Brook (ブルック, Burukku?), nicknamed "Dead Bones" Brook (デッドボーンズブルック, Deddo Bōnzu Burukku?) (formerly "Humming" Brook (鼻唄のブルック, Hanauta no Burukku?))ch.489, is the crew's 88-year old musician.ch.489 He is a skeleton, resurrected by the Revive-Revive Fruit (ヨミヨミの実, Yomi Yomi no Mi?), a paramecia Devil Fruit, which grants its eater a second life.ch.443 He is an excellent musician, who claims being able to play any instrument,ch.486 and a skilled fencer, who uses a shikomizue, a Japanese cane sword, in battle.ch.454 His lightweight skeleton body allows him to jump extraordinarily highch.493 and to run across water.ch.443 His gentlemanly impression stands in stark contrast to his incredibly bad manners: He bluntly requests to see women's panties, helps himself to people's food, and belches out loud on the dinner table.ch.442,443 When Brook's former crew, the "Rumbar Pirates", entered the Grand Line, they left their pet whale "Laboon" behind at Reverse Mountain, promising to return after sailing around the world.ch.487 Fifty years later, Brook, being the only survivor, considers it his duty to fulfill his former crew's promise.ch.459 Brook's current bounty is 33,000,000 Berries. He is voiced by Chō in the Japanese version of the franchise.ep.339 He does not yet have an English voice, as the English dub has yet to reach that far into the series.
The idea of a skeleton musician was first conceived by Oda in the year 2000.
