Fullalead
- Name
- ハチノス (Hachinosu)
- Region
- New World
- Controlled by
- Blackbeard PiratesRocks Pirates
- First seen
- Ch. 925
- Name meaning
- 'Fullalead' is the VIZ rendering (@0925) of the Japanese name ハチノス (Hachinosu) = 蜂の巣, 'beehive / honeycomb' — also the Japanese idiom for riddling something with bullet holes (left 'full of holes like a honeycomb'). VIZ's 'Fullalead' puns on 'full of lead' (full of [bullet] lead), preserving that bullet-riddled sense. The island — a skull-shaped pirate haven serving as the Blackbeard Pirates' base — is modelled on real Golden-Age-of-Piracy havens: Tortuga (Haiti), Port Royal (Jamaica, repeatedly leveled by earthquakes — echoed in Teach's quake fruit), and New Providence (the Republic of Pirates' base, the historical Blackbeard's haunt). The giant skull may reference Skull Rock from Disney's Peter Pan.
New World · first appeared: Ch. 925
Profile
The Pirate Island of Fullalead, a skull-shaped island in the New World that serves as the Blackbeard Pirates’ base (“a pirate’s paradise,” “Pirate Island”). First shown Ch. 925 (pp. 4-9) when Gecko Moria assaults its port with his zombie army, hunting “Teech” and Absalom; the crew’s ship-captain structure surfaces on-caption (Avalo Pizarro, Catarina Devon, Shiryu), and Blackbeard arrives mid-quake to invite Moria aboard.
Etymology
‘Fullalead’ is VIZ’s rendering of ハチノス (Hachinosu, 蜂の巣) = “beehive/honeycomb,” also the Japanese idiom for riddling something with bullet holes — VIZ’s name puns on “full of lead.” A skull-shaped pirate haven modelled on Tortuga, Port Royal, and New Providence; the skull may nod to Disney’s Peter Pan Skull Rock. Confidence high.
Key chapters
- Ch. 925 — first appearance: Gecko Moria storms the Blackbeard Pirates’ base hunting Teach + Absalom (pp. 4-9).
- Ch. 1049 — flashback (44 years ago): a 15-year-old Kaido is recruited into the Rocks Pirates here before the crew departs for God Valley (p.4).
- Ch. 1071 — Garp launches a Navy mission from base G-14 to Fullalead (“the pirate island”) to rescue the captured Koby from Blackbeard (pp. 16-17). Referenced, not shown. See Koby Abducted by the Blackbeard Pirates.
- Ch. 1080 — Koby’s breakout + the Garp/SWORD rescue; Blackbeard’s “Blackbeard Kingdom” plan; Gecko Moria revealed imprisoned here; officer fruit-names captioned (Pizarro Isle-Isle, Vasco Glug-Glug, Wolf Huge-Huge); island cratered by Galaxy Impact (pp. 2-17). See Koby Abducted by the Blackbeard Pirates.
- Ch. 1096 — Rocks-era flashback (38 years ago): Fullalead is the Rocks Pirates’ New World base, which the crew leaves to race the WG to the God Valley treasure (pp. 3–4).
aliases += "Fullalad"(the p.3 dialogue spelling). See Rocks and God Valley.
- Ch. 1113 — “Pirate Island Fullalead, New World” shown in the montage; brawling pirates pipe down as “Vega-whoever is about to speak” (p. 7).
Cross-links
- Characters from here: Blackbeard, Shiryu, Catalina Devon, Avalo Pizarro
- Faction: Blackbeard Pirates
- Events here: Moria’s assault on the Blackbeard base (Ch. 925)
Notes
Etymology done (Hachinosu = “beehive” → “full of lead” pun; pirate-haven inspirations).