Dracule Sakura

Introduction
Dracule Sakura is the former captain of The Storm Pirates and is now the current Swordsman for The Jolly Pirates. She is the older sister of Dracule Randy, the captain of The Red Falcon Pirates, and is the niece of Dracule "Hawk Eye" Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world.

Appearance
Sakura is a young, thin woman with jet black hair. Her hair falls down somewhere near her lower waist area, but is usually kept tied back in a ponytail (see picture to the right.) Sakura has blue eyes. She wears on an often basis a black band around her neck and a black, open vest that has a white interior (see picture.) Underneath is a sarashi wrapped up to her breasts, and on her arms, she wears red, fingerless, shoulder length gloves wrapped up in white gauze. Sakura wears white gauntlets on both her hands adorned with a blue design. She also wears red, samurai style pants, black tabi, and straw zori.

Personality
Sakura is known for her quiet and subdued nature. Summed up in one word, it would be "stoic." Sakura rarely, if EVER, shows her emotions, though she still has them. She prefers to sit quietly and contemplate on anything of interest, as opposed to Chris and Wyatt who are more outgoing. When socializing, Sakura has a quiet, almost whisper-like voice when talking. She's still clearly audible to others, but it sounds as if her pitch is lowered, or if she has a frog in her throat. Sakura is passionate about swords, and treats them with the utter most respect, whether they're weak blades or strong ones. Sakura prefers the Ittoryuu style, believing that truly great swordsmen only need one sword to win a fight. Thus, she practices daily to perfect her Ittoryuu techniques.

Sakura is a truly dedicated individual, willing to go to extremes to reach her desired goals, whether it be diving off a steep cliff or spending hours in a sauna. If Sakura believes the end result is worth the hard work, she goes for it without any complaining. Because of her years of learning how to wield a sword, Sakura has developed a willingness to fight whenever necessary, and as a result, she gets along well with Spike, since the two enjoy sparring with each other on a daily basis (much to Glory's chagrin.)

Despite the strict warrior code atmosphere that surrounds Sakura, she genuinely cares and loves her crewmates, believing strongly in the power of loyalty. She has ended up treating her crewmates in a manner similiar to a motherly fashion. Additionally, Sakura believes in doing her best, giving it her all in anything she does. She naturally expects others to follow her lead, of course.

Swordmanship
Obviously, being a Swordsman, Sakura is an elite sword fighter, capable of clearing forests and mountains alike in a few strikes. Sakura has displayed an ability to create wind slices by cutting the air with her sword, Pink Storm (similiar to Zoro's technique. Pink Storm can be seen in the picture.)

Hand to Hand Combat
Sakura prefers not to use melee combat, seeing it as indignified fighting for a swordsman. She prefers the romantic ideal behind defeating opponents with swords. However, Sakura is not fully opposed to fist fighting, and will incorporate a few minor punches and kicks every once and a while. However, the difference in her swordmanship and combat abilities are staggering, meaning that Sakura relies on her sword more than her arms and legs.

Physical Strength
Having trained with her uncle, Dracule Mihawk, since she was a little girl, Sakura developed an overwhelming sense of strength, capable of matching Zoro's to a degree. Obviously, this makes her sword's strength that much greater.

Agility
Like her strength, Sakura's speed is nothing to laugh at. An idea as to how fast she is would be her Epithet, "Swift Demon." Sakura had once been called "a graceful blur, dancing in the air."

Endurance
Sakura's endurance is amazing as well. In order to become the greatest swordsman in the world, Sakura realized that she needed to keep her stamina and defensive strength in prime form. She has now reached a level of super human endurance.

Weapons
The only weapon Sakura carries is her sword, Pink Storm. She refuses to use anything else, as "that would make Pink Storm jealous, and she would then refuse my orders."

Haki
Kenbunshoku Haki: Color of Observation: Sakura has shown some skill in using Haki, though she has no idea what it is, or why she's able to use it. Glory plans on helping her hone her Haki.

Busōshoku Haki: Color of Armaments: Sakura has shown some skill in using Haki, though she has no idea what it is, or why she's able to use it. Glory plans on helping her hone her Haki.

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Trivia

 * Sakura's name was inspired by the Japanese word for cherry blossoms. In Japan, cherry blossoms are related to samurai, because of the brief time span the cherry blossoms have before falling off the trees and dying. This was chosen as Sakura's name, due to her samurai oriented appearance.
 * Sakura's sword, Pink Stom, is also a reference to cherry blossoms, since when a large mass of them would fall, it would look like a pink storm.
 * Sakura's sword is one of the O Wazamono Grade/Great Grade Swords. Thus, its valuable and strong.

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