Character from One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
A living skeleton musician who already died once and spent fifty years alone in fog — the oldest Straw Hat, who plays violin for the dead and jokes about panties to remind himself he is alive.
Brook is a paradox wrapped in a punchline. He asks every woman he meets to show him her panties — a reflex so ingrained it functions as a greeting — and follows it with 'skull jokes' about his skeletal state that make his crewmates groan. But beneath the absurdist comedy is the loneliest figure in the series: a man who watched every member of his original crew die one by one from poison, sang their final song together as they fell, and then spent fifty years drifting alone through the Florian Triangle in a fog-bound ship surrounded by the bones of his friends. His Yomi Yomi no Mi brought him back from death once, granting him a soul that persists beyond mortality. He has learned to channel his soul as freezing energy — Soul Solid coats his blade in the chill of the underworld. His music is weapon and comfort both: his violin can put enemies to sleep, summon spectral manifestations, and bring an audience of thousands to tears. He carries Laboon's promise — to return to the whale who has been waiting at Reverse Mountain for over fifty years.
A nine-foot-tall skeleton in a formal suit — literally bare bones with an afro of thick black hair (the only part that survived decomposition, held by his hair's strong roots). Hollow eye sockets somehow convey emotion. Wears a top hat, a long black coat, a cravat, and carries a shikomizue — a sword concealed within a cane. His jaw opens impossibly wide when he laughs or screams. Occasionally wears a crown and feather boa from his Soul King concert persona. Tea somehow passes through him visibly when he drinks.
Also known as: Brook, Soul King, Dead Bones Brook, Gentleman Skeleton