Iceberg

Iceberg
Name
Status
alive
Affiliation
Galley-La CompanyWater Seven
First seen
Ch. 326

Mr. Iceberg · alive · Galley-La Company (Water Seven) · named Ch. 323 · first shown Ch. 326

Profile

The man Kokoro’s letter of introduction points the Straw Hats toward — a key figure in Water Seven’s shipbuilding world, evidently the head/employer at the Galley-La Company (his secretary Kalifa says “Yes, Mr. Iceberg”). Named but not shown in his debut chapter.

Canonical note-name: VIZ prints “Iceberg” on-page; the databook romanization “Iceburg” is kept as an alias. Stray [[Characters/Iceberg|Iceburg]] chapter-note links will be repointed by the weaver’s broken-link sweep.

Arc-by-arc updates

Oden-era flashback (childhood) (Ch. 967)

Post-Enies Lobby (Ch. 439)

  • Coins the “Sunny” half of the Thousand Sunny’s name; the crew thanks him as they depart (“Ice guy! We got your name for the ship!”, pp. 6-9).
  • Offers the Franky Family steady jobs at Galley-La Company headquarters (“One of you should come… every day. If you want jobs, I can give some to you,” p. 15).

Post-Enies Lobby (Ch. 437)

  • Confronts Franky at the docks: the crew’s new ship “still isn’t the ship of dreams,” and delivers the ship-of-dreams doctrine — a ship earns the title only when it reaches the end of the ocean, battered but glowing brighter than any other (p. 7).
  • Strips bare Franky’s excuse: he gave up shipbuilding and stayed on the island out of guilt over Tom, atoning by protecting the city Tom loved; “even if Tom forgave you… even if I forgave you… forgive yourself, Franky!” (pp. 8–10).

Post-Enies Lobby — Water Seven (Ch. 436 — “Trunks from Franky House”)

  • “The ice guy” arrives at the docks and, with his foremen, presents the completed new ship to the Straw Hats in Franky’s absence; Luffy demands to thank Franky and is told he’s gone into hiding (pp. 5, 9). (SHOWN → last_appearance ADVANCES 0435→0436.)

Post-Enies Lobby (Ch. 433) — the Galley-La pool party

  • Attends the Galley-La pool party with the company shipwrights (p. 13).

Enies Lobby — the Merry’s funeral (Ch. 430) — eulogist; the man who let the Merry rest

  • Arrives by Galley-La Company ship to find the Straw Hats alive and triumphant on their return from Enies Lobby — “I see you guys are safe!!” (Luffy: “Ice Guy!!”; Robin: “Idiotberg.”, pp. 4-5).
  • Delivers the verdict and the eulogy (pp. 6-10): tells the grieving crew the only thing left is “to let her rest”; recounts that the abandoned Merry was found on Scrap Heap Island begging “I want to sail one more time,” that a Galley-La shipwright failed to repair her, and that he himself took her out to sea one last time. As a shipwright of many years he names her “a miracle… a ship that has gone far beyond its limits” that “lived a splendid life.”
  • Oversees the Viking funeral — the Galley-La crew “see her off” alongside the Straw Hats (pp. 11-12). His expert framing legitimizes the crew’s grief as proper craftsman’s respect for a great ship.

Water Seven (Ch. 365 — “Rocketman!!”) — Survived CP9; with Kokoro he preps the Rocketman for the chase

  • Appears at the warehouse (“Ice Guy!”) having survived the CP9 attack; with Kokoro he has tuned and prepped the Rocketman (water/coal filled, steam built up) so the Straw Hats can give chase — “We can’t just leave these fools to their own devices” (pp. 11-13). Cross-link Sea Train, Kokoro.

Water Seven (Ch. 360 — “Departing Soon”) — Rallies the Galley-La/Franky-Family canal chase; orders the Yagara Bulls released

Water Seven (Ch. 359) — Conscious again; learns Robin didn’t betray the crew, vows to reunite everyone

  • Conscious again after the assassination attempt (“Mr. Iceberg’s conscious again!!!”, p. 6); pulls Nami aside (“I want to talk to this girl alone”, p. 7) and apologizes for the false accusation pinned on her crew (p. 7).
  • Walks Nami through the timeline: the woman (Robin) started acting strangely when she arrived in town; the Government operation had already begun (pp. 8-9).
  • On hearing Robin didn’t betray the crew of her own will: “She didn’t betray us!!! Robin… I’m so happy.” Pledges to gather everyone and tell them the truth (p. 16). Cross-link Nami, Nico Robin, CP9.

Water Seven — flashback + present day (Ch. 358 — “Reactivation”) — ⭐⭐ Hands Franky the REAL Pluton blueprints (the fake-ruse origin); rescued from the burning HQ by giant-Chopper — survives

  • States his blueprint doctrine: the plans must continue to exist “as an opposing force” so long as the world is in danger, against the effort to “reactivate the existing weapon” (pp. 9–10) — framing the World Government / Nico Robin mission as the reactivation of an existing Ancient Weapon.
  • PRESENT: gravely wounded and badly burned, carried out of the collapsing, burning Galley-La HQ by a giant-transformed Chopper (pp. 18–19) — alongside Paulie; survives. Cross-link Franky, Spandam, Tony Tony Chopper, Paulie, Galley-La Company, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven flashback (Ch. 357) — *Young apprentice at Tom’s trial send-off; one of the two Tom asks be spared

Water Seven flashback (Ch. 356) — *Confronts Franky over the Battle Frankies; present through the CP5 frame-up and trial

Water Seven flashback (Ch. 355) — *Young apprentice; receives the Pluton blueprints from Tom

  • Shown as Tom’s young apprentice alongside Franky in the Tom’s-Workers trial-day flashback (~14 years before present).
  • Receives the Pluton blueprints from Tom — “I understand. I’ll accept this” / “I’ll take charge of this” (pp. 12–13) — the on-page source of the blueprints he guards in the present (cf. @0344 “the man who entrusted the blueprints to me”). Sees Nico Robin’s 79M poster (p. 13). Cross-link Tom, Franky, Spandam, Tom’s Workers, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven flashback (Ch. 354) — *Tom’s elder apprentice through the trial & construction montage

  • Present at Tom’s trial and through the Sea-Train construction montage as Tom’s elder apprentice; cheers the Puffing Tom’s maiden ocean crossing alongside Tom and Franky (pp. 4–19). Cross-link Tom, Franky, Tom’s Workers, Sea Train.

Water Seven flashback (Ch. 353) — *Age 16, Tom’s elder apprentice

  • Appears as age 16, Tom’s elder apprentice at Scrap Head Island, repeatedly scolding the younger Cutty Flam / Franky that they’re meant to help Tom build ships, not build weapons (“you’re gonna get yourself killed!!!”, “all you make are weapons!!”, “You’re a liar, MORON-KY!!”, pp. 11–14). Establishes the boys’ fraternal dynamic 22 years before the present. Cross-link Tom, Franky, Tom’s Workers, Kokoro, Yokozuna.
  • Referenced only — does NOT appear on-page this chapter . At the Franky House, CP9 tell FrankyWe killed him” (p. 14) — claiming Iceberg is dead . Rob Lucci frames Iceberg as the link in the chain who “passed that thing down” — the Pluton blueprints, Tom → Iceberg → Franky (p. 15). Cross-link Franky, Rob Lucci, Tom, CP9, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 349) — Trapped/unaccounted-for as the HQ burns; CP9 eulogize him in past tense as cover

  • Trapped/unaccounted-for as Galley-La HQ burns; townsfolk and foremen cry out for him (“Has anyone seen Mr. Iceberg?!!”, p. 16). CP9’s narration eulogizes him in past tense (“A brilliant master shipbuilder… and the mayor of a great city… Mr. Iceberg, you may have been…”, pp. 17–18) as cover — “This incident will fade into darkness.” Fate left unresolved this chapter; status stays alive. Cross-link CP9, Paulie, Rob Lucci.

Water Seven (Ch. 347) — Condemns Robin’s defection; targeted for death as CP9 prepare to burn the mansion

  • Present in the wrecked mansion; condemns Nico Robin when she declares she’s leaving the crew: “Are you crazy, Nico Robin?! Do you understand what it is you’re trying to do?!” (p. 17) — and is struck silent (“WHAK!!”). (VIZ on-page spelling “Iceberg.”)
  • Targeted for death along with the mansion, which CP9 announce they will burn to “erase all sorts of evidence” in two minutes (p. 18). Cross-link Nico Robin, CP9, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 346) — ⭐⭐ The Den-Den-Mushi lie-detector interrogation; revealed as Tom’s apprentice; the FAKE-blueprints / Cutty-Flam payoff

  • Bedridden and gunshot, interrogated by the unmasked CP9 in his room via a Den Den Mushi heartbeat readout (“BA-BUMP”) used as a lie detector (pp. 9–15). Refuses to help reactivate the weapon, rebutting CP9’s “force for justice” pitch: “The world will fight for control of that power… and the damage will only be greater!” / “…boy. I just know human nature…” (pp. 6–8). (VIZ on-page spelling “Iceberg.”)
  • Defiant when struck:Watch your tongue. You’re not my boss anymore.” (p. 8) — implies a prior boss/employee relationship with a CP9 member (inference toward Kaku/Rob Lucci’s Galley-La Company cover).
  • His “racing pulse” on the Den Den Mushi readout betrays the truth CP9 deduce: he fed them FAKE blueprints (the plans carry the inscribed designer names “Tom. Iceberg. Cutty Flam.”) and passed the real plans to his fellow Tom-apprentice Cutty Flam / Franky (pp. 9–15) — confirming the @0344 fake-blueprints ruse.
  • Revealed as one of Tom’s two apprentices (a member of the legendary shipwright’s company, Tom’s Workers), alongside the supposedly-dead Cutty Flam (pp. 11–14). Cross-link Tom, Tom’s Workers, Franky, Kaku, CP9, Ancient Weapons, Franky Is Cutty Flam Toms Surviving Apprentice Reveal, Iceberg Reveals Blueprints CP9 Seize Are Fake Ruse.

Water Seven (Ch. 345) — ⭐⭐ The CP9 unmasking before him; refuses to surrender the Pluton blueprints

  • Lies gravely wounded on the floor of his mansion, taunting the four masked assassins: “your big plan just fell apart” — framing himself as a “decoy/fake” the World Government underestimated (pp. 2–3).
  • Named on-page as “Mayor Iceberg” (p. 12); a foreman credits him: “He made me a proper shipwright” (p. 13). (VIZ on-page spelling “Iceberg.”)
  • CP9 unmask before him (Rob Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno) and reveal the operation’s goal — Lucci: “Where are the blueprints of the Ancient Weapon Pluton?” (p. 18). Iceberg refuses: “There’s nothing to hand over!! Go home!!” (pp. 15, 18) — consistent with his @0344 FAKE-blueprints ruse. Routes to Ancient Weapons.
  • Repeatedly called a “dying man” (pp. 15, 19) — survival uncertain at chapter’s end. Cross-link CP9, Rob Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, Nico Robin, Ancient Weapons, Lucci Beloved Galley-La Shipwright Named Before Shown.

Water Seven (Ch. 344) — ⭐⭐ NAMES “Pluton” on-page; the Tom blueprint-lineage; springs the FAKE-blueprints ruse

  • Drags himself from his sickbed (shot in the leg the night before) to confront Nico Robin at gunpoint in his bedroom — “I’ve always wanted to meet you” (pp. 8–9).
  • NAMES “Pluton” on-page — “a weapon of the ancient world, the PLUTON” — “Pluton is the name of a battleship that was built on this island a long time ago” (pp. 13–15). Reveals the “opposing-force” counter-weapon lore: the ancient shipwrights feared the weapon, so its blueprints were preserved shipwright-to-shipwright across generations as a counter; the plans reached him from his master Tom (“the man who entrusted the blueprints to me,” p. 15). Routes to Ancient Weapons.
  • Lays out Robin’s significance: she escaped the Ohara incident 20 years ago, is “the only person in the world who can decipher the writing” on the Poneglyphs, hence “the only one who can reactivate the Ancient Weapons” (pp. 10–15). Feeds True History Ohara Was Killed For, Poneglyph.
  • Argues weapons can’t bring peace — “you can’t expect weapons to bring peace,” “the evils of the past should not be reawakened” (pp. 12–13).
  • Springs a final ruse: the rolled blueprints CP9 are about to seize are FAKE — “throw it away and run… because the blueprints are fake” — to the masked agent’s visible shock (pp. 19–20). Collapses bleeding heavily; fate unresolved this chapter. (VIZ on-page spelling “Iceberg.”) Cross-link Nico Robin, Tom, Franky, CP9, Ancient Weapons, Pluton Ancient Weapon Battleship Blueprints Named On Water Seven, Iceberg Reveals Blueprints CP9 Seize Are Fake Ruse, Iceberg Avoids World Government Pursuit.

Water Seven (Ch. 343) — ⭐ Confronted by CP9; revealed as the secret keeper of the ship blueprints; shot in the leg, ordered killed

  • Confronted bedridden by CP9, who demand his “precious item” (p. 9). He plays dumb — “I don’t recall saying anything of the sort” — and refuses to admit he holds the plans.
  • Revealed to be the secret keeper of the blueprints for a certain ship — plans “passed down secretly from master to apprentice, from shipwright to shipwright, for generations” (p. 14). (Inference: the Pluton blueprints — NOT named on-page.)
  • Chose Paulie (foreman of Dock One) as the man to entrust the plans to (p. 14) — though CP9 only deduced this; whether Iceberg actually handed Paulie anything is unconfirmed.
  • Shot in the leg by the Door-Door agent to restrain him (“BLAM!!”, p. 12); CP9 then order Nico Robin to finish him (p. 15). Survives the chapter. (VIZ on-page spelling “Iceberg.”) Cross-link CP9, Paulie, Nico Robin, Doa Doa no Mi, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 342) — ⭐ Entrusts Paulie alone with a secret high-risk errand; the hidden safe under the desk

  • Bedridden mayor and president of Galley-La Company. Summons Kalifa and Paulie, dismisses everyone else, and entrusts Paulie alone with a secret high-risk errand — “you’re the only one I can ask” / “This may come with great risks” (pp. 7–11).
  • Secretly guards a single supremely valuable object in a built-in safe under the President’s-office desk — the target of the night’s heist (pp. 12, 19). Forward-canon: the Pluton blueprints / his master Tom’s legacy (object/Tom NOT named on these pages). Seeds Ancient Weapons.
  • Survives the heist-distraction explosion (“only startled,” p. 15). Cross-link Paulie, Kalifa, Nico Robin, CP9, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 341) — ⭐ Bedridden under guard; keeps Robin’s poster; calls her “a demon” (the chapter title)

  • Bedridden in his guarded bedroom the night of Aqua Laguna; jokes he feels “like I’m king” with everyone fussing over him (p. 18). Guarded by Galley-La Company foremen (Paulie on the door, p. 17).
  • Keeps Nico Robin’s 79,000,000-berry wanted poster on his wall. Asked why, he refuses to explain — “It’s better if you don’t know” — and calls Robin “…a demon” — the chapter title (p. 18). A heavy tell that Iceberg already knows Robin’s identity / what the attackers are really after from him (forward-canon: the Pluton blueprints / his master Tom’s legacy; object/Tom not named on these pages). Cross-link Nico Robin, CP9, Iceberg Keeps Robin Wanted Poster Calls Her A Demon, Ancient Weapons. (VIZ on-page spelling “Iceberg.”)

Water Seven (Ch. 340) — Robin confirms the mansion break-in (referenced; Iceberg not on-panel)

Water Seven (Ch. 339) — ⭐ Bedside summons of Luffy; orders the crew captured; the “what Tom had” tell

  • First clear on-panel bedside scene. Bandaged and bedridden after the assassination attempt but lucid (pp. 8–10).
  • Summoned Luffy himself — “I called you here… I gambled on a silly little hope… that I could get closer to the truth” — to confirm whether Nico Robin really attacked him; pulls a pistol on Luffy (CHAK, p. 9).
  • Insists “Last night, I saw Nico Robin with my own eyes! She is one of your crew” and asks to see her “one more time” (pp. 9–10). Luffy tells him the crew doesn’t know where she is.
  • Orders the entire Straw Hat crew captured — via secretary Kalifa, who relays his “favor”: “Capture the crew! Every last one of them!” (pp. 6, 11) — escalating the frame into a mayor-sanctioned manhunt.
  • The CP9 theft target named (by Robin’s handler, p. 19): Iceberg guards what “someone named Tom had originally,” and is “the only one still living among [Tom’s] followers” — the object CP9 is trying to steal that night (forward-canon: the Pluton blueprints; object unnamed on-page). Cross-link CP9, Tom, Ancient Weapons, Iceberg Avoids World Government Pursuit.
  • Survived the night attack; the town rallies to protect him. Galley-La Company relays that “last night, somebody broke into Headquarters and attacked Mayor Iceberg” (p. 14) and that the mayor reported two assassins (p. 15) — one named to them by the World Government as “a bounty named Nico Robin.” The shipwrights and town reason the attackers will strike again “because he’s alive” — i.e., the job is unfinished (p. 16). VIZ prints his name “Iceberg” on-page here (pp. 14–16). (Iceberg is referenced, not shown on-panel this chapter — last_appearance is NOT advanced.)
  • The town’s “hero.” The citywide manhunt against the Straw Hats is framed as protecting the mayor (“They tried to kill the town’s hero!!”, p. 18) — the chapter title “Protectors of the City of Water.” Cross-link CP9, Ancient Weapons, Robin Named As Iceberg Assassin Frame-Up Ignition, Two Assassins Reported At The Iceberg Attack Second-Intruder Tell.

Water Seven (Ch. 336) — “What I’ve been hiding” — first on-page seed of his secret

  • A Galley-La Company aide reports that Iceberg has identified the culprits — the Straw Hat gang, naming Nico Robin as a member — and has contacted the government (pp. 10–11). Wanted posters of the “Straw Hat gang” (Luffy, Zoro, Robin) circulate.
  • At his bedside, loud foreman Tilestone bursts in with news of Franky’s fight; the foremen quiet the room to protect the recovering mayor (pp. 12–14).
  • Bedridden and bandaged, Iceberg deduces the attack relates to “what I’ve been hiding” because he “turned them down yesterday” (p. 14) — the first on-page tell that Iceberg holds a dangerous secret. A foreman vows to stay by his side. Cross-link Iceberg Avoids World Government Pursuit, CP9, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 335) — ⭐ Wakes; names “Nico Robin” as his masked attacker (the frame-up)

  • Comatose at the Galley-La Company head office under guard; reporters mob the gates for news on whether his condition is life-threatening and on “the progress of the investigation” (pp. 9–11).
  • Regains consciousness (pp. 17–18); reassures staff (“We’ll take care of the shipyard by ourselves”); his pet mouse is at his bedside.
  • Names his attackers (pp. 18–19): “There were two of them” — “a large guy with a mask on” and “a tall black-haired woman” with “those sharp eyes” — identifying the woman, over her ¥79,000,000 wanted poster, as Nico Robin (“It had to be…”). This testimony frames the Straw Hats and ignites the city / Franky Family hunt. (Robin is named/accused only — NOT shown on-page this chapter.) Cross-link CP9, Iceberg Names Nico Robin As His Masked Attacker.

Water Seven (Ch. 334) — Shot at his home; comatose; the city’s defining crime

  • Iceberg has been shot. The night after the Going-Merry verdict, Iceberg is found in his room “covered in blood” — shot twice from the front and three times from the back — and falls into an unresponsive coma (pp. 9, 13, 17). His condition “looks bad.” Shown bandaged and unconscious in bed at his residence, with his pet mouse beside him (p. 16). The whole of Water Seven is in an uproar; the press swarm his head office, and the newspaper crowns him “The Hero of Water Seven, Mayor Iceberg” struck down by an assassin (pp. 11–12, 15).
  • The crime escalates the “something Iceberg has” tell. His office was ransacked but nothing was stolen (so “not a robbery”), none of the locks were forced, and the only thing left at the scene was a single common mask (pp. 10, 17). Staff float that it was “the work of the government” (immediately hushed) and recall the spurned petitioner Mr. Corgi (Corgy) as a possible grudge (pp. 10–11). The unnamed valuable he was being pressured for in Ch. 331 is now worth killing for. Cross-link CP9, Galley-La Company, Iceberg Shot In A Locked Office Only A Common Mask Left At The Scene.

Water Seven (Ch. 331) — In his office; the “something he has” tell

  • Shown in his Galley-La Company office wrapping a meeting; his secretary Kalifa reports that Mr. Corgi (the World Government official, Corgy) keeps coming to demand “something I have” with “all kinds of conditions” and always leaves “in a huff” (pp. 2–3). Iceberg dismisses it (“I know nothing about such a thing… chase him away”). Seed: Iceberg evidently possesses an unnamed valuable that powerful parties keep coming for — a quiet pre-load of the arc’s blueprint / CP9 intrigue. Nico Robin’s wanted poster (79,000,000) is on his office wall (p. 3). Continues the @0328 World-Government-avoidance tell. Cross-link Iceberg Avoids World Government Pursuit, CP9.

Water Seven (Ch. 328)

  • At the Galley-La gate, avoids the pursuing World Government official Corgy (“I’m not here today”; “I don’t like you. Leave.”); his foremen reflexively cover for him (“tell them we’re not here”) — establishing that the World Government wants something from him and that he keeps them at arm’s length (pp. 11–13). Combined with the masked CP9 figure recalled by Sanji (p. 2), this seeds the Pluton-blueprint plot and the CP9 infiltration. Cross-link Iceberg Avoids World Government Pursuit, CP9.

Water Seven (Ch. 327)

  • Arrives at Galley-La Company Dock 1 to cheering workmen (“Good morning, Mr. Iceberg!”) (pp. 15–16) — first interactive on-page scene with the crew.
  • Backstory revealed: long ago, when Water Seven’s shipbuilding industry was new, seven companies competed; Iceberg “charmed the workmen with his brilliant shipbuilding techniques,” merged all seven into one, and founded the Galley-La Company five years ago (pp. 16–17).
  • Pointedly asks Luffy “is there a woman named Nico Robin on your ship?” (p. 18) — first sign Iceberg has his own interest in the crew. (Seed for the forward Robin / CP9 / Pluton-blueprint thread.)

Water Seven (Ch. 326) — first on-page appearance

  • First ON-PAGE appearance. Leaps down from the dome (“HOP!!”) to greet the crew at the Going Merry assessment (pp. 6–7).
  • Caption box names him “Water Seven Mayor & Galley-La Company President” (p. 8); calls himself “the boss of this town” (p. 8).
  • Adopts a stray pet mouse and names it “Tyrannosaurus” (p. 8).
  • Openly spoiled/lazy: cancels his entire day of appointments — “I don’t want to!! … I’m powerful enough to be able to do what I like. I really am.” (pp. 9–10).
  • Tears up Kokoro’s kiss-mark introductory letter (“That kiss mark was creepy”) but reveals he and Kokoro are old drinking buddies, and agrees to repair the Going Merry (p. 12).
  • Notes Kaku has already gone to assess the ship (“The process is already under way,” p. 12).

Water Seven (Ch. 325) — named again; role & age established

  • Named again (via Kaku at Galley-La Dock 1, p. 16). Established as Mayor of Water Seven, President of the Galley-La Company, and the man who “also manages the Sea Train” — “there’s not a soul who doesn’t know of him in Water Seven.”
  • Stated to be 23 years old but “told he looks old / middle-aged” (p. 16). The crew needs Kokoro’s introductory letter just to seek a meeting. Still NOT shown on-page (first SHOWN @0326).

Water Seven (Ch. 323)

Post-Enies Lobby — Water Seven (Ch. 435)

  • Joins Franky on Scrap Island to help build the Straw Hats’ new ship — trades barbs over blueprints, reassembles Tom’s old workers, and lends Galley-La’s Dock One shipwrights to “rebuild that pirate ship that got burned” (pp.2-3).

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Notes

  • Etymology note : アイスバーグ / Aisubāgu = “Iceberg.”

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