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Nico Robin was born on the island of Ohara, and comes from a family of archaeologists. Her mother, Nico Olvia left to sea to find out the True History when Robin was 2 years old leaving her in the care of her mother's brother, and his wife Ms. Roji. Ms. Roji neglected and abused Robin, making it clear time and time again that she wasn't wanted in her family. She was expected to keep out of sight and wasn't allowed to join in any celebrations or privileges. Her Devil Fruit powers scared and disgusted the islanders, causing many of the children to bully her. The adults were no better, telling their children to avoid her and accusing her of violence when she used her Devil Fruit abilities to protect herself from bullies. Her only friends are the scholars at "the Tree of Knowledge", with Professer Clover of the archeology lab, a friend of her mother, trying to take care of her.

At only eight years old, she passed an archeology exam and officially was inducted as a scholar of the tree. However, when she announced that she also wanted to study the True History, the other archaeologists reprimanded her and said that studying the True History was forbidden and punishable by law. Robin replied by saying that she'd used her Devil Fruit abilities to spy on the archaeologists, and that she knew they secretly studied the True History in the Tree of Knowledge's basement at night. This horrifies the other archaeologists, and causes Professor Clover to severely admonishing her, saying that if she ever spied on them or mentioned finding the True History again, she'd be permanently banished from the Tree.

x-Baroque Works-x

Robin first appears as "Miss All-Sunday" ("Miss Sunday" in the English anime), agent and vice-president of the Baroque Works organization, at the end of the Whiskey Peak arc. She was responsible for blowing up Igaram's decoy ship, though Igaram survived, which was actually her real intention. She met the Straw Hat Pirates and offered them an Eternal Pose to the Island of Nothingness so they wouldn't have to land at the dangerous Little Garden while trying to get to Alabasta. However, Luffy broke it, saying that he would not allow an enemy to decide their destination. Princess Vivi revealed that Miss All-Sunday had allowed Vivi to follow her and discover the identity of Baroque Works' president, Sir Crocodile, only to turn around and tell Crocodile Vivi's true identity and purpose..

As the Baroque Works Saga continued, Robin's motives grew in mystery. She appeared to care nothing about Baroque Works, considered all her defeated agents "worthless", and continuously and discreetly helped the Straw Hats out. In one instance, she saved Luffy's life and got Pell (whom she earlier attacked) to help him, yet she also captured Vivi in Rainbase, faked the princess's death to horrify Pell, never directly disobeyed any of Crocodile's orders and severely incapacitated the Royal Army along with Tashigi and her Marine squad. Around Baroque Works' enemies, she'd either act menacing or darkly humorous, such as when she mocked and teased the Straw Hats during their first encounter and when she faked Princess Vivi's death as a cruel joke on Pell. It soon became apparent that she cared for neither side, and had her own motives for everything she did.

Ultimately, Robin ended up betraying Crocodile by lying to him about the poneglyphs he wanted her to decipher for him. They contained extensive information on Pluton, but Robin only told Crocodile that they were about history. However, Crocodile caught her bluff, and her subsequent attempt to assassinate him failed. She was in turn stabbed by Crocodile and left for dead. She later revealed to King Cobra that she only teamed up with Crocodile in order to find the Rio Poneglyph, which she believed to be hidden in an Alabasta tomb. Knowing she would only gain access to the tomb if she helped Crocodile conquer Alasbasta, she decided that the destruction of the country would be worth it if she discovered the 100 years of lost history. However, the Rio Poneglyph wasn't in the tomb, and with her last lead gone, she felt her life no longer had any purpose or chance for happiness. Resigning herself to death, she was shocked when Luffy chose to save her life, overpowering her and forcibly carried her out despite her protests and yells to let her die.

After Luffy defeated Crocodile, Robin stowed away on the Going Merry, only revealing herself when safely away from Alabasta, much to the shock and anger of the Straw Hats. She told Luffy that since he'd saved her when she'd wanted to die, it was his fault that she was now living a meaningless life, and he must therefore let her join his crew. Much to the surprise of the others, Luffy cheerfully accepts Robin's reasoning and agrees. Though most of the other Straw Hats were initially scared and/or suspicious of her (minus Sanji), Robin quickly managed to charm the very friendly crew into accepting her. During the Skypeia arc, she discovered the secret to locating the Rio Poneglyph, and with her dreams rekindled, began to feel more optimistic about the future.

x-Aokiji & CP9-x

After the Davy Back Fight, she was confronted by Kuzan, now called Aokiji, who had become one of the Marine's three Chief Admirals. After meeting and observing the Straw Hats, he decided that they were too dangerous to let live, with Robin being the deadliest of them all. He reveals to the others a bit of her dark past in front of a terrified Robin: apparently, every group she had ever been with was wiped out, leaving her as the only survivor. Aokiji insinuates that Robin had purposefully manipulated and betrayed those groups for her own ends, proceeding to ask Robin if the Straw Hats are her "new tools". He also promises the Straw Hats that, one day, Robin's "curse" would bring itself down on their heads and annihilate them. Vehemently protesting that she is not a bad person, Robin tries to kill Aokiji in a moment of anger, but fails. Aokiji then freezes Nico Robin with his Hie Hie (Ice Ice) Devil's Fruit powers, and would have smashed her to pieces if she hadn't been saved by her crewmates.

Later in the Water 7 arc Robin disappeared into the city. It then turned out that she is working with a government organization called CP9, and had betrayed the Straw Hat Pirates. Under CP9's orders, she attempted to assassinate the mayor of Water 7, Iceburg, framing Luffy and the others for the crime. However, her "betrayal" was actually the result of blackmail: If she didn't cooperate with CP9 and helped to resurrect Pluton, CP9 would launch a Buster Call on Water 7 and destroy the Straw Hats, promising their safety only if Robin turned herself in to the World Government. Still haunted by memories of the Buster Call on Ohara, and desperate to protect the only people who had ever treated her kindly since that day, Robin accepted the deal, deciding that she'd destroy everyone in the world if it meant saving the Straw Hats' lives. When the Straw Hats confronted her about her betrayal, she acted cold and heartless, saying that she carried an unspeakable darkness within her soul, and thus could never stay with them. However, Luffy and the others soon discovered the true reasons behind her betrayal, and they mounted a rescue attempt, first on the sea trains leaving Water 7 and later on the government island of Enies Lobby. Robin greatly resisted these rescue attempts, even going so far as to attack some of the Straw Hats to stop them from saving her. Even when it becomes clear that CP9 would not hold up their end of the bargain by trying to arrest the Straw Hats, and Robin had nothing to lose by letting them rescue her, she still dreaded their saving her. It was revealed that Robin didn't want to be rescued because she believed that her endless pursuit by the World Government would eventually cause the Straw Hats to view her as a burden and cast her away, just like every other person she'd met. Having grown attached to the only people who'd ever bothered to care for her since Ohara, Robin decided that she would rather die, or cause the apocalypse, than feel the pain of the Straw Hats abandonment.

During the assault on Enies Lobby, Robin stood in the Tower of Justice and shouted to the Straw Hats her fears of being abandoned by them, that the reason she wanted to die was because she'd rather cease to exist than watch their betrayal. This caused CP9's leader Spandam to wickedly laugh and point to the Government flag on top of the tower, declaring that there were over 170 countries under the World Government's rule, and with that kind of power after her, only a fool would have believed Robin wasn't a burden. Luffy responded by telling Sogeking to burn down the flag, a declaration of war against the World Government and over 170 countries. This was Luffy's way of showing Robin that he and the Straw Hats would never abandon her--if the World Government was her enemy, it would be the Straw Hats' enemy too. This shocked Robin, who hadn't thought that anyone would do so much for her. She had grown to believe that no one alive would ever give her the choice of living happily. She remembered Saulo's promise that she would find friends on the vast seas, and looking at the determined faces of her crew mates, realized it'd come true. Luffy then encouraged Robin to say that she still wanted to live, and she did, bursting into tears and shouting out across Enies Lobby that she wanted to sail with them again. This scene has since become famous among fans and is regarded as one of the most emotional, touching points in the series. Soon after, the Straw Hats defeated CP9 one by one, rescued Robin, and escaped in the Going Merry. In a final act of poetic justice, Robin used her Seis Fleur Clutch attack to break Spandam's back as they sailed away from Enies Lobby, finally avenging herself and the people of Ohara.

Later, Robin was celebrating at Water 7 with her friends and those who helped her escape Enies Lobby. While standing away from the celebration, she was once again greeted by Aokiji. He told her that he let her go 20 years ago only because Saulo had been his friend, but regretted his decision after observing Robin for several years, and realizing that she still hadn't found her place in the world. Deciding that a "wild bomb" like her was too dangerous to be allowed to "fly around freely", he said that he intended for Enies Lobby to be the end of it all, but hadn't expected Luffy's crew to defeat CP9. Then Aokiji asked if she has found a home with the Straw Hats, and she answered positively. He also asked if she would show him whether he made the right choice by allowing her to live, and she said "I'll do my best". Aokiji then smiled and left, saying that Ohara isn't completely gone yet, as she is still alive. When Aokiji disappeared, she returned to the party and joined Luffy's meat-eating contest.

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