Bunchi
- Name
- バンチ (Banchi)
- Status
- alive
- Affiliation
- Baroque WorksNico Robin
- First seen
- Ch. 114
Bunchi · alive · Miss All Sunday’s giant sea-turtle mount-companion
Profile
A massive sea-turtle ridden by Miss All Sunday as her primary trans-Grand-Line transit-mount. Addressed by name (“Let’s go, Bunchi.”, Ch. 114 p. 17 — SNORT). Structurally parallel to Karoo (Vivi’s Spot-Billed Duck mount) — every major-arc female character in the Whisky-Peak-to-Alabasta sequence has a non-human mount-companion.
Arc-by-arc updates
Alabasta — Vol. 19 frontispiece off-duty appearance (Ch. 178) — Bow-tied with Ms. Doublefinger in civilian attire on a riverside pier
- Cross-link Ms. Doublefinger (off-duty pairing partner), Baroque Works.
Alabasta arc (Ch. 166) — Mr. 2’s transport — hitched ride to HQ
- Mr. 2 hitched a ride on Bunchi to reach Baroque Works HQ (Ch. 166 p. 3) — “I HITCHED A RIDE BEHIND BUNCHI.” — confirms Bunchi’s role as Officer-Agent-transport-platform extends beyond Miss All Sunday. The riding-turtle is now operationally a multi-Officer-Agent Baroque-Works mount. Bunchi not visually shown this chapter (referenced only). Cross-link Bon Clay (Mr. 2 Bon Clay — mount-rider), Bunchi the Riding Turtle Animal Mount Companion.
Alabasta — Rainbase (Ch. 165) — back-roads transit referenced
- Mentioned by Robin at the all-officer summit (Ch. 165 p. 8): ‘Bunchi brought you here by the back roads.’ Not visually shown; confirms Bunchi continued as Robin’s official transit mount post-Ch. 0127 and that the back-roads-to-Rainbase route is Robin-controlled (same route-even-our-agents-don’t-know-about register as Ch. 0114 Eternal Pose gift).
Alabasta (Ch. 161) — caption-named Special All-Terrain Transport Turtle (Baroque Works); first on-page land-transit beat
- LOAD-BEARING — caption-named BUNCHI / SPECIAL ALL-TERRAIN TRANSPORT TURTLE / BAROQUE WORKS (Ch. 161 p. 2). Re-keys Bunchi from personal mount (Ch. 114) to BW organizational asset — the turtle now carries a formal logistical classification within the organization’s wardrobe. Bunchi is equipment, not (just) Miss All Sunday’s companion. Cross-link Bunchi Special All-Terrain Transport Turtle Caption Reveal (new).
- First on-page land-transit beat (Ch. 161 pp. 2-3) — Bunchi thunders across the Alabasta desert (THUD THUD THUD) en route to Rainbase, carrying Miss All Sunday on the shell. Ch. 114 was sea-transit; Ch. 161 confirms Bunchi is dual-environment (land + sea) — hence Special All-Terrain. Cross-link Nico Robin (mount).
Whisky Peak (Ch. 114)
- First on-page appearance (p. 17): carries Miss All Sunday away from the Going Merry across the open water (SPLASH…). Usopp mis-IDs the silhouette as a giant duck on p. 18.
Notes
- Pre-installs Miss All Sunday/Robin’s I-travel-alone-with-an-animal-companion register that decodes much later when her 20-year fugitive backstory is revealed (Ch. 391+).