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| - Raiken is a laid back, calm, and level headed individual who enjoys the many accomidities the life of a pirate entails. He will usually engage in recreational activities and finds enjoyable and some of the crew will join him as well. Despite this exterior of a fun loving personality, when it comes to combat, he is all business. He loses all sense of fun and calmness and focuses on the battle that lies ahead of him. He also has a deep lust for battle and combat, always loving a good fight whether it's an exhibition one with one of his crewmates, or whether its against a common enemy of his crew, Raiken enjoys the atmosphere of a fighr nonetheless. Raiken has also been shown to be very persuasive in certain situations. These range from driving Fumiko out of a deep depression from the events of her past, convincing Kasumi to let him fight beside her against Moku, and the overall convincing of his crewmates to join his crew. He can also persuade his teammates into a strategy that may seem quite farfetched at first glance, but he will make it seem logical in a sense that all of his crewmates can see. Raiken is also an "on-the-spot" type of person. This means that he can come up with any cover story, reason, or strategy at the drop of a hat, be it a lie to protect his crew or not. This explains his plan to go undercover for the World Government. When he was an Admiral, he began to question himself after he became noticeably more antagonistic during his time undercover, such as remorselessly eliminating other pirates. When he revealed to the entire New World that Skyla was once a slave, he himself was shocked that he would even say such a thing, regardless of his hatred for her. He also wondered if his own crew would even accept him back when they see the, "monster," he was becoming. When he did side with his crew against the Marines in the midst of the Celestial Summit, they welcomed him back regardless, his brother saying that, while his attitude may have changed during his time with the Marines, he was still, "the embodiment of the Heatwave Pirates." Despite this, when he awoke four weeks later, he went into a slight depression after looking back on all of his actions, until Kure S. Akira told him, "The actions you dwell on are in the past and the past is where they shall remain. Now, you must focus on what is and what we have at hand for the greater good of your crew, your friends, and the world." This made Raiken realize that, even though everyone is suceptible to corruption and evil, owning up to what you've done and doing what is right for your friends is what makes us who we are, which leads to him being able to truly master the full fledged abilities of his Devil Fruit powers.
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