Hina

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Family and Escape

Hina grew up in a wealthy merchant household. Her father, Dean, wanted her to marry a prince from an Affiliated Nation so the family could gain royal connections. Her parents imposed strict expectations concerning etiquette, dining, dancing, and marriage. Hina secretly planned to leave home, testing possible careers and recording them in a notebook. After rejecting professional writing, she considered joining the Marines rather than accepting an arranged marriage 11.

She met Dill aboard a passenger ship, dismissing his middle-aged disguise as a “creepy old man.” That night, a bull-headed sea beast attacked the vessel. Finding her parents’ room empty, she believed they had abandoned her; Dill pulled her into his and Robin’s escape. She later saw two people resembling her parents boarding another small boat, leaving their fate uncertain 11 12.

After learning her rescuers were wanted fugitives, Hina revealed her Devil Fruit ability and requested permission to join them. Her decision combined gratitude, having nowhere else to go, and fear that she could not safely leave after seeing their real faces. At fourteen, she became the oldest member of their three-person group 12.

Dill Island

On Dill Island, Dill introduced Hina as his younger sister, “Lise.” When the group ran out of money, she exhausted herself producing black spears, which Dill sold for 300,000 Beli. The proceeds paid for clothing, food, and a carriage 13 15.

The island’s soldiers subsequently arrested all three. Although Robin suggested surrendering if execution became imminent, Hina refused to abandon the people who had saved her. Once their guards left, she punctured Robin’s seawater-filled barrel with a spear, enabling them to free each other. They then used chains to haul Dill to the castle’s second floor before escaping together 16 19.

Dill offered Hina another chance to leave while the townspeople pursued them. She firmly chose to remain with him and Robin. Following the escape, she received a one-million-Beli bounty 20 25.

Ohara and the Morisou Tribe

Hina initially felt excluded by Dill and Robin’s shared knowledge of Poneglyphs. Robin responded by personally explaining the tablets and Ohara’s destruction. Learning that a Marine Vice Admiral had shelled a refugee ship shattered Hina’s assumption that all Marines were just and turned her earlier career interest into disgust 23.

During the Morisou Tribe expedition, Robin accidentally held Morisou’s Favor against Hina’s forehead for a full minute, transforming her into a boy. Hina panicked and cried until Sally explained that another minute of contact would reverse the change. She returned to her female form and immediately distanced herself from the crystal 31.

By the time the group departed, Hina had embraced piracy as her chosen profession. She declared her ambition to become the finest pirate while continuing to train her body and Devil Fruit ability 34.

Vlad’s Restoration

During the operation against Tia, Hina proposed infiltrating the palace, capturing the usurper, and taking his treasure. Dill confiscated her comic book, judging her plan overly influenced by adventure stories, though he retained the infiltration idea 38.

Feeling less useful than Dill, Robin, and Perona, Hina asked for an adult soldier to fight. Dill kept her away from the battlefield but later arranged a controlled encounter with the hypnotized Blood Descendant Army commander. She struggled barehanded before restraining him with her Devil Fruit. Embarrassed by having relied on her ability, she received reassurance from Dill that she still had time to improve 44 45 47.

Appearance

• Pale pink hair, noted at her first meeting with Dill 11.
• Described as pretty by a child watching her arrest on Dill Island 16.
• Purchases a pair of purple sunglasses after escaping the island 22.
• Uses disguises supplied by Robin while traveling as a wanted pirate, including altered facial features and a demon mask 25 36.

Personality

Hina strongly resents having her future dictated by others. Rather than accepting her parents’ marriage plans, she methodically tests occupations in search of work she enjoys. Once she chooses piracy, she takes the ambition seriously enough to begin regular training 11 25 34.

Her adventurous expectations often come from fiction. She initially imagines solving Dill Island’s mystery, defeating a monster, and leaving to public cheers; later, she proposes a similarly direct raid against Tia. Despite her enthusiasm for piracy, she cannot bring herself to slaughter civilians and sees robbing a usurper as a different matter 15 38.

She is easily frightened by ghosts and intimidating strangers, but fear does not always make her retreat. She stays beside Robin during the cemetery investigation and insists that she is there to protect her. Her loyalty also leads her to remain with Dill during their escape from Dill Island despite an explicit opportunity to leave 13 20 39.

Hina habitually refers to herself by name and announces her feelings aloud, using phrases such as “Hina is confused” and “Hina is determined.” Dill sometimes interrupts this verbal tic when saying her name could compromise their disguise 12 34 36.

Abilities & Skills

Cage-Cage Fruit

Hina’s Devil Fruit supports both weapon creation and restraint 12 47.

• Black bars and spears: Creates hard bars to imprison enemies and short black spears for attacks. Her demonstrated spears are approximately half a meter long and thumb-thick 12.
• Binding through contact: Passes her limbs through an opponent’s body, leaving black iron rings behind. She uses this to bind the commander’s legs and torso 47.
• Rescue work: Punctures Robin’s barrel to drain the seawater and restore Robin’s ability to act 19.
• Material supply: Her creations can be sold as physical goods or eaten by Dill using his own ability 15 35.
• Stamina limit: Producing a large batch of spears exhausts her 15.

Physical Combat

Hina trains through deck running, hunting, and deliberate close-combat practice 25 32 47.

• Can attempt evasive movements and leg sweeps, but remains substantially weaker than the adult commander without her fruit 47.
• Her victory demonstrates effective restraint rather than mastery of unarmed fighting 47.

Literacy

• Reads the travel book passage describing the unnamed island and its guarded stone 22.
• Cannot independently read Ancient Script and relies on Robin for its meaning 28.

Equipment / Items

• Career notebook — records possible professions and crosses out those she finds unsuitable 11.
• Purple sunglasses — purchased during the group’s shopping trip 22.
• Demon mask — bought on Mist Island, where monster costumes are commonplace 36.
• Comic book — temporarily confiscated by Dill during the plan against Tia 38.

Relationships

• Dill — Rescuer and leader. Their first exchange is hostile, but she repeatedly chooses to stay with him. He arranges her training fight and treats her injuries afterward. Her allegiance is not the result of successful hypnosis: she never met his eyes during his initial attempt, and he later chooses not to alter the group’s atmosphere through hypnosis 11 12 20 47 50.
• Robin — Fellow traveler and trusted companion. They free each other during captivity, and Robin personally shares Ohara’s history when Hina feels excluded. Hina later insists on protecting her during the ghost investigation 19 23 39.
• Dean — Father and wealthy merchant. Attempts to secure royal connections through Hina’s marriage and imposes restrictive standards of conduct 11.
• Tilly — Mother. Supports the proposed introduction to a prince and warns Hina against leaving without permission 11.
• Narcissa — Her determination helps inspire Hina to begin physical training 25.
• Sally — Explains how to reverse Hina’s accidental transformation and later confides her reasons for leaving the Morisou Tribe 31 33.
• Perona — Younger companion whom Hina shares a bed with. Hina remains frightened of her ghosts and hides behind Dill when Perona offers her a “blessing” 42.

Notable Quotes

“If nothing else works, I’ll just join the Marines. I’m definitely not going through with an arranged marriage!” 11

“No, Hina wants to stay with you two.” 20

“My dream is to shine in my career and become the finest pirate!” 34