Character Profile: Emporio Ivankov

If you're wondering why under gender it says both, it's because Ivankov ate a devil fruit called the Horm-Horm fruit. First seen in New Kama Land which is between two levels of a jail called Impel Down, Bon Clay had heard of him and then before his very eyes Ivankov turned from a man into a woman. It was thanks to Ivankov that he used special hormones to cure Luffy of his poison by a warden named Magellan. The price was 10 years of Luffy's life was gone. Luffy does survive the poison and continues to rescue Ace from execution. Ivankov helps Luffy rescue Ace when he finds out that Luffy is Dragon's son. Unfortunately when Ivankov, Luffy, Bon Clay, and members of New Kama Land make it to the bottom of the jail, Ace was gone to Maraineford for execution. Ivankov escapes Impel along with Jimbei, Luffy, Crocodile, Mr. 3, Buggy the Clown, and other Impel down prisoners.

After escaping Impel Down, Ivankov finds out who Ace is the son of by Luffy, and gets involved in the war against the Whitebeard Pirates. Iva does see Kuma, one of the seven warlords. The other warlords are Hawkeye Mihawk, Doflamingo, Kuma, Boa Hancock, Gecko Moria, and Crocodile's replacement Blackbeard. Jimbei gave up his title of warlord. He continues to help Luffy during the war.

After the war, Iva and his followers went to back to Kamabakka Kingdom. He comes across Sanji on the Island. If you're wondering where the other Straw Hat pirates are at this point, all nine of them got sent flying by Kuma on Seabody Archipelago before the war started. He does defeat Sanji in a fight for a boat off the island, and when Luffy's picture is in the newspaper with at tattoo that says"3D2Y" (the 3D has an X over it) he offers Sanji a challenge. The challenge is to defeat the 99 masters of kenpo. If Sanji wins, he gets recipes and a boat, but if Sanji loses he loses his manhood. To know if Sanji survives the challenge, read volume 61 of the book series that comes out March 2012.

Ivankov also has an unusual attack called the Death Wink.