![]() Unlike Baccano!, though, there is an interesting-if not necessarily fully-realized-yet-dynamic of one’s personal attachments on status of immortality. Hell’s Paradise’s theme of immortality is hardly new in shonen anime, and the period-piece examination of immortality, its creation, and the lengths one is willing to achieve it call to mind plot elements of the iconic 2006 shonen Baccano!. The first episode of the anime does more to set up the plot of the series than it does to show off all of the specific feel of this era and setting, although what is shown has the promise of a unique take on historical fantasy-horror not often seen in common shonen. With much of the color palettes and candlelit ambiance taking cues from Attack on Titan, that same energy is transposed onto a more historical period piece setting of Edo Japan (roughly from the 1600s to the mid-1800s). Produced by the legendary anime studio MAPPA (whose work includes Attack on Titan’s final season, along with Chainsaw Man, Zombie Land Saga and Jujutsu Kaisen), Hell’s Paradise continues their tradition of fast-paced, intense shonen. With the dynamic of these characters established, they begin a quest together to uncover the possible secrets of a fabled land that holds the secret elixir of immortality. By exposing his personal fixations, the observer Sagiri-who has her own secret revealed in the episode-also functions to potentially open Gabimaru up to the dangers of the death he had claimed to be unafraid of. In terms of actual resemblance to the manga version of him, he bears little similarity.When all of the attempts to murder the immortal protagonist meet only with his sighs over any bloodshed, an observer from the shogunate deduces that his immortality is connected with his attachments in life. The only resemblance between this officer and Kibin are their brown hair. When Z attacked the island, Kibin had a short fight with him and was defeated by a Busoshoku Haki imbued punch.ĭuring the meeting about Luffy's infiltration after the Summit War of Marineford in the anime, Kibin was replaced with a unnamed Marine officer with a light tie and blue suit without a scar on his chin, rather than a dark tie and red suit. Luffy's action of infiltrating Marine Headquarters.ĭue to Fleet Admiral Sakazuki's orders, Kibin was reassigned to Secon Island in order to protect the Endpoint. Kibin was seen attending the meeting at the Conference Hall to discuss Monkey D. Luffy got over the siege wall and tried to rush to Ace's execution scaffold, Kibin stood in front of Luffy, trying to stop him with several Rokushiki techniques, but Luffy ultimately knocked him out with a hard strike to the stomach. His Tekkai seems to be average at best, strong enough to shatter the ground with enough momentum added but not enough to take a point blank normal attack from Luffy. Though none of them are offensive, he used them in a clever combination to attack his opponent, recreating the Tekkai: Sai used by Blueno, capable of creating a crater in the ground by smashing against it. Kibin demonstrated several Rokushiki techniques: Soru, Geppo and Tekkai. He was seen using it in his fight against Zephyr until he was defeated. Kibin wields a jutte, which he is skilled in using. ![]() The following events are Non-Canon and therefore not considered part of the Canon story. It is unknown whether he believes in moral justice or absolute justice. His suit is dark red, with a lighter red shirt underneath and a black tie.Īs a Marine, Kibin has a strong sense of justice. Like most high-ranking Marine officers, Kibin wears a business suit with a Marine jacket draped over his shoulders like a cape. He has a prominent chin with a x-shaped scar on the left side, and a sharp nose pointing downwards. ![]() Kibin is a tall man with a muscular chest, and has his dark-blonde hair tied in a ponytail, revealing his forehead.
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