X Aphro

X Aphro (クロスアフロ Kurosu Afuro) is the pirate doctor of The Jolly Pirates, and a former member of The Valkyrie Pirates. Aphro was first introduced as The Valkyrie Pirates' female doctor, and was eventually won in a Davy Back Fight against The Jolly Pirates, as the crew needed a doctor to heal an injured Wyatt. This made Aphro the first and only crew member to be recruited through a Davy Back Fight, making his membership unique. Aphro is also a cross dressing exile of Drum Island, having been forced to leave during Wapol's reign. After which, Aphro became a nomad, with the hopes to sell his bizarre medicines to passing strangers.

During his travels, he seemingly met and befriended Bentham, who taught Aphro about the Okama Way (lit. Transvestite Way/Oh Come My Way) and instructed him in the use of Okama Kenpo (Transvestite Martial Arts.) This cemented Aphro's choice to live as a cross dresser, and made him grateful for his encounter with Bentham. It should also be noted that Aphro soon chose to be addressed with male pronouns after joining The Jolly Pirates; further confusing what his true gender is. The confusion lies at the fact that before the time skip, Aphro was androgynous, and so he had features of both men and women. After the time skip, and due to the creation of his Gender Tablets, Aphro has shown the ability to switch between two distinct genders, one male and one female. This has effectively separated his original androgynous self.

During the time skip, it was revealed that Aphro, with Spike in tow, returned to Drum Island for their training. Once there, Aphro had met Dr. Kureha, and soon enough had received training under her. There was a joke that seemed to imply that as Aphro is now a fellow student of Kureha, that Chopper became Aphro's senior colleague, as he was taught first. This also seems to imply that both Aphro and Spike now know of Chopper and his accomplishments, but neither have said much about him upon returning from their training.

Aphro is the fifth member to join sides with The Jolly Pirates, and is known for being the sixth member altogether. It was revealed that Aphro's dream is to create a cure-all drug, which will heal illnesses and alleviate other uncommon ailments. It was hinted at that Aphro's Gender Tablets were the next step in creating his cure-all drug. Due to his affiliations with The Jolly Pirates, and the outrageous actions he participated in with them, Aphro was branded with an 30,000,000 bounty by the Marines.

Personality
Aphro is quite the strange... Well, no one knows Apho's true gender, since Aphro likes surprises. Whether Aphro is hinting at his/her/its gender or not, Aphro prefers to be addressed with male pronouns. When Aphro realized he was androgynous, he decided to wear women's clothing nonetheless and embraced the okama/cross dressing lifestyle. On top of that, Aphro is a raging pervert, getting nosebleeds whenever he sees a woman he's particularly attracted to, though like with most perverts in One Piece, Aphro seems only interested in thin, young women.

Because of his okama lifestyle, Aphro strongly believes that everyone is allowed to live however they like, as long as it's not immoral. Though, whenever Aphro sees someone who's displeased with themselves (either they think they're ugly, too small, too fat, etc.,) Aphro is the first to reassure them that everyone is gorgeous on the inside, and that is what truly matters. Even though Aphro believes this aesop, he has devoted his entire life to finding a "Cure-All Drug" that will help anyone who feels uncomfortable in their own skin to feel better about themselves, as well as being able to cure any disease. Aphro has stated that he doesn't want the drug for himself, as he is confident with how he looks and how he behaves.

Aphro has stated that he has met Bentham once in his life and has accepted the Okama Way as his own. He even sings the song every once in a while. When asked why he prefers to dress as a maid instead of a nurse, Aphro likes to respond by saying, "Cuz maids are sexy!!! So that makes me sexy too!!!" Aphro has adopted feminine mannerisms and has even been known to call those around him "dear," "dearie," and "my dear," among other phrases.

Hand to Hand Combat
Aphro has taken up Okama Kenpo during his exile and has mastered some forms of the fighting style. Though his version keeps some of the acrobatic moves (making it similar to capoeria,) Aphro has incorporated some karate stances and techniques into his Okama Kenpo, adding powerful strikes to his graceful movements. Because Aphro is a licensed doctor, he knows the anatomy of the human body very well (though he hasn't learned the anatomy of other species yet.) This allows Aphro to attack precise areas on the opponent's body, causing massive damage or just incredible pain, sometimes both. With his Okama Kenpo and medical wits, Aphro has proven himself to be an incredible fighter in his own right.

Physical Strength
Despite his prowess in fighting, Aphro doesn't have monster strength. He uses the enemy's pressure points and vital organs as a way to make up for this. Also, Aphro has developed several pills to enhance his strength, agility, and endurance, but they leave him horribly exhausted later.

Agility
Like with his strength. Aphro is only better than most people, but isn't super human. He's able to run at amazing speeds, and is awfully nimble, but he just doesn't have super agility. Aphro has developed several pills in case of emergencies that enhance his strength, agility, and endurance, but leave him horribly exhausted later.

Endurance
Again, Aphro has a level of endurance beyond a normal human's, but can't can't go on for too long against stronger foes. He has developed several pills in case of emergencies that enhance his strength, agility, and endurance, but leave him horribly exhausted later.

Weapons
Aphro's only weapons are his "Placebo Power Pills," three different drugs to enhance his strength, agility, and endurance. The Placebo Power Pills do this by altering Aphro's state of mind in order to make him believe he's stronger, thus "mind over matter" takes over and Aphro will instantly reach super human levels of strength. This effect only lasts for seven minutes though and will tire Aphro out once he regains his normal level of awareness. Aphro has learned how to make mass amounts of his Placebo Power Pills, allowing him to have as many as possible when necessary, though he refuses to allow anyone else to take them, since he has know idea how it'll affect anyone else. The time it takes for Aphro to rest after using the pills are three hours. If Aphro uses too many at a time before giving his body a chance to rest, there is the risk that he will die.

Haki
Kenbunshoku Haki: Color of Observation: Aphro is unable to use Haki, though he has witnessed his crewmates using it.

Busōshoku Haki: Color of Armaments: Aphro is unable to use Haki, though he has witnessed his crewmates using it.

Okama Kenpo

 * Okama Kenpo: Scalpel - This is one of Aphro's stronger techniques. When under the influence of his Placebo Power Pill, and granted superhuman characteristics for the time being, Aphro will attack his opponent with a straightforward karate chop. This attack is so strong while in this state, that it is actually capable of cutting people and objects alike, thus how it got its name. When attempted without the effects of the Placebo Power Pill, it is merely a simple karate chop with no added side-effects.
 * Okama Kenpo: X Scalpel - Pronounced as "Cross Scalpel," this technique is an improved form of Aphro's standard Okama Kenpo: Scalpel attack. Like with Okama Kenpo: Scalpel, this technique is stronger when under the influence of Aphro's Placebo Power Pills; and so without it, Okama Kenpo: X Scalpel is more simplistic and straightforward. Like with Okama Kenpo: Scalpel, Okama Kenpo: X Scalpel gains cutting and slashing properties when strengthened by the Placebo Power Pills. When performed, Aphro swings his hands at his enemy in a karate chop-like motion, but uses both of his hands, as opposed to the former technique. Also, when striking out at his foe, Aphro will swipe one hand across the path of the other, forming an X formation with both of his hands.
 * Kiss of Death - Presumably, this is a technique Aphro created and modeled after Bentham's Mascara Boomerang attack. The reason being that unlike Aphro's usual assortment of Okama Kenpo techniques, where he uses his legs and hands to harm his enemy, Aphro makes use of his lips. By placing his fingers to his lips and blowing kisses to his opponent, he can launch a pair of red oversized lips, which may or may not be a large mass of lipstick, towards the intended target. The force and speed of the lips seem to be capable enough to actually do real damage, as Aphro has used the technique at least once to push back weaker foes, or to break apart obstacles blocking him or his allies' path. It's even been shown that he can fire off multiple kisses consecutively instead; giving his enemies less time to rest. The name of the technique seems to be a pun on the phrase "Kiss of Life," which may refer to the medical practice of CPR, as well as a pun on Aphro's job as a doctor, which is to preserve life, despite the technique's aim to kill and harm others.

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 * Aphro's name was inspired by the Greek myth of Aphrodite, a deity renowned for being the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. This not only refers to Aphro's womanizing, but Aphrodite's origin seems to play up his cross dressing trait to a degree; as Aphrodite was born when Cronus cut off Uranus' genitals and threw them into the sea, resulting in the birth of the female Aphrodite. Thus, a woman was created from male glands.
 * Aphro's last name "X," is different from X Drake's. While Drake's X is pronounced as "diez," the Spanish word for ten, Aphro's X is pronounced as "Cross," as in cross dresser.
 * Also, while unintentional, Aphro's last name has two additional references. The first being that it can also refer to the medical cross; a symbol used to identify medicine, doctors and even hospitals. The second reference alludes to the crossbones on the jolly roger, as they take an X shape behind the skull. This is also because Aphro is now a known pirate, having formerly sailed with The Valkyrie Pirates before being won in a Davy Back Fight by The Jolly Pirates.
 * Despite Aphro's appearance, he has a deep, manly voice.
 * Though this becomes less apparent after the time skip, in which Aphro introduces his ability to swap genders at will through his Gender Tablets. When in "his" female form, Aphro's voice becomes much more feminine, as befitting the appearance he has taken.
 * If Aphro was ever in an anime, I have decided he would be be played by Hiroki Takahashi in the Japanese version of the series, regarding Aphro's pre-time skip appearance and post-time skip masculine form. Hiroki is well known for playing roles such as (but not limited to):

Digimon Tamers - Impmon and Beelzemon (Beelzebumon)

Konjiki no Gash Bell!/Zatch Bell! - Parco Folgore

The Prince of Tennis - Eiji Kikumaru; Ryou Kisarazu

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Joey Wheeler (Katsuya Jonoushi)
 * Aphro's name is pronounced like the word "Afro.".
 * Like many other characters in One Piece, Aphro has a unique laugh. His laugh is "Ahahahaha!" This makes his laughter sound much more feminine in tone, further adding to his okama/crossdressing theme and attitude.