Jimbei

Jimbei (ジンベエ, Jinbē), or "First Son of the Sea" Jimbei (海侠のジンベエ, Kaikyō no Jinbē; literally meaning "Knight of the Sea" Jimbei), is both a fictional character and protagonist from the J-Stars' Fairy One Piece Tail series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda.

He is a whale shark fish-man and the helmsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, being the 10th member of the crew and the 9th to join. His dream is to fulfill Tiger's dying wish of coexistence and equality between humans and fish-men, and live to see it's completion.

He was the 2nd captain of the Sun Pirates and former friend of Arlong, having once fought together until differences in opinion regarding the human race forced them to split apart. Since then, he fights for the sake of all those in need regardless of their race.

"It's not my body that hurts! Ace... what hurts is my heart... that can't enforce justice!"
 * —Jimbei, to Ace on his refusal to fight against Whitebeard.

Appearance & Biography

 * Voice Actor: Daniel Baugh (English), Katsuhisa Hōki (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Sylvain Lemarié (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Castilian Spanish), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

Biography
A whale shark Fish-Man. Also known as "First Son of the Sea" Jimbei. Formerly one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He uses both Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Jujutsu. When his homeland of Fish-Man Island was being attacked, Whitebeard protected it, for which Jimbei felt a great debt. When Ace was leading his own pirates and made an attack on Whitebeard, Jimbei was the one who fought him to a standstill.

Appearance
Jimbei is a large blue whale shark fish-man and the current tallest member of the Straw Hat Pirates. He has a stocky build similar to that of a sumo wrestler and a face that is commonly associated with various Japanese demons such as the oni. His Sun Pirates tattoo is on the middle of his chest. His yellow eyebrows and sideburns are distinctly shaped like those found on such demons, in addition to a bulb-like nose and an angular lower lip pointing upwards.

He has a lightning-shaped scar that can be seen from his left sideburn and reaching over his left eye which he obtained sometime between Otohime's assassination and meeting Ace. He also possesses two tusk-like conical lower fangs associated with Oni as well; the rest of his teeth from the upper and lower rows are pretty much the same, albeit much smaller. He also has a severe underbite, which makes room for his huge fangs.

He has long, two-toned black hair, with two long stripes, colored gold in the manga and white in the anime, coming from the roots over his forehead and trailing down the back, a topknot, and tuft of hair on his chin with a slight green hue. This topknot did not exist during his time as a member of the Sun Pirates, instead his shorter and flowing black hair trails off half way to a light color concentrated at the back of his head. He kept his chin clean-shaven before joining the Sun Pirates, after which it gradually grew out over time.

His hands and feet are also webbed, typical for a fish-man, and his limbs that are somewhat thin in comparison with his enormous girth. His gills (which are pale and pinkish in color) are in between his shoulders and neck. For footwear, he appears to wear simple geta on his webbed feet.

The Young Past Days
In SBS Volume 63, Oda draws the Seven Warlords of the Sea as children. Jimbei as a child is seen with light hair wearing a tattered gi practicing his Fish-Man Karate. He already had a black belt at this age.

He wore a Neptune Army uniform while he was serving as a soldier, and was often seen smoking a pipe back then. During Otohime's funeral, Jimbei wore a suit. Four years ago, when fighting against Ace, he wore a black gi instead with fish designs on either side of the chest, and a red sash with a tanto tied to it.

Pre-Timeskip
Under his pale red coat, he appears to be wearing a Coral colored traditional Japanese clothing covered all over with black and white square-shaped patterns with the black and white layers alternating each other (beginning with the black outline from the edge) and ending with a dark square at the middle of each and every one of them. He also ties this attire up with a purple obi like a ribbon around his waist.

Post-Timeskip
Two years after the war, while waiting for Luffy at the Sea Forest, his kimono has leaf-patterns underneath a black coat. During 's cover story, he is seen in another one patterned with flowers. During the Whole Cake Island Arc, his kimono is yellow and has a Jolly Roger design arranged like stripes. Additionally, he is also wearing an orange colored coat. In the Wano Country Arc, his kimono is orange with large diamonds patterned on it, and his coat has a wave design, colored a dark purple that becomes progressively lighter and finally white at the ends of the sleeves and bottom.


 * Hair Color: Green
 * Skin Color: Not Known
 * Eye Color: Black
 * Age: 44 (debut), 46 (after timeskip)
 * Birthday: April 2nd
 * Height: 301 cm (9'10½")
 * Weight: Not Known
 * Bounty: 76,000,000 berries (1st bounty), 250,000,000 berries (2nd bounty), 438,000,000 (current bounty)

Personality
Jimbei is a fish-man of great pride and honor. He is known to the World Government as a pirate-hating pirate, possibly due to the actions of the pirates in Fish-Man Island, kidnapping fish-men and merfolk to sell them as slaves. However, he has great respect for Whitebeard and his crew as he sees them as a completely different story. Because of what Whitebeard had done for his homeland, Fish-Man Island, he understands the damage a war between the World Government and Whitebeard would cause.

He knows that places like his home, which are protected by simply being part of Whitebeard's territory, would suffer the most should Whitebeard lose the war. Also, despite originally hating pirates, he did not spare a second thought of becoming one in order to aid his brethren Fisher Tiger. Because of his honor, Jimbei is very respectful and considerate to the people he serves under. When asked to join the Straw Hat Pirates, Jimbei declined due to still being affiliated with Big Mom, and could only join after he left her crew.

Jimbei also desired consent from his crew, the Sun Pirates, in order to join the Straw Hats, showing Jimbei is very considering towards his now former crew members' feelings. However, despite wishing to settle things with Big Mom with honor and respect, after Jimbei saw her Roulette, he correctly deduced that it was rigged to kill him and his crew and chose to silently revolt instead. However, once Jimbei confronted Big Mom again, he personally declared his intentions to leave her crew in front of her guests and crew members to ensure it was official.

Despite his pride, Jimbei appears to put his priorities and principles over his honor, and is not above retreating from an otherwise unfinished battle (despite being shamed or openly mocked by an opponent) if it was for the sake of the greater good. He also does not seem to hesitate from encouraging others to do likewise for a similar cause, as seen when he pleaded and managed to convince Luffy to prioritize Ace's safety first over avenging his brother's loss against Blackbeard.

Jimbei has also displayed great humility regarding his personal strength and status, a trait most unique among the Seven Warlords of the Sea. This was made apparent by his willingness to even lose his status for his refusal to fight against the Whitebeard Pirates. Also, unlike his former crewmate Arlong, the fact that he is willing to aid a human (Whitebeard) as well as team up with others separates him from the other fish-men.

Whereas Arlong would never dream of such a thing (even Nami's recruitment into his crew was near slavery), Jimbei proves to be able to treat some humans as equals and also acknowledge when he owes one a debt. While he is a fish-man with great emotional control, he is empathetic and understanding of the pains of others, such as being brought to tears when Luffy broke down from losing his brother in front of him after he had awoken from the battle at Marineford. Jimbei is also capable of crying aloud when someone dear to him is lost, such as Ace and Tiger.

Although Jimbei is normally calm and collected most of the time, he does have a humorous side. When he saw Shirahoshi outside of her room, he was immediately shocked wondering why she was outside and then became even more shocked seeing an injured Hachi. When Luffy paid little attention to Jimbei's story about what happened during the last two years, Jimbei bemoaned to the rest of the crew commenting on what it is like having Luffy as a captain. He is also not above laughing when something amuses him, as when Judge was yelling at Luffy about all the "flaws" Sanji has that Luffy mistook as compliments, Jimbei busted into laughter, commenting he was going to have fun with his new crew.

His personality in the past dramatically contrasts with the apparently tame temper in the present. In a flashback showing a battle between the Sun Pirates and Marines, Jimbei was shown to exhibit excessive brutality to enemies that even made Arlong ask him to stop. He seems to be a no-nonsense person and appears to be quite passive at times. Though he did not agree with Arlong's thinking that humans always looked down on fish-men, he noticed that they always seemed to be afraid of them. After asking a former human slave named Koala why that is, she said it was because they did not know much about them. Jimbei stated that the unknown was scary and remembered Otohime talking about how fish-men do not know anything about humans.

Jimbei also adamantly believes that true strength should come from hard work and experience, as shown when he reprimanded Moria Gecko for implanting the shadows of others into himself in order to increase his strength, stating that all he really did was get bigger, and when he referred to the power that Hordy Jones received from strength-enhancing pills as "fake power". He can, however, see potential within those who use such cheap methods, as when he told Moria to grow stronger after defeating him.

Due to his years as both a pirate and a soldier, Jimbei is a very perceptive and strategic man. He was able to deduce that when they tried to escape Impel Down, Magellan had all the Marine ships stationed outside the prison, knowing the prisoners would need a ship in order to escape. This also makes Jimbei very well-aware of the danger around him, as when Big Mom would allow him to leave her crew so long as he spun her Roulette, Jimbei correctly deduced it was rigged to kill him no matter were he landed and instead chose to revolt instead and ally with Bege Capone to ensure his and his allies' survival.

Originally, Jimbei was doubtful of Otohime's ideals, thinking that they did not mean anything. He even openly stated that he did not care about her petition. However, after listening to Tiger's speech about peace, Jimbei grew supportive of Otohime and even admitted about the trouble the Sun Pirates caused her and joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea to support her cause. He was even willing to hide the body of Otohime's supposed assassin to prevent all her hard work from being destroyed.

His life experiences and interactions with people as an orphan, soldier, and pirate gave Jimbei incredible wisdom, having became a supporter of Otohime's ideology in order to promote racial harmony, which most have considered impossible. When Ace died protecting Luffy, Jimbei was one of the few to truly empathize and understand Luffy's pain, having faced a similar past experience with his sworn brother Tiger's death. Thus, Jimbei had managed to successfully convince Luffy to stop lamenting his inability to save Ace by reminding him of his bonds with his crewmates.

Jimbei is also the first to notice the potential menace posed by Hordy Jones and his executives, due to understanding how their upbringing being influenced by Arlong's racism and their prejudice towards humans are far greater and more extreme than Along due to the fact they are willing to attack fellow fish-men for interacting with humans. When Luffy decided to stop Hordy's plans, Jimbei wanted Luffy to do so not as a violent pirate but as a selfless hero in order to regain the Fish-man Island's trust in humanity.

Out of sympathy, Jimbei also convinced Shirahoshi not to regret her decision to not expose Hordy's murder of her mother to honor Otohime's memory. From what he vaguely learned from Praline about how her mother executed all her past subordinates who tried to leave her crew, Jimbei correctly deduced that Big Mom would never allow him and his crew to leave the Big Mom Pirates alive. When Pedro sacrificed himself to allow the Sanji Retrieval Team to escape from Big Mom, Jimbei convinced Brook, Chopper, and Carrot to put aside their mourning and focused on escaping Totto Land to honor Pedro's resolve.

Jimbei shares the same perspective as Vivi on responsibilities. When Luffy asked Jinbe to join the Straw Hats, Jimbei refused, saying that there are still things that he has to do. Jimbei's decision also resembles Vivi's when he also asked Luffy to let him join his crew, if they meet again in the future. According to Neptune, Jimbei tends to take on too much responsibility and should learn not to.

Jimbei states that he does not really care who the boss is of his crew despite his leadership skills so long as they can protect the crew, as shown when he allowed the Sun Pirates to work under Big Mom for their protection. Also, he only seems to follow his leader as long as they earn his respect and worth as a captain, as seen with Tiger and Luffy.

While having a conversation with Ace in Impel Down, Jimbei says he does not lose hope even when a situation says otherwise believing a miracle will happen. This eventually became true when Luffy reached his cell to rescue Ace (although he arrived shortly after Ace was escorted to Marineford). Jimbei states he will not protect a stranger if they do not earn his respect. Furthermore, despite having the chance to escape Totto Land, Jimbei chose to stay behind with his former crew to ensure they all escape, unwilling to leave any of them behind.

Jimbei is also completely selfless, having lived his entire life helping his fellow fish-men and merfolk in any way he can. This earned him immense respect from other fish-men such as the members of the Sun Pirates. Despite Jimbei's desire to join the Straw Hats, Jimbei personally asked the Sun Pirates' permission to join, showing Jimbei cares for the opinion of his crew before himself. Part of the reason why Jimbei refused to spin Big Mom's roulette was due to the fact that the lives of his own crewmates would also be sacrificed in addition to his own.

As stated by his friend Hack, Jimbei's dream is for there to be friendship between humans and fish-men.

Friends/Allies

 * Sun Pirates
 * Tiger Fisher (his sworn brother)
 * Aladdin (his best friend)
 * Praline Charlotte
 * Hatchan
 * Wadatsumi
 * Shirahoshi
 * Pappug
 * Whitebeard Pirates
 * Whitebeard
 * Marco
 * Ace D. Portgas
 * Jozu
 * Thatch
 * Vista
 * Fairy Tail
 * Makarov Dreyar
 * Cana Alberona
 * Gajeel Redfox
 * Panther Lily
 * Mirajane Strauss
 * Elfman Strauss
 * Lisanna Strauss
 * Gildarts Clive
 * Macao Conbolt
 * Team Natsu
 * Natsu Dragneel
 * Happy
 * Lucy Heartfilia
 * Gray Fullbuster
 * Erza Scarlet
 * Wendy Marvell
 * Carla
 * Straw Hat Pirates
 * Luffy D. Monkey
 * Zoro Roronoa
 * Nami
 * Usopp
 * Sanji Vinsmoke
 * Chopper Tony Tony
 * Robin Nico
 * Franky
 * Brook
 * Revolutionary Army
 * Ivankov Emporio
 * Inazuma
 * Hack
 * Koala
 * Bon Clay
 * Hancock Boa
 * Rayleigh Silvers
 * Carrot
 * Pedro
 * Dogstorm
 * Cat Viper
 * Kin'emon
 * Momonosuke Kozuki

Neutral

 * Buggy Pirates
 * Buggy
 * Galdino
 * Crocodile
 * Daz Bones
 * Heart Pirates
 * Law Water D. Trafalgar
 * Fire Tank Pirates
 * Bege Capone
 * Chiffon Charlotte
 * Vinsmoke Family

Rivals

 * Arlong

Enemies

 * World Government
 * Celestial Dragons
 * Five Elders
 * Marines
 * Sengoku (retired)
 * Akainu
 * Aokiji (resignated)
 * Moria Gecko
 * Mihawk Dracule
 * Blackbeard Pirates
 * Blackbeard
 * New Fishman Pirates
 * Hordy Jones
 * Charlotte Family
 * Big Mom Pirates
 * Big Mom
 * Katakuri Charlotte
 * Brûlée Charlotte
 * Oven Charlotte
 * Daifuku Charlotte
 * Smoothie Charlotte
 * Beast Pirates
 * Kaido

Powers and Abilities
As the second captain of the Sun Pirates, Jimbei is an extremely powerful pirate as a former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, with high authority and respect over his subordinates. It is stated that Jimbei was able to battle Ace D. Portgas on equal terms, despite Ace possessing Logia powers. They both nearly killed each other in a five-day long fight just before Ace was taken in by Whitebeard, and in Impel Down, he and Ace shared a cell on Level 6.

His power and influence are so great that him departing from one of the Four Emperors organization would severely diminish their crew's overall strength. Jimbei boasts considerable interpersonal skills, which he exercises to maintain Fish-Man Island's connections to human organizations. He served as a Warlord to improve relations with the World Government, and served under Big Mom after leaving the Seven Warlords of the Sea, being entrusted by Neptune to run errands to her.

He was able to quickly convince Luffy, Bege, and Caesar to put aside their hostility with each other and form an alliance due to their mutual hatred towards Big Mom. Jimbei also has a very acute sense of danger, as he refused to spin Big Mom's roulette after sensing murderous malice from the roulette; it is later confirmed by Pedro and Brûlée that the roulette had been rigged to ensure death to anyone who spun it.

Jimbei possesses immense willpower, being able to completely suppress any emotions of fear, which renders him immune to Big Mom's ability to take away a person's lifespan. This was shown again as when he stayed conscious from Big Mom's burst of Conqueror's Haki.

Interactions with Marine Life
Among fish-men, Jimbei has shown the unique ability to communicate with fish, even over long distances. The ability to speak with fish is usually unique to merfolks, so Jimbei's ability to do so is considered noteworthy by Crocodile.

He summoned a large school of whale sharks to the Calm Belt (which was usually too dangerous, with the Sea Kings infesting it) to assist him in a mass-breakout of Impel Down. He can give the whale sharks precise orders, so they understand and obey him.

Due to the Calm Belt being dangerously inhabited by Sea Kings, Jimbei would summon his whale-shark comrades to help him to pass through it, as he did when leaving Amazon Lily. This indicates that the whale sharks are capable of outmaneuvering the Sea Kings, something that the former Warlord admits is troublesome for himself.

Physical Abilities
Even for a fish-man, Jimbei possesses tremendous strength. Alongside Jack, he is amongst the most powerful fish-man seen thus far, shown when he threw away a giant fish-man with just one kick and defeated a super rookie with one punch. On Onigashima, he was seen to be capable of grapping Big Mom, an Emperor of the Sea and who herself has tremendous strength, weight and durability, and easily throwing her over his shoulder. He also appears to be extremely swift, even on dry land, despite his large size.

He could intercept an enraged Luffy whilst he was using Gear Second (prior to the time skip) and prevent him from further assaulting Blackbeard, and later Akainu, when the latter was about to deal a second life-crippling blow upon the already-injured Ace (who was being held by Luffy) in the latter's last moments. In the anime, when struck by Arlong in the face, he wasn't fazed and easily defeated Arlong not long after fighting.

While rescuing Brook from Big Mom, Jimbei was able to swiftly grab Nami and Brook and escape from Prometheus' explosion in an instant. Jimbei even withstood a sword attack from Big Mom on the Thousand Sunny that sent him crashing into the ocean and emerged almost unscathed.

Jimbei has a massive tolerance for pain: not only was he one of the few people to be able to take a "baptizing" in boiling water in Impel Down without flinching (which is considered an impressive feat), he could also block a direct magma punch from Akainu with his bare hand, unperturbed despite being badly burned, and took a direct hit from Akainu's magma enhanced punch, which brutally pierced his body completely, and his only reaction was to apologize to Luffy for allowing him further pain and was able to survive long enough for Law to operate on him. Oddly enough, he exclaimed in pain when bitten by Luffy, though this is most likely due to the fact that he was prepared for Akainu's attack, but was caught off guard from Luffy's bite, and that it was more out of irritation than actual damage.

As a fish-man, Jinbe's physical capabilities greatly increase when he is at sea. While swimming, Jimbei lifted one of Impel Down's massive entrance doors with little effort and used it as a raft to provide passage over the sea for Crocodile, Mr. 1, and Buggy with himself acting as the raft's propeller underneath. He is an excellent swimmer, as not only did he manage to pursue the fleeing battleships, but he also outmaneuvered the incoming cannonballs fired at them by the Marines with relative ease, all the while bypassing the Sea Kings that infested the surrounding waters of the Calm Belt.

Helmsmanship
"I can't believe that Jimbei, who knows the torrents like the back of his hand, is our enemy..."
 * —A member of the Big Mom Pirates, on Jimbei's sailing skills.

As a fish-man who is very familiar with the sea, Jimbei is a masterful helmsman, as shown when he steered a stolen Marine battleship from Impel Down to Marineford with little to no damage being inflicted on the stolen ship at all. He managed to skillfully steer the Thousand Sunny on his first try and even rode the ship within the 'Green Room' of the gigantic wave homie Big Mom created, using his Tacking skills. Nami described Jimbei's skills as a helmsman as if he were controlling the ship like his own body.

Jimbei has a vast knowledge of sea currents that greatly aids his helmsman skills, as he was able to constantly keep out of range of one of the Big Mom Pirates's fleets when it was pursuing the Sunny. He also managed to effortlessly steer the Thousand Sunny to evade Smoothie's flying slash with great speed and maneuverability.

Tactical Skills
Jimbei is a great strategist. He is an expert in discerning military strategies after witnessing any subtle change in enemy formations, as seen when he quickly guessed that Magellan dispatched the order to the battleships outside Impel Down to flee during the mass breakout, and during the battle in Marineford where he surmises that the Marines were plotting something after Ivankov informs him that the enemy is retreating further into the plaza.

Jimbei divulges a cunning way to smuggle Luffy and his crew into Gyoncorde Plaza inside Megalo's stomach while effectively deceiving Hordy into believing he and Princess Shirahoshi were captured. This allowed the Straw Hats to steal the Noble's letter and keys to unlock the chains that bounded the Neptune Family, releasing them from captivity by the New Fish-Man Pirates. Another example is when he persuaded Luffy and the Sanji Retrieval Team into allying with Bege in order to ruin Big Mom's Tea Party after noting they didn't have a plan to act on.

When Bege's assassination plan started to go wrong after Katakuri restrained Luffy, Jimbei released Luffy while claiming to be the one who told Luffy about Carmel's portrait, distracting the Big Mom Pirates long enough for Brook to destroy Carmel's portrait. Because of his time with the Big Mom Pirates, Jimbei is very knowledgable of their abilities and offered his allies useful information on how to counter them.

Negotiation
Jimbei is an excellent negotiator and is able to calm the tensions that even Nami cannot handle as was seen when the Straw Hats and Bege are having a meeting inside Firetank Pirates hideout that quickly becomes tense.

Unlike Nami who is more charged on financials on negotiation, Jimbei negotiated to find a best possible way to form an alliance and maintaining a relationship while he is also able to decide wisely when to form and end the relationship. Through this, he become responsible for the Fish-Man Island as an ambassador when he become a Warlord of the Sea in order to elevate the status of the Fishman Island in order to carry on Queen Otohime's legacy.

King Neptune often hands over the responsible of diplomatic relationships to Jimbei during his time as a Warlord of the Sea but with Jimbei's current status, he remains to maintain relationships with pirates such as the Big Mom Pirates before he ended up an ally with the Straw hats.

Every time he want to made a decision based on relationships between Fish-Man Island and other factions, Jimbei often consults with King Neptune to discuss a best possible way to maintain the relationship with humans in general; however, the main decision will be handed over to Jimbei due to his experience at negotiation and diplomacy.

Fish-Man Karate

 * Main article: Fish-Man Karate

The Fish-Man Karate (魚人空手, Gyojin Karate), is a martial art that Jimbei is an exceptionally powerful master of, which he can use to knock away many opponents at once and defeat extremely strong enemies. He was a child prodigy, being skilled enough that he became a black belt while he was still a child. By adulthood, Jinbe's skill in Fish-Man Karate has become so immense that his strikes do not even need to make physical contact with an enemy as the water particles in the air will blow them away after a few seconds of time from the attack's initiation.

Another example of his strength and Fish-Man Karate level is that he defeated Minorhinoceros, one of the four Jailer Beasts who are Awakened Zoan Devil Fruit users, with a single uppercut. He was able to easily punch Moria Gecko (a fellow Warlord) a few meters away, almost knocking him out. He also knocked out Opera, an enormous man larger than himself in one punch. He also displays the ability to skillfully manipulate water as if it were a tangible cloth through Fish-Man Karate, even using it to attack from a distance.

He can cause devastating damage with this kind of technique, to both people and ships. Jimbei later reveals that Fish-Man Karate allows him to control all the water within his vicinity including the water in a person's body. Jimbei demonstrated this ability by splashing seawater on Moria's zombies even though he was standing on a battlefield covered in solid ice. With this ability, he is able to harm Luffy despite him being rubber. He is also able to secrete water from his body like Hordy did after overdosing on Energy Steroids.

Due to his tremendous mastery of Fish-Man Karate supplemented with his physical prowess, Jimbei can perform sturdy defensive blocks to stop attacks as powerful as the thrusts from a shadow-strengthened Moria, one of his fellow Warlords of the Sea. With Armament Haki, he managed to defend against the gigantic flaming blade of Big Mom's Cognac and suffered only minor injuries. He could even counter Wadatsumi's punch, who is a giant fish-man and had also taken an energy steroid, with a single kick and even broke one of his fingers.

It should be noted that a few moments before, Wadatsumi had brutally defeated Surume, a massive Kraken well-known for its monstrous strength. Using his own Water Shot, which is a basic Fish-Man Karate technique, Jimbei could deflect an energy steroid-powered Hordy's water shot, which was powerful enough to destroy multiple large coral and pierce through thick stone over an immense distance with relative ease, proving Jimbei's supreme mastery of Fish-Man Karate when compared to Hordy, a fish-man with monstrous strength.

Jimbei is also capable of using Fish-Man Karate’s hidden technique Buraikan. With this attack, Jimbei blasts the opponent’s body with water. After Jimbei used this powerful attack, he sent Wadatsumi flying into the air. He also used Buraikan to send Big Mom off the Thousand Sunny with tremendous force. This was an impressive feat as Jimbei was the first person seen to knock her down, although she was heavily weakened from her tremendous metabolism and eight hour-long craving at the time.

Techniques
The named techniques that are used by Jimbei that involve the Fighting Style are as follows:
 * Arabesque Brick Fist (唐草瓦正拳, Karakusa-gawara Seiken; literally meaning "Arabesque Tile True Punch"): Jimbei punches at a fair distance from the intended target(s), transmitting the force of the blow through the water vapor in the air to release a shock wave that sends them flying. This move is similar to Kuma's Pad Cannon with the only difference being that the shock waves are not concentrated upon being released; but in exchange has a much wider area of effect. This move has a delayed effect, as the shock wave takes a while to reach the opponent(s). This move was first shown against some Impel Down jailers.


 * 5,000 Brick Fist (五千枚瓦正拳, Gosenmai-gawara Seiken; literally meaning "Five Thousand Tile True Punch"): A much-stronger version of the Shark Brick Fist. It is a very powerful punch, able to knock out a Jailer Beast in one strike. It was first used against Minorhinoceros in Level 4 of Impel Down. Considering the name, it is possible this attack is fifty times stronger than Kuroobi's Hundred Brick Fist and five times stronger than his Shark Brick Fist, and as such, break through five thousand tiles. In the anime, Jimbei used a variation of the technique that launched a shock wave, only this one did not have a delayed effect.


 * Spear Wave (槍波, Yarinami; literally meaning "Spear Wave"): A technique used on a body of water's surface. Jimbei heaves a spear-shaped burst of water with enough force to punch a hole in solid structures. In the anime, Jimbei performed this technique after emerging from the eye of a whirlpool, and then musters up the whirlpool with his webbed hands and throws it into the target(s) in the form a piercing cyclone of water. This was first used against the Marines on board a battleship, dealing a fair amount of damage to the ship itself.


 * Sharkskin Palm Thrust (鮫肌掌底, Samehada Shōtei; literally meaning "Sharkskin Palm Block"): A simple palm block with enough force behind it to slap away a sword swing from the shadow-powered Moria Gecko.


 * Shark Brick Fist (鮫瓦正拳, Samegawara Seiken; literally meaning "Shark Tile True Punch"): A powerful straight punch similar to Jimbei's usual Brick Fist that transmits the force of the impact through the water in a person's body, enabling the strike to bypass a person's defenses; even those of Devil Fruit users. Just one blow was enough to overpower Moria Gecko even after Moria had absorbed several shadows into himself to increase his strength. It is unknown as to how strong this technique is, compared to either his Arabesque or his 5,000 Brick Fist. In the anime, a shock wave passes through Moria's back, similar to the Ultimate Radius: Six King Gun technique. Later, when used against Luffy, Jimbei launches a shock wave at a fair distance by manipulating the water vapor around the air to injure even the rubber-bodied captain.


 * Water Shot (撃水, Uchimizu; literally meaning "Water Shot"): Jimbei hurls a simple droplet of water at his opponent, which can become a deadly bullet with the kinetic force created by his immense fish-man strength. He first used it to nullify Hordy Jones' Water Shot.


 * 7000 Brick Roundhouse Kick (七千枚瓦回し蹴り, Nanasenmai-gawara Mawashigeri; literally meaning "Seven Thousand Tile Roundhouse Kick"): Jimbei performs a roundhouse kick, which is strong enough to block the gigantic Wadatsumi's punch and break one of his fingers.


 * Fish-Man Karate Secret Technique: Vagabond Drill (魚人空手「奥義」武頼貫, Gyojin Karate Ōgi: Buraikan; literally meaning "Fish-Man Karate Secret Technique: Mighty Reliant Piercing"): Jimbei hurls a pack of water in his hands and shoots a powerful water shock wave that pierces through his opponent's body. It is so powerful that it even pierced through Wadatsumi's giant form, and even managed to knock back enormous Emperor Big Mom. Buraikan (無頼漢) means outlaw.

Haki

 * Main article: Haki

Armament Haki
Jimbei is extremely skilled in using Armament Haki, as shown when he hardened his arms to defend himself against some members of the Big Mom Pirates and later against Big Mom's Cognac. In the past, he fought equally against Ace, an extremely powerful Logia user.

Techniques
The named techniques that are used by Jimbei that involve the Haki are as follows:
 * Kairagi Glaze (梅花皮, Kairagi; literally meaning "Plum Blossom Peel"): Jinbe hardens his arms and crosses them in a defensive stance. This was first seen used against Big Mom's Cognac technique, which it briefly managed to hold back but eventually broke.

Observation Haki
Jimbei possesses the ability to use Observation Haki.

Weapons
He was seen with a silver trident when he was a soldier in the Neptune Army. However, he was never shown using it.

Other than that, it was shown that he had a tanto under his belt when he was fighting Ace, but he did not use it.

During the Timeskip
At some point, Jimbei and his crew formed an alliance with Big Mom by having Aladdin marry her 21st daughter Praline. In exchange, Fish-Man Island could use her crew's flag for protection.

Caribou's New World Kee Hee Hee
Soon after Caribou started attempting a second mermaid kidnapping spree, Jimbei stopped him by punching him in the face. He then placed the felon into a barrel and took him away from Fish-Man Island while riding a coated boat to the surface. Sometime after leaving Fish-Man Island, they met Coribou and the rest of the Caribou Pirates. Jimbei then stepped out of the boat and pulled it far away from the Caribou Pirates' ship. He and Caribou later reached the surface at the ruined G-5 Marine Base. Jimbei then quickly departed, leaving Caribou in the hands of Commodore Yarisugi, who soon began thinking of several sadistic ideas on what to do with the pirate.

The Solitary Journey of Jimbei, First Son of the Sea
Later, when Jimbei went on a journey to search for his friends, he encountered a lost Sea Kitten while travelling underwater. Afterwards, Jimbei encountered an ocean dog police officer, who then decided to help the Sea Kitten. When they arrived at the Sea Kitten's home, they found nothing there but the ocean dog's house, which was turned over. Jimbei and the Sea Kitten then saw a sinking ship. Jimbei then saved the sailors by raising the ship to the surface, gaining their gratitude.

He was then surprised when he read the news concerning Luffy and Law's alliance and Doflamingo's supposed resignation from the Seven Warlords of the Sea. From the newspaper, Jimbei also learned that the Sea Monsters went on a rampage at a port town. Jimbei and the Sea Kitten later traveled to the port town and discovered the Sea Kitten's home among the ruins. After disembarking, Jimbei heard the story from the locals. Jimbei was then led to a sea shrine with no offerings on it.

Once he returned to the port town, he saw the ocean dog and its home being thrown onto the ruins. He then pursued a mysterious individual that retreated to the ocean floor. There, Jimbei discovered a large pile of offerings and encountered an old foe, Wadatsumi. After hearing from his side of the story, Jimbei gives him a scolding. Jimbei then spoke to the Sea Monsters that rampaged at the port town to clear up a misunderstanding. He was present when Wadatsumi and the Sea Monsters apologized to the towns people and the Sea Kitten reunited with its parent.

Soon after, the locals showed Jimbei a poneglyph that was hidden among the ruins. Jimbei was then seen looking at the Sea Kings, who are now acting as ships for the locals to make up for breaking theirs. Having made peace with each other, the locals, Sea Monsters, Wadatsumi, and Jimbei had a feast together. On the next day, Wadatsumi asked Jimbei if he can come along with him. After bidding the townspeople and the Sea Monsters farewell, Jimbei left with Wadatsumi, taking the poneglyph with them.