Do we like Blackbeard?
A character from One Piece (1997–present)
Our score: 1 out of 10. No. He's patient and charming, and he'll betray anyone who stands between him and a bigger prize. We wouldn't back him.
Marshall D. Teach, called Blackbeard, starts out as an easygoing, big-bellied crewman on a famous pirate ship. He's a jovial, rambling talker who seems harmless. He's also patient and has a dream that's larger than his place on the crew.
Behind the laugh, he is selfish and calculating. He cares about getting the one thing he wants, and he treats loyalty, friendship and honour as things he can drop whenever they get in his way. That's why he scores so low: he's clever and determined, but he has no moral limits.
He turns on his own crewmates to take a rare and powerful Devil Fruit. This sets off one of the series' biggest wars. He then rises to rule as one of the Four Emperors, and he becomes the heroes' most dangerous long-term rival.