tale to tell, if he ever steps out of the shadows.
Most Parents: AKA That Parent-Teacher Meeting Went Extra Long!
-Honestly, you could lump most One Piece parents in with this. They must have have been dead a long time, because they have plenty of practice ghosting their children!
All Klaubatermann: AKA Only My Boat Understand Me! AKA If You Can't Fix Me I Guess I'll Just Fix Myself!
-So far, all klaubatermann we've seen have either been invisible or hidden in shadow. We've never gotten a clear look at any klaubatermann. But...we do see the boats themselves. Does it count as a silhouette if we CAN see one of their bodies? Are they obscured by shadow or are they just shadow-adjacent due to being made of the ship's "feelings"? These are the questions that keep me up at night, guys.
Pandaman: AKA The Bamboo-zler!
-While not a member of the Silhouette Tribe, he is close cousin being of the Background Wanderers. Mysterious and powerful are his ways. We have much to learn from him in the ways of Ultimate Muscle!
Saul: AKA Scarface!
-We know what Saul used to look like. But, ever since his return to the story, his face has been obscured. Hidden from view. Does he have a Doctor Doom like iron mask, now? Or just some zits? Clearly his near-death experience has awakened his hidden shadow powers! Some are born into the shadows, and some have shadow-hood thrust upon them...but Saul seems to be a rare case of someone taking the power of the Silhouette and making it their own!
Did I miss anyone?
And, yes, some of these shadow people could turn out to be the same people. There might be some overlap. But, I'm splitting them up, because we don't know that for sure.
And, I’ll admit, some of these might be revealed even as soon as within the next month.
But, right now, the “Silhouette Tribe” outnumbers the number of Lunarians, Three Eyes, and Buccaneers in the story…combined! It’s just a little funny that this “Tribe” outnumbers a great number of “actual” races in the story.
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