Sanji (One Piece)

Sanji is a male manga and anime character who features in One Piece.

Biography

Vinsmoke Sanji (Japanese: ヴィンスモーク・サンジ, Hepburn: Vinsumōku Sanji)

Two years later, the 10-year-old Sanji came to work as a ship's cook on the Orbit. One day, "Red Leg" Zeff, a pirate, and his crew, attacked the ship. However, both ships were caught in a sudden storm and sank. Zeff managed to save the young Sanji from drowning. Before the storm tore the boats apart, Sanji had cried out his dream to find the All Blue, which was why he was saved by Zeff afterwards. After the storm, the two were washed onto a rock outcropping, high above the sea. Despite their good fortune, there was little food for them: a few rations had washed onto the rock with them, but there was no vegetation, no animals, and no way to reach the water to fish. Splitting up what little rations remained, Zeff ordered Sanji to sit at the other end of the island to look for a ship. Sanji protested that Zeff was keeping a large sack for himself, but Zeff brushed him off, saying that as an adult, his stomach was bigger. Days passed, and Sanji had no more food, but there was still no sign of a ship. Many weeks afterward, an emaciated Sanji decided to take a chance to kill Zeff for his food. He did not kill the old man, but when he slashed open the old man's sack in a fit of rage, he discovered that there was no food inside, only treasure. To his horror, he realized that Zeff had given him all the rations, and had eaten his own leg to survive. Zeff confessed that he often lacked food on the high seas and planned on opening a restaurant on the seas. Sanji, guilty over plotting to kill Zeff, agreed to help, but Zeff remarked that he was too weak. Soon after, a ship appeared, and they were spared from death. Because of this ordeal, Sanji pledged to never refuse food to a starving individual, no matter how evil or poor they may be. Sanji began smoking shortly after starting to work at the Baratie in order to impress Zeff, despite Zeff's warnings that it would destroy his taste buds, only for Sanji to reply "Now, I am a man!". Sanji subsequently spent the next nine years working aboard the Baratie as its sous-chef, during which time he vastly improved his cooking under Zeff's tutelage while also developing tremendous physical abilities and his signature kicked-based martial arts style under the latter's guidance.

While doubling as a waiter one day since the rest had jumped ship, Sanji served a particular couple at the Baratie – Marine Lieutenant Fullbody and his lady friend, Moodie. Though Sanji served them well, his dismissiveness towards Fullbody made the Marine lose face in front of his date and the other customers. Angered, Fullbody dared to pick a fight with Sanji. Sanji on the other hand, upon seeing Fullbody waste the food prepared for him out of frustration, beat the Marine up. As the situation intensified with Patty coming, Sanji was suddenly confronted by Zeff who was at the moment dealing with some trouble. Luffy, seeing the mess that Sanji stirred up, Zeff immediately got into the argument as well. Just as things were going crazy as usual in the Baratie, a new development arrived. The prisoner that Fullbody and his men captured, Gin, had escaped and was then demanding food from the restaurant. Though dangerous, the starving pirate however was denied food from the other chefs and was kicked out of the restaurant. While his fellow chefs denied the pirate food, Sanji however gave the starving man food for which he gratefully ate. Luffy, who was witnessing Sanji at the time, was impressed by such a kind act and decided to invite Sanji to join his crew. Despite Luffy's offer, Sanji refused due to his own personal debt to Zeff. After seeing Gin off, Sanji went back to work and glanced upon one of Luffy's crew members, Nami. Seeing such a beauty, he declared his willingness to become a pirate as long as he was with her. Though the declaration was mere flirtation, the scene however intensified when Zeff butted in. After a brief argument between the two chefs, Sanji continued his flirting with Nami and gave a bad impression to Usopp with his womanizing nature. Two days after the incident with Gin, Sanji and the rest of Baratie witnessed a fearful sight before them. Though wrecked, the ship, the Dreadnaught Sabre, came before them. The ship belonged to Don Krieg, the pirate captain that Gin served under. With the knowledge of Baratie being a floating restaurant, Gin brought a starving Don Krieg and his crew before Sanji and the other chefs. As before all the chefs but Sanji refused to give food to such a dangerous person. However, no sooner had Krieg finished the food that Sanji gave him and regained his strength, the pirate showed his true colors. Demanding food for his men, Sanji complied with Krieg's request. However because Krieg also demanded the Baratie, Sanji's efforts were hindered by the other chefs. Though Sanji's efforts to give food were hindered, Zeff instead gave food for Krieg's men.

After a lengthy discussion, Sanji and the rest of the chefs of Baratie prepared for upcoming battle. Luffy, spurred by the turn of events, decided to join Sanji in defending the restaurant. However, before anything could happen, Don Krieg's ship was suddenly sliced up before the eyes of Sanji and the rest. Finding out that these new turn of events was caused by Mihawk of the Shichibukai, Sanji and the rest then witnessed momentarily a battle between this legend and one of Luffy's crewmembers, Roronoa Zoro. Though Zoro was skillful, Sanji and the rest witness Luffy's companion fall to the master swordsman. As the battle ended and they witnessed Luffy's Devil Fruit powers, Sanji and rest heard Zoro's vow to Luffy. With that finished, Sanji and the rest were able to concentrate on the battle with Krieg's forces. With his fighting skills learned from Zeff, Sanji was able to defeat a great deal of Krieg's men. One amongst them however was different from the rest. Pearl, the so called invincible wall, was significantly stronger than them. Made fiercer by a blunder by Luffy, Pearl proved to be a real threat to Sanji. Despite this, Sanji was still able to handle his own against this tough opponent. Though Sanji was getting the upper hand against this opponent, in the midst of their battle however, a new surprise developed. As Sanji and the others were fighting, Gin snuck up on Zeff and took the old man hostage. With this, Sanji was asked to surrender. Gin continued to hold Zeff hostage. He negotiated with Sanji and Don Krieg to let the chefs leave the Baratie. However, Sanji is unable to accept the terms due to the honor debt he felt he owed to Zeff for saving his life as a small boy. Sanji refused to let Zeff give up another one of his treasures. Seeing this behavior, the other chefs asked Sanji what he meant by this. As he was being attacked by Pearl who took the opportunity for some payback, Sanji explained to them that in the past, Zeff sacrificed everything, including his own leg, so that he could live. Sanji explained to them all that it was his obligation to Zeff. With this, Sanji stood still and took all of Pearl's attacks, ready to die for the Baratie. As Sanji was being attacked however, Luffy did something unexpected. Luffy broke part of the Baratie much to everyone's surprise. Angered by this sudden action, Sanji asked why. In response, Luffy told him that since the ship was the goal of Krieg and his men, destroying it would be the solution to the problem. Luffy also explained to him that Zeff did not save Sanji's life so that he could throw it away for the ship. As they were talking about all this, Pearl decided to attack once more. However before Pearl could strike Sanji and Luffy, Gin suddenly defeated him. Explaining himself to Krieg, Gin stated that he will be the one to finish off Sanji.

Told that this was a special honor for the food that he gave Gin, Sanji battled with the pirate. Despite his skill, Sanji was overpowered by Gin due to being hindered from his earlier injuries. However, just as Gin was about to land the final blow, Sanji found himself before a supposedly heartless pirate unable to kill. Because of Sanji's previous kindness, his opponent was not able to bring himself to finish the job. While this saved Sanji from being bludgeoned by Gin, it angered Don Krieg. Krieg fired his MH5 bomb at them and Luffy threw Sanji and Gin two masks to protect themselves from the poison. Luffy also finds a mask for himself at the last second. When the smoke clears, they realize Gin had been poisoned, having thrown Luffy his mask to save him. With this turn of events, Sanji told the other chefs to help the poisoned Gin. As they were helping Gin, Sanji noticed an angered Luffy decide to go against Krieg. He then watched the two fight. As the battle raged, Sanji was told by Zeff to watch Luffy carefully. With every turn of the fight, Sanji was amazed at Luffy's determination against difficult odds. In the end, Sanji and the others witnessed Luffy do the impossible – break Don Krieg's famed impenetrable armor. Though this was a deciding blow, Sanji and the others saw that Krieg still had a few tricks. While this did not deter Luffy from ultimately defeating Don Krieg, the outcome however caused the young pirate captain to fall into the water. Seeing this and being told of Luffy's weakness, Sanji dove in and rescued Luffy. After a few moments with a slightly less poisoned Gin, Sanji gave the defeated crew of Don Krieg a little boat in which they can use to retreat in. With everything done, Sanji awaited an unconscious Luffy to tell all that happened. Though Sanji still refused to go with Luffy when he woke up, he however shared with him about his dream. As Sanji and Luffy then decided to have a well deserved meal, they came before a surprising incident. Apparently, every chef there thought that Sanji's soup was disgusting. Though this got to Sanji, in truth, they were just making an excuse so that Sanji could go with Luffy and fulfill his dream of finding the All Blue. Due to Nami taking the Going Merry during the battle with Don Krieg, Luffy's crew and traveling companions were forced to part midway and thus unable to fully aid Sanji and the rest. With Yosaku back, the bounty hunter asked Luffy to come with him back to the others for an urgent matter. As Luffy decided to accompany him, Sanji finally decided to become Luffy's chef. After a few moments with the other chefs and with himself, Sanji packed his stuff and went to go with Luffy and Yosaku. As he was leaving, Sanji was met with one last surprise. Zeff, a man who usually belittled Sanji one way or another, asked Sanji to take care of himself. Completely moved by this, Sanji fell to his knees crying and thanked Zeff for everything he done for him, however he thanked while "insulting" them as he is a foul mouthed most of the time. With an emotional Baratie behind, Sanji left with Luffy and Yosaku aboard his small ship, the Shimashima Shopping.

Overview

Personality and attributes

He came to be known by the name of Black Leg Sanji (ブラックレッグサンジ Burakkureggusanji).

As a child, he came to hear stories of the All Blue (オールブルー Ōru Burū) that was a mystical sea of legend where all wildlife from the various seas met one another. It was considered a chef's paradise as it contained all wildlife in the world and thus a large number of delicacies that could be made from them. As such, Sanji was determined to find it even though many believed it to be a myth.

Powers and abilities

From childhood, he came to be self-taught cook where he came to be personally trained by Zeff to be a chef. In time, Sanji became an exceptional culinary master of the highest caliber possessing immense knowledge and the capability of preparing almost any kind of delicious food with a strong sense to the aesthetics of cooking. He cooks with amazing speed and dexterity where he was particularly skilled in the use of knives.

Since he was a child, he went under harsh training from Zeff that led to the development of Sanji resulting in him gaining extraordinary superhuman physical prowess, speed, and agility. These enabled him to use an array of handstands for a kick-based martial art which made him immensely versatile in combat.

Zeff came to train Sanji in the Black Leg Style (黒足の技 Kuroashi no Waza) that was a type of martial arts involved using a person's legs. Among the techniques he knew included:

• Collier (首肉コリエ Korie?, literally meaning "Neck") :
  • Collier Shoot (首肉コリエシュート Korie Shūto?, literally meaning "Neck Shoot") :
• Épaule (肩肉エポール Epōru?, literally meaning "Shoulder") :
  • Épaule Shoot (肩肉エポールシュート Epōru Shūto?, literally meaning "Shoulder Meat Shoot") :
• Côtelette (背肉コートレット Kōtoretto?, literally meaning "Rib") :
• Selle (鞍下肉セル Seru?, literally meaning "Lower Back") :
• Poitrine (胸肉ポワトリーヌ Powatorīnu?, literally meaning "Breast Meat") :
• Gigot (もも肉ジゴー Jigō?, literally meaning "Leg Meat") :
• Mouton Shot (羊肉ムートンショット Mūton Shotto?, literally meaning "Sheep Meat Shot") :
• Reception (受付レセプション Resepushon?) :
• Anti-Manner Kick Course (反行儀アンチマナーキックコース Anchimanā Kikku Kōsu?) :
• Basse Côte (肩ロースバース・コート Bāsu Kōto?, literally meaning "Shoulder Roast") :
• Longe (腰肉ロンジュ Ronju?, literally meaning "Loin Meat") :
• Tendron (後バラ肉タンドロン Tandoron?, literally meaning "Collar Meat") :
• Flanchet (腹肉フランシェ Furanshe?, literally meaning "Stomach Meat") :

After encountering Monkey D. Luffy, Sanji came to join the ranks of the Straw Hat Pirates (麦わらの一味 Mugiwara no Ichimi) where he served as the ships cook.

Notes

• Sanji was created by Eiichiro Oda where he featured in the setting of the One Piece universe.

Appearances

• One Piece:

External Links

• One Piece Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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