Hasami is a red-shelled crab the size of a small house, with a human-like mouth in a perpetual leer. His claws are sharply asymmetric, with the right being much larger than the left. While he aided the Straw Hats, he wore a pair of reins hooked to the corners of his mouth, and bore a thick green matting atop his shell; it remains unknown whether the latter was some sort of tarp, or naturally-growing plant life.
Under the employment of Ukkari Hot-Spring Island, he now wears a howdah-esque carriage (large enough to hold dozens of average-sized humans) shaped after a bus driver's cap; its "hatband" is decorated with a scissors emblem, and equipped with a massive flashlight. His face also bears the resort's logo—UKKARI bisected by an old-fashioned rendering of the kanji for bathwater (湯?).[2]
Personality[]
Unlike many of Arabasta's native animals, Hasami is completely docile, and quite willing to trust and help smaller creatures, including humans. Similar to his friend Matsuge, he has a lecherous interest in human women, and is easily "energized" by the sight of them.
Abilities and Powers[]
Hasami's size is coupled with considerable speed, making him a highly effective draft animal able to carry numerous people over long distances. Like the rest of his species, however, he cannot swim in or tolerate water.[3]
Notwithstanding this, the crab—whom Nami impulsively named "Hasami"—was able to carry the group about halfway to Alubarna before the Sandora River cut them off.[4] With Nami belly-dancing to motivate him, Hasami tried to overcome his species' aversion to water and scuttle across the river, but predictably sank. Afterward, he retreated to the near shore and waved off the Straw Hats.[3]
By the time the Straw Hats—victorious over Baroque Works—left Arabasta, Hasami had returned to the outskirts of Rainbase, none the worse for wear.[5]
Water 7 Saga[]
Gedatsu's Accidental Blue-Sea Life[]
Some time after the Straw Hats' departure, Hasami was found and enlisted by Ukkari Hot-Spring Island as a living "bus", transporting the resort's patrons through undersea tunnels dug by the Dirt Boss.[2]
Translation and Dub Issues[]
"Hasami" (ハサミ?) is the standard pronunciation of the Japanese for both scissors (鋏?) and crab claws (螯?). It is adapted as Pincers in all of the series' official English translations except the Funimation-dubbed anime, which favors Scissors.
The association between scissors and crab claws also occurred with Inazuma, whose Devil Fruit was initially conceived as a crab Zoan; eventually, this was adjusted to a scissors-themedParamecia.
In real life, there exist a number of "terrestrial" crab species that live predominantly on land. However, most if not all of them are still known to enter aquatic environments.
