Pepe

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Pepe (ペペ) is a sixteen-year-old orphan from the Grand Valley orphanage. He was shipped out to Goldy Pond to become prey for the Poachers to hunt. He was a member of the Goldy Pond Resistance who was in charge of the provisions in Goldy Pond.

History
Pepe was born on February 19, 2029 and raised at Grand Valley orphanage, growing up alongside several other children. At some point, he and his sister were shipped out and sent to Goldy Pond to become prey for the Poachers to hunt.

Appearance
Pepe has dark skin and dark red dreadlocks kept up in a ponytail. He has a circular scar around his left eye. In 2047, Pepe's hair has became significantly longer, though he still wears it in a ponytail. His Grand Valley identification number, "PX 363-076", is tattooed across his upper chest.

Personality
Pepe is hardworking, resourceful and confident. Like all the other kids in Goldy Pond, he cares deeply for his comrades and hates to see them injured.

Search For Minerva Arc
Pepe and Zack are assigned to keep Bayon busy during the uprising. Leaving an injured Zack, he runs into Nigel and Gillian in Bayon's clutches. He distracts Bayon and carries Gillian to safety.

Later on, he helps Emma electrocute Leuvis.undefined

Human World Arc
Upon arriving in the Human World, Pepe is seen to be visibly worried and shocked about Emma's disappearance. Pepe, along with the other children, agrees to search for Emma so they can reunite with her again. Over the next two years spent in the Human World, Pepe began attending school. During spring 2049, he finally reunites with Emma again and cries tears of joy, even though she lost her memories. In the special epilogue chapter, Dreams Come True, Pepe has become a chef.

Culinary Skills
Pepe is very skilled at cooking.

Goldy Pond Resistance members
Pepe was shown to be on good terms with them despite how he only joined not long ago, implying how he managed to befriend and bond with them easily and faced no issue working with his team members.

Lucas
Like the rest of the orphans, Pepe greatly respects Lucas as their leader and father figure, and is willing to have Lucas leave him and the rest of the injured behind if it means he gets to survive.

Emma
Emma and Pepe do not interact much during their time in Goldy Pond. Nevertheless, the two bared no ill intentions towards each other and managed to get along easily, as Pepe was optimistic towards Emma when she first joined the team.

Trivia

 * The following are Pepe's rankings in some of The Promised Neverland's official popularity polls.
 * In Shounen Jump's popularity poll results announced in Chapter 88, Pepe is in 51st place.
 * In Shounen Jump's 2nd popularity poll results announced in Chapter 102, Pepe is in 35th place.
 * Pepe is really sensitive to heat, which is ironic since he possesses excellent culinary skills, which involves lots of exposure to heat that is conducted during cooking.
 * When Kaiu Shirai was asked whether Pepe, Lucas, Zack, and Nigel are named after famous soccer players (since "Pepe" is a common name among soccer players), Shirai instead responds how Pepe's name comes from The Muppets show.undefined
 * Pepe's favorite food is clam chowder.
 * Pepe enjoys creative cooking.
 * Pepe is named after the muppet of the same name.
 * Pepe is one of twelve black characters in The Promised Neverland series with the others being Krone, Olivia, Chamberlain, Vincent, Zack, Jemima, Ayshe, Dominic, Erica, the Windmill Boy and the Bald man.