In One Piece, there are many characters who only appear in the background and do not play an important role in the story. However, one character, who only appeared in 2 images in the manga, is important enough to give her a backstory.
What kind of character is she? Sarfunkel is a woman who is stuck in a wooden barrel. She has been seen three times in the One Piece universe:
- Once as a cover story in chapter 620 with Gimon, who is also stuck in an object
- Another time in chapter 1119 in a picture with Gimon
- In the movie One Piece Film: Red, as she holds hands with Gimon while listening to a song by Uta
In all her appearances, Sarfunkel has never said anything. We only know what she looks like: She has long, blonde hair that reaches the ground and wears glasses. In a tweet from X-user newworldartur, you can see Sarfunkel’s image from the manga cover:
So far, not much has been known about the lady by Gimon’s side. The images suggest that she and Gimon are close. The two either hold hands, laugh together, or Sarfunkel feeds Gimon.
But now a set of new Vivre Cards has been released that reveals more about individual characters. Sarfunkel has also been dedicated a card, and finally we know how she ended up in this silly mess.
You can watch the trailer for One Piece Film: Red here:
Sarfunkel has only a few appearances in One Piece
How did the accident happen? Sarfunkel was on a boat trip when the accident occurred. She was playing hide and seek with others and probably thought that the wooden barrel was a clever idea. However, the boat she was on sank.
The barrel with Sarfunkel was then washed up on the island of rare animals. She was likely stuck in the barrel so badly that she has not gotten out since. But with Gimon, who is stuck in a box, she has found the perfect fellow sufferer.
Can’t she just get out of the barrel? It could be that Sarfunkel and Gimon can get out of their vessels. However, according to CBR, Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, simply found it funnier to leave Gimon in his box. The same will likely apply for Sarfunkel.
Gimon is one of many characters that Luffy wanted to have in his Straw Hat crew. MeinMMO has compiled the funniest characters that the Straw Hat pirate wanted to recruit for his crew: One Piece: These are the craziest 8 characters that Luffy wanted in his crew
