Talk:Padrino Part 10/@comment-10870881-20150705065956/@comment-4080028-20150705155121

As No Beard's creator, I'd just like to point out the fact he's nearly hairless is due to my word play involving the English name, No Beard, and the Japanese name, Nashi Hige (though I'm wondering if it really should be Ie Hige, since I think "ie" is Japanese for "no." >_>)

Thing is, in Japanese, hige doesn't literally mean beard, but rather, it translates out to "facial hair;" so No Beard's Japanese alias would actually mean "No Facial Hair." I decided to play this straight and for ironic humor at the same time by making No Beard nearly hairless everywhere on his face except for his cheeks. No mustache, no beard, etc. But he does have some stylized sideburns that give him an iconic appearance (what they're actually styled as though, is uncertain to me. I'm still unsure if a row of devil horns would look good or not.)

So in short, Sharp Francis, AKA No Beard, is bald and does indeed lack a beard, which explains his English epithet clear as day. And yet, his Japanese epithet of No Facial Hair is played up for a joke, since he does in fact have facial hair (his sideburns.) It's that wacky, bizarre sense of humor you'd usually see in One Piece, ya know?

HOWEVER, I do appreciate the feedback on my character. ^_^ To each their own, I suppose. Personally, I like No Beard a lot more as he is, but I won't go out of my way to step on your fun or anything.