Neptunian Squid
- Tier
- fauna
- First seen
- Ch. 102
A giant cephalopod species native to the Grand Line. First on-page sighting: Ch. 102 page 17.
Profile
Giant tentacled cephalopod with X-mark scarring on the body (visual rhyme with Laboon’s self-harm-tell). Rises from the water with tentacles raised; vulnerable to lighthouse-island defensive cannonfire (page 17 BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOM!!!, page 18 KER-PLOOSH).
Etymology / register
Neptunian = of Neptune (Roman sea-god = Greek Poseidon). First name-drop of the Neptune-register in the series — forward-canonical to ~Ch. 612+ Fish-Man Island arc where Neptune becomes the literal name of the Fish-Man King and Poseidon the codename for Shirahoshi (an Ancient Weapon).
Key chapters
- Ch. 102 — first on-page sighting, felled by Crocus’s lighthouse-island defensive cannonfire.
- Ch. 496 — the general term “Neptunians” is applied to the giant deep-sea creatures that haunt the seafloor route to Fish-Man Island (named, not shown).