Wanze



Wanze

Seiyū: Yasuhiro Takato

Wanze (ワンゼ, Wanze) is CP7's melee fighting expert. He looks like a cross between a slug and a bug, he is the cook just like Sanji but he was short-tempered and doesn't like to be bothered.

He has an almost permanent smile on his face even when he's afraid or mad, and often acts in a whimsical or uncontrolled manner to mislead his enemies into underestimating him. This is a mistake, since he is a powerful warrior with incredible reflexes.

He fights on rollerskates, and can make ramen noodles by eating flour and using his nose hairs to cut it. He is quite analytical, as he was able to figure out Sanji's weakness (in that immobilizing his legs makes him powerless) after fighting with him for only a few minutes. He fights Sanji with 'ramen kenpo' (noodle style), shooting ramen out of his nose. At one point he uses this ramen to make a battle suit. After receiving multiple kicks to his face from Sanji, Wanze's face is revealed to resemble that a stereotypical bishōnen (bizarrely, he finds this form ugly). His face changes back to its former appearance after a kick from Sanji. He becomes dizzy when he sees spirals, such as Sanji's eyebrow.

Like some of the other characters of One Piece, Wanze had a unique laugh, he started it with a "Sa" (i.e. sa sa sa sa sa!)

Wanze, like Iceburg, Tom, Lucchi and Jabura, is misguided by the World's Government's lies as a fact towards Robin. Wanze who never knew Robin very well saw her as a cold-hearted devil who betrays anyone who trusted her. Wanze never knew that in reality Robin only runs away from people who tried to turn her in.

Trivia

 * According to Oda in an SBS column in Vol. 42, Wanze was originally going to be a sexy female chef, but was changed to a male "surfer dude" with goggles. His 3rd design resembled a stereotypical French chef, his 4th design was very close to Wanze's bishōnen look, and his 5th design had apelike features and goggles.
 * In a recent poll in Shonen Jump to determine the most popular One Piece characters, Wanze ranked at 75th.