Gloom Island
- Name
- クライガナ島 (Kuraigana-tō)
- Region
- Grand Line
- Notable residents
- Mihawk
- First seen
- Ch. 524
- Name meaning
- クライガナ島 Kuraigana-tō (VIZ 'Gloom Island') ≈ 暗いがな kurai gana, 'gloomy, isn't it?' The fallen kingdom シッケアール王国 Shikkeāru Ōkoku (VIZ 'Muggy Kingdom') ≈ 湿気ある shikke aru, 'it's damp/muggy.' Both VIZ names translate the puns directly. The island's curly hills are modeled on Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (an Oda favorite); the dark/damp gloom dovetails with Perona's gloom-ghost (Negative Hollow) aesthetic landing here.
Grand Line · first appeared: Ch. 524
Profile
A bleak Grand Line island, the Ruins of the Muggy Kingdom, dominated by a gloomy old castle. Where Kuma’s scatter dropped both Perona and Zoro — Perona laments it isn’t the haunted castle of grudges she’d want, and finds a near-dead Zoro to disarm. See Kuma’s Scatter Sends Each Straw Hat To A Place That Forges Them.
Etymology
Confidence: high · クライガナ島 Kuraigana-tō (VIZ “Gloom Island”) ≈ 暗いがな kurai gana, “gloomy, isn’t it?” The fallen シッケアール王国 Shikkeāru Ōkoku (VIZ “Muggy Kingdom”) ≈ 湿気ある shikke aru, “it’s damp/muggy.” Both VIZ names translate the puns straight. The island’s curly hills are modeled on Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (an Oda favorite, per Blue Deep). The dark/damp gloom dovetails with Perona’s gloom-ghost (Negative Hollow) aesthetic landing here. Source: One Piece Wiki — Kuraigana Island.
Key chapters
- Ch. 524 — first appearance; Zoro’s scatter landing site; Perona revealed alive here and takes Zoro’s swords.
- Ch. 592 — Revealed as Mihawk’s residence. Zoro recovers and trains against the island’s Humandrills; Perona reads of Moria’s death. Mihawk recounts the island’s war-torn past — it “stank of blood and smoke… wracked by war until seven years ago” (pp. 2-7).
- Ch. 597 — Zoro defeats the island’s weapon-mimicking monkeys (Humandrills) and kneels before Mihawk to beg for tutelage; Mihawk agrees once Zoro heals; Perona nurses him. The Muggy Kingdom ruins are re-captioned on-page (“MUGGY KINGDOM RUINS, GLOOM ISLAND, GRAND LINE”). Becomes Zoro’s two-year training ground.
- Ch. 925 — Wano-era cutaway: captioned “Ruins of Muggy Kingdom” (p. 2). Perona departs after learning Moria is alive; Mihawk prepares to leave too.