Ripley

Profile

Biology teacher at Elbaf’s Walrus School, a giant woman (caption box, p. 11). Blunt and self-deprecating (“I teach by negative example!”). A member of the giants’ younger, peace-era generation. Greets the Straw Hat crew (“I heard about you from Saul”).

Arc-by-arc updates

Elbaf (Ch. 1187) — shown

• Among the Western Village giants trying to hold onto the children during the ZaZa flood — “Ripley!! …Dammit!! Don’t take him away from me…” (p. 12). See Gods and Divine Figures, Western Village.

Elbaf (Ch. 1175) — named

Elbaf — chasing the hostage line (Ch. 1172) — referenced

• Referenced as leading a group chasing the hostage line toward the port (p.8): “Ripley’s got a group chasing after them.”

Elbaf (flashback) — Ripley keeps Gaban’s house in The Sun World (Ch. 1152) — flashback

Elbaf — her human husband is Scopper Gaban (Ch. 1149) — shown

Final Saga — Elbaf — Collun revealed as her son among the hostages (Ch. 1147) — shown

Elbaf — the human husband named: Scopper Gaban (Ch. 1139) — referenced

• Her deliberately-unnamed human ex-pirate husband is revealed as Scopper Gaban — “the Left Arm of the Pirate King” (a senior Roger Pirates officer). Ripley is 80 years old (“older than me… they stay the same age”); their son is the half-giant Collun (see Gaban). Resolves Ripley’s human husband and the half-giant child on-page — the earlier “Mato” guess is refuted . (pp. 7–8.)
• (last_mentioned SET 1139 — referenced only; families += Gaban; related_characters += Scopper Gaban, Collun; HOLD la 1138, fm/fa 1134.)

Elbaf — the Jewel Tree Adam tour; the Void-Century mural (Ch. 1138)

• Guides Team Franky on the Adam tour; jokes about selling off pieces of the “holy tree” and does an impression of Saul scolding her; explains the Adam-bark mural is a protected cultural relic of children’s drawings from the Void Century (pp. 12-14). See Treasure Tree Adam.
• (last_appearance 1135→1138 — SHOWN; HOLD fm/fa 1134.)

Elbaf — the human husband, the half-giant child, scolding Collun (Ch. 1135)

• Revealed as the common-law wife of an unnamed human ex-pirate who “ages” (and “won’t marry” her over it), “used to be a pirate,” and “can even hold his own against Elbaf warriors.” Her child is half-human (“My dad’s a human, you know!”, p. 8) — a human/giant hybrid shown on-page. A child brings her favorite lingonberries “From Mato!!” (likely her husband). See Ripley’s human husband and the half-giant child.
• Scolds the wild-child Collun (“There you go causing trouble again, Collun!!”) at the Western Village.
• (last_appearance 1134→1135 — SHOWN; mysteries += Ripley’s human husband and the half-giant child; HOLD fm/fa 1134.)

Notes

• Etymology flag : “Ripley” — flagged for name-meaning research.