Kibi

Region: Wano Country (New World)
Notable residents: Yatappe
First seen: Ch. 929
Name meaning: **Kibi** (希美, 'rare beauty' on-page spelling) puns on 黍 *kibi* = **proso millet**, the grain of *kibi dango* (millet dumplings) — the very treat Momotarō hands out to recruit his animal retainers (and the basis of Otama's Gifter-taming dumplings in-arc). It also evokes the real **Kibi-no-kuni** (吉備国, the old Chūgoku/Okayama province) that is the traditional home of the Momotarō legend (the Kibitsuhiko myth). Another node in Wano's Momotarō web (cf. Onigashima, Momonosuke).

Wano Country (New World) · first mentioned: Ch. 920 · first appeared: Ch. 929

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A region of Wano; the homeland of the Kozuki loyalist Jibuemon. Named, not yet depicted.

Ch. 920 — first mention: named as Jibuemon’s homeland (p. 12). Named, not shown.
Ch. 929 — first appearance: Kibi’s ruins shown; Zoro wanders here and meets Tonoyasu (pp. 7–10).