Overview
*SPOLIERS*Marco the Phoenix is the former 1st division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. Once starting out as an apprentice on the crew, he had come to be Whitebeard’s closest confidante and right-hand man. After his captain’s death, Marco assumed leadership of the Whitebeard Pirates until the crew’s disbandment following the Payback War.Since said war during the two-year timeskip, Marco works as a doctor at Whitebeard’s home village, Sphinx. Marco is a major ally during the Marineford Arc, and later on, the Wano Country Arc.Marco is generally calm and level-headed in the face of adversity or challenge; the only strong emotional moments he has shown so far were directly related to Whitebeard’s health (after he was stabbed in the torso by his own subordinate Squard and after his death).[19] When Ace and Whitebeard were killed, Marco and the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates were in tears.[20]In fact, seeing his captain, Whitebeard, get stabbed through the chest by a deceived Squard was enough for Marco to lose his usually unshakable cool-headedness that he immediately flew over to where they were to smash Squard’s head against the Moby ♥♥♥♥’s figurehead.[19]He also demonstrates himself to be acute at detecting power, able to quickly notice the presence of Red-Haired Shanks’ Haōshoku Haki before anyone else aboard the Moby ♥♥♥♥ as well as the underlying potential of Monkey D. Luffy. He clearly cares for his crew as he warned them to stay back from Shanks’ Haki.Having been a member of the Whitebeard Pirates for at least thirty years, Marco has an extremely high degree of experience with exposure and combat inside the treacherous New World. After Whitebeard’s and Portgas D. Ace’s deaths at Marineford, Marco took the position of commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, highlighting his level of intelligence and suitability in taking up a commanding position.He appears to be somewhat playful, pretending to be hurt from Admiral Kizaru’s attack with obvious sarcasm, though he can also quickly become serious.Marco seems to appreciate raw talent, even if it comes from someone whom he had never met before (i.e. Luffy). Because of this, and based on the fact that Luffy intercepted Crocodile’s attack on Whitebeard, Marco immediately took a liking to him.When he was an apprentice, he appeared to be a cheerful person. He was also encouraging as he cheered on Oden when he came close to passing Whitebeard’s test to join the crew. He showed a playful side when he noticed Oden being close to Toki.Like some other characters, Marco has a very particular speech habit, which is a simple tic without meaning, ending his sentences with “-yoi” (～よい?): e.g. “arigatō-yoi” (ありがとうよい? “thanks-yoi”) or “mattero-yoi” (待ってろよい? “wait-yoi”).
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