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*Kanjuro's ability to create poor tasting food is similar to the power of the [[Kuku Kuku no Mi]].
 
*Kanjuro's ability to create poor tasting food is similar to the power of the [[Kuku Kuku no Mi]].
 
*Kanjuro is similar to [[Charlotte Pudding]], in that they are both talented actors who convinced the main heroes that they were on their side, but are actually spies who provided information on the heroes' activities to their masters, whom they are related to ([[Kurozumi Orochi]] and [[Charlotte Linlin]]).
 
*Kanjuro is similar to [[Charlotte Pudding]], in that they are both talented actors who convinced the main heroes that they were on their side, but are actually spies who provided information on the heroes' activities to their masters, whom they are related to ([[Kurozumi Orochi]] and [[Charlotte Linlin]]).
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**Interestingly, their allegiances switched oppositely, as Pudding was introduced as a villain first, but then turned into an ally of the Straw Hat Pirates and Kanjuro was introduced as an ally of the Straw Hat Pirates but later turned into a villain.
   
 
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Kurozumi Kanjuro, also known as "Evening Shower" Kanjuro, is a samurai from Wano Country and a member of the Kurozumi Family. After losing his parents, he was instructed by Kurozumi Orochi to operate undercover within the Kozuki Family. Kanjuro became Kozuki Oden's retainer and one of the Nine Red Scabbards while secretly aiding Orochi in his rise to power and his efforts to eliminate the Kozuki bloodline by feeding him information.[2][3]

He was born 59 years before the present day, but traveled 20 years forward in time when he was 39 years old.[5]

He acted as an ally to the Straw Hat Pirates in his undercover role in the Dressrosa Arc and Zou Arc, but became an antagonist in the Wano Country Arc after showing his true colors.

Appearance

Kanjuro's appearance matches the stereotype of a traditional Kabuki performer. He has bright long red hair down to the floor with the front hair sticking outward and down to his chest, with big lips and blush marks on his cheek in a similar manner to Bentham.[7] He is rather tall, as he appears to be a similar height to Kin'emon (who himself is of a comparable height to Brook, who stands 277 centimeters) when standing side by side.[9]

He wears a traditional samurai outfit with a ribbon in the middle and zori for footwear. On his back Kanjuro carries a large brush which he keeps in readiness for use with his powers.[7]

As a retainer of the Kozuki Family, he bears the crest somewhere in his body.[3]

Gallery

File:Kanjuro 41 Years Ago.png
Kanjuro at age 18.
File:Younger Kanjuro.png
Kanjuro at age 26.
Kanjuro 30 Years Ago
Kanjuro at age 29.
Kanjuro in Digitally Colored Manga
Kanjuro in the Digitally Colored Manga.
Kanjuro Anime Concept Art
Kanjuro's concept art from the anime.

Personality

His only pleasure is in becoming another person!
— Kurozumi Orochi about Kanjuro

According to Orochi, due to Kanjuro being raised in the theatre, his main purpose in life is to act as someone else. Due to his parents dying during the persecution of his family, Kanjuro wishes to avenge them and then die. Kanjuro has thus played the role of a loyal retainer to the Kozuki Family so that he would eventually be killed with them.[2]

In his role as a Kozuki retainer, Kanjuro seems to act quite caring, since he suggested that they leave the island and devised a plan to do so.[1] Kanjuro can also be calm and level headed, as he reprimanded Shinobu for being too rash in resolving unexpected setbacks. However, there are times where he can act absent-minded, such as when he failed to realize the citizens of Dressrosa could climb the net he had drawn like a ladder to get to Usopp and King Riku,[10] or when he was fooling around during the escalade of Zunesha's leg and failed to realize that Bariete was falling towards him, hitting Kin'emon and him and making them fall off the elephant.[11]

He can act overzealous with his emotions at times. For instance, when he realized he put Usopp in danger, he stated he would cut open his stomach as compensation. However, he quickly decided against such actions when Kin'emon told him not to.[12]

Like most other characters in the series, he has a unique Laughter Style: "Ka, ka, ka"

Relationships

Family

Kanjuro loved his parents and was devastated when they were killed. Afterwards, he found his relatives Kurozumi Orochi, Kurozumi Higurashi, and Kurozumi Semimaru and gladly began working with them to avenge their family's persecution and put Orochi in power. He has served them unwaveringly for at least 21 years in his role as a spy, and Orochi considers him to be very trustworthy as he has supplied with information about the Kozuki Family's activities and alerted him to their survival in the present day.[2]

Kozuki Family

I shared joys and sorrows with you all, earning your absolute trust, hating none of you, and meaning you no harm. The one thing I did was continually send Lord Orochi information.
— Kanjuro on his true motives and feelings for the Kozuki Family.[2]

Kanjuro is an enemy of the Kozuki Family due to his involvement in Orochi's plot against them. However, until revealing his plot prior to the raid on Onigashima, he was considered to be a trusted servant who was respected by his master Kozuki Oden and his fellow retainers. For much of his life, Kanjuro's intention was to die as a Kozuki, and so he played his role so well that he aided in efforts including a battle against the Beasts Pirates as well as a war with their allies the Donquixote Pirates 20 years later. He was even willing to be executed with them, due to his desire for death.[2]

According to Kanjuro, he did not hate Oden and his fellow retainers and never meant to harm them; he only worked against them when commanded to by Orochi. He ultimately dropped his charade 41 years after joining them, when they were heading to raid Onigashima and were about to be attacked by the Beasts Pirates' fleet; he then captured Oden's son Momonosuke to bring him to Onigashima as directed by Orochi. Kanjuro pointed out that his fellow retainers should have had a stronger suspicion of a spy in their midst, but did not really treat them with scorn or derision. Although the other retainers had wondered about the potential for a spy, they were utterly shocked and brought to tears by his betrayal, with Kin'emon quickly attempting to kill him in response.[2]

Abilities and Powers

Kanjuro is physically strong, able to easily carry around and use his giant ink brush without tiring. While imbuing his brush with Haki, Kanjuro was able to push back and significantly slowed down the contraction speed of Doflamingo's Birdcage.

Kanjuro has some skills in making brushes, using the hair of people and corpses to make brushes for a living.

Acting Skills

Due to being raised in the theatre, Kanjuro is a consummate actor. He was able to perfectly pose as a loyal retainer of the Kozuki Family for 21 years, fully adapting to his new identity. Although some events raised suspicions of a traitor in the family's midst, no family member or retainer ever suspected that Kanjuro was the spy until he told them.[2]

Devil Fruit

File:Kanjuro's Devil Fruit.png

Kanjuro's Devil Fruit before consumption.

Kanjuro ate a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to turn anything he draws into a three-dimensional object, even being able to create living organisms, by saying "Appear" (出でよ, Ideyo?). Creations have the same abilities as the original, such as a bird's ability to fly, or food being edible (although, according to Kin'emon, it hurts his stomach). He can also affect his own body, as he hid inside a wall as a drawing to avoid detection.[7] The fruit's powers also work in reverse, causing the drawing to revert to its inanimate 2D form if it comes in contact with a flat surface.[13] Kanjuro can order the drawing to return to its inanimate form.[14]

Kanjuro's power

Kanjuro bringing his drawing to life.

When operating with the Kozuki Family, Kanjuro pretended that he was very bad at drawing, with his living creations struggling to do anything due to being poorly constructed.[7] However, he is actually an extremely skilled artist. When the Nine Red Scabbards sailed out to Onigashima to confront Kaido, Kanjuro sent a perfectly drawn clone of himself with them. None of them noticed until Kin'emon decapitated the drawing in an attempt to kill Kanjuro after he revealed his true allegiance, and thus Kanjuro was easily able to remain on the shore and kidnap Momonosuke.[2]

The drawings will dissolve if they come into contact with standing water.[15] Living creatures created have limited strength and endurance, and if they reach their limit they will revert to their inanimate form.[16]

Techniques

  • Nuke Suzume (抜け雀, Nuke Suzume?, literally meaning "Escaping Sparrow"): Kanjuro draws a large sparrow in order to escape a confined area. However, due to being poorly drawn, the sparrow cannot fly very well. He first used it to escape Dressrosa's prison with Kin'emon.[17]
  • Nobori Ryu (昇り竜, Nobori Ryū?, literally meaning "Rising Dragon"): Kanjuro draws a long dragon which cannot fly, but can climb up cliffs and steep surfaces. He first used it to take him and the Straw Hat Pirates and allies up one of Zou's legs. However, his creation disgusted Kin'emon, as he hates the sight of dragons, while Robin, in contrast, actually blushed because she found it very cute.[18] The Straw Hat Pirates named the dragon "Ryunosuke" (りゅーのすけ, Ryūnosuke?).[16]
  • Nekozaemon (ねこざえもん, Nekozaemon?): Kanjuro draws a giant cat with dis-proportionally short and small limbs. By his claim, cats are good climbers, which was the purpose of drawing Nekozaemon, but due to it being poorly drawn with short limbs, the cat climbed at a very slow rate, seemingly exhausted after a short amount of time. He first drew it to climb back up one of Zunesha's legs after falling off Ryunosuke.[15]
  • Torasaburo (虎三郎, Torasaburō?): Kanjuro draws a tiger that is fairly rotund and has a short tail and crudely drawn stripes. He first drew it to climb back up one of Zunesha's legs for the second time after Nekozaemon failed. "Saburo" means "third son," referencing how it was the third drawing to climb up Zunesha.[19]

Weapons

File:Kanjuro's Katana Brush.png

Kanjuro's brush.

In order to utilize his Devil Fruit powers, Kanjuro keeps a giant ink brush with him. It has a katana hilt and guard, with a tassel tied to the pommel. He wields it in a manner similar to a sword, instead of how one would hold a brush.[7] During his youth, Kanjuro used a sword to cut hair off from people and corpses in order to use them to make brushes.

Haki

Further information: Haki

Busoshoku Haki

Kanjuro is able to use Busoshoku Haki, known in Wano as "Ryuo", which he used to reinforce his ink brush to help Zoro and Kin'emon push back the Birdcage. Kanjuro's Busoshoku Haki is strong enough to defend against the Birdcage's razor sharp threads that can easily slice cannon balls and large buildings.[20]

Kenbunshoku Haki

Kanjuro possesses the ability to use Kenbunshoku Haki.[5]

History

Past

Kanjuro was born and raised in a popular theatre troupe. However, his parents were killed onstage one day due to being members of the Kurozumi Family. Kanjuro drifted and ultimately found his relatives Kurozumi Orochi, Kurozumi Higurashi, and Kurozumi Semimaru. So that Kanjuro could aid in his plot to overthrow the Kozuki Family and become the shogun, Orochi gave him a Devil Fruit to eat and instructed him to live as a Kozuki member up until his death. Since he sought death, Kanjuro readily agreed.[2]

Kanjuro was then in Kibi stealing human hair from people, dead and alive, to make brushes and sell them to make a living. Later, he met Oden, who he thought was a corpse; he tried to steal his hair only to be defeated by him. Following his defeat at the hands of Oden, Kanjuro followed him ever since.[6] After Oden became daimyo of Kuri, Kanjuro became one of his retainers.

Kanjuro and Inuarashi Buying Books

Kanjuro and Inuarashi buying books to educate themselves.

After Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and Kawamatsu joined Oden, they were running low on funds. Therefore, he and the other retainers attempted to steal money from Shimotsuki Yasuie, but they were caught. Instead of punishing them, Yasuie allowed them to take the money and encouraged them to use it to become better people for the sake of Oden and Wano Country. Following Yasuie's advice, they educated themselves and trained to become dignified warriors. 30 years ago, they visited the Flower Capital with Oden.[21]

After meeting the Whitebeard Pirates, Oden and his retainers were having a feast with them. Oden said that he wanted to join the crew, but Kanjuro, Kin'emon, Raizo, and Denjiro voiced out against it. After the Whitebeard Pirates left Wano two weeks later, the retainers discovered Oden, Izo, Inuarashi, and Nekomamushi to be missing.[22] During Oden's absence, Kanjuro and his fellow retainers protected Kuri in preparation for Oden's return. When Oden returned to Wano with the Roger Pirates, the retainers greeted him, but before they could say anymore, Toki stopped them from convincing Oden to stay in Wano. Oden chose to continue his journey with Roger, making Kanjuro angry.[23]

Around six months before Oden finished his voyage, Kanjuro and his fellow retainers were furious at Kurozumi Orochi for abusing his position as shogun. While Inuarashi and Kawamatsu stayed behind at Oden Castle, the other retainers marched to the Flower Capital to confront Orochi only to discover that a group of Beasts Pirates were in Kuri threatening Oden's family. When Oden returned to Wano after finishing his journey, the retainers (except Denjiro and Ashura, who were elsewhere at the time) welcomed him back and told him about Wano's situation. Oden then ordered his retainers to protect his family and Kuri before charging to the capital by himself.[24]

After Oden failed to kill Orochi, Kanjuro and the other retainers remained loyal to him for the next five years despite Oden acting like a fool and losing the respect of most of Wano's people. 20 years ago, Oden finally had enough and decided to take down Kaido. The retainers eagerly followed him and marched with him to Onigashima.[25]

On the way to Onigashima, the group was confronted by Kaido and his crew in the Udon region. Shinobu joined the samurai and in the ensuing battle, Kanjuro and Denjiro fought Queen. Unfortunately, the samurai were overwhelmed in the end. Oden and the Scabbards were then imprisoned in the Flower Capital and sentenced to be boiled alive in three days.[26]

All ten prisoners were later brought to the execution site, at which point Oden made a deal with Kaido. After Oden stepped into the pot of boiling oil, the retainers were about to join him, but Oden grabbed a plank and ordered them to stand on it as he held them over the pot.[27] As Oden endured the hour, he explained to his retainers the reason Wano Country was isolated and requested them to open Wano's borders for him. Oden successfully survived the hour, but Orochi summoned a firing squad to execute Oden and his retainers. Oden once again told his retainers to open Wano's borders before throwing them far away from the pot. The Scabbards fled with tears as Oden met his demise.[28]

As they were chased by an army of pursuers, Shinobu gave the Scabbards their weapons. On the way back to Oden Castle, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi were captured by the shogun's forces and Denjiro and Ashura split from the group to fight their enemies. By the time the rest of the group reached Oden Castle, it was set ablaze by Kaido. The retainers went inside the castle and found Momonosuke as well as his sister and mother. Toki then sent Momonosuke, Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Kikunojo twenty years into the future.[29] After arriving at the future, they went around Wano and discovered how much it changed over the years. However, they discovered allies they could still count on and began forming a plan to take back Wano. Momonosuke, Kanjuro, Kin'emon, and Raizo decided to travel to Zou to seek aid from the Mink Tribe, but when they were leaving Wano, they were spotted by the Beasts Pirates;[30] Kanjuro also informed Orochi that they were still around.[2]

Kanjuro Gets Captured

Kanjuro sacrificing himself to help Kin'emon escape from Dressrosa.

On the way to Zou, they ended up shipwrecked, in which they got separated from Raizo, and drifted ashore to Dressrosa. Once there, they were chased by Dressrosa's guards. Kanjuro chose to be apprehended to cover Kin'emon, allowing him to escape and pursue Momonosuke on a ship that was headed toward Punk Hazard.[1][31]

Dressrosa Saga

Dressrosa Arc

After his capture, Kanjuro was imprisoned at the SMILE Factory under the guise of a toy house.[32] While Kin'emon was at the royal palace, Kanjuro was said to have disappeared from the scrapheap.[33]

When Kin'emon later arrived at the scrapheap, it was shown that Kanjuro was hiding in the walls; he was also able to sustain himself by using his Devil Fruit powers to make food. Kin'emon was happy to have found Kanjuro, who was also glad to see Kin'emon again. Kanjuro and Kin'emon prepared to leave on a bird Kanjuro drew and brought to life using his Devil Fruit ability, but the trapped citizens and Dressrosa soldiers begged to be taken along.[7]

Kanjuro Frees Prisoners

Kanjuro helps the prisoners escape from the underground scrapheap.

Kanjuro then used his ability to create ladders for the people to climb to the surface with.[34] After leaving the scrap heap, Kanjuro and Kin'emon went to the old King's Plateau and met up with Usopp, Viola, and Riku Doldo III. Kanjuro painted a net to keep the citizens from reaching the top, but they ended up climbing it. Kanjuro offered to commit harakiri, but Kine'mon told him not to and Usopp beat them both with Kanjuro's brush.[35]

Upon Usopp's request, Kanjuro created a doodle drawn by the sniper which was then converted into a special projectile that Usopp would use to defeat Sugar. When the Dressrosa citizens reached the top of the plateau, Kanjuro and others held them back long enough for Usopp to snipe at Sugar. Though Kanjuro and Kin'emon were tied up, Usopp was successful in making Sugar lose consciousness.[36] The Dressrosa citizens then released the samurai and the others, realizing that they were merely playing into Doflamingo's hands if they had continued. They were later joined by Issho, who decided to place his faith in Monkey D. Luffy and his allies.[37]

After most of the Donquixote Pirates' officers were defeated, Kanjuro informed Usopp that Issho left and went to the city. Kanjuro, Kin'emon, and Usopp then saw Pica heading towards the old King's Plateau.[38] When Pica prepared to crush everyone on the plateau, Kanjuro was awestruck when Zoro destroyed the Pica statue and defeated Pica.[39]

As Doldo, Tank, and the citizens were leaving the old King's Plateau, Kanjuro heard about Law's defeat from Viola.[40]

File:Zoro and Samurai Push Birdcage.png

Zoro and the samurai help stop the Birdcage.

Later, as Doflamingo's Birdcage started shrinking he left the old King's Plateau with Kin'emon and Zoro. Kanjuro was informed by Zoro about his intention to stop the Birdcage.[41] Once they reached the Birdcage, Kanjuro and Kin'emon were surprised that Zoro made an attempt to push back the Birdcage. The samurais tried to tell Zoro that it would be impossible, but Zoro angrily told them to help instead of doing nothing.[42] The two samurai complied and they were soon aided by Issho. With everyone pushing, the cage stopped for a moment.[43]

They kept pushing the Birdcage back just long enough for Luffy to deal one decisive blow to Doflamingo. Once Doflamingo had been defeated, they witnessed the collapse of the Birdcage. They rejoiced as Doflamingo's downfall was announced to Dressrosa.[44]

Three days after Doflamingo's downfall, Kin'emon and Kanjuro traveled through the central streets, watching the citizens rebuild the country. They later appeared at Kyros' house, eating a meal with the Straw Hats. They prepared to leave when the Marines were mobilized to pursue Luffy and all those affiliated with him. They fled when the Marines were about to storm Kyros' house.[45] After Luffy separated from the group to take care of unfinished business, Kanjuro's group went to the eastern port. While waiting for Luffy, they saw Issho approaching.[46]

When Issho prepared to attack them with all the rubble from Dressrosa, they quickly fled to the escape ship. At that moment, Luffy arrived and attacked Issho.[47] During the clash, Issho used his gravity ability to blow away Luffy, who was then caught by Hajrudin. They quickly fled across a bridge leading to a gigantic ship in the distance. Issho prepared to drop the rubble on them but was obstructed by the Dressrosa citizens who were pretending to chase after the pirates. They eventually reached Orlumbus' flagship, the Yonta Maria.[48]

After the Straw Hat Grand Fleet was formed, they held a feast to celebrate their victory over Doflamingo.[49] After the feast, each of the leading allies received a piece of Luffy's Vivre Card and parted ways. Bartolomeo then brought the Straw Hats, the samurais, and Law to his ship, the Going Luffy-senpai.[50]

Yonko Saga

Zou Arc

During a hail storm, Luffy's group learned that the Barto Club does not have a navigator, lacks experience in sailing, and usually call Gambia's grandmother who gives them useless advice. Therefore, the Straw Hats, the samurais, and Law needed to protect the ship. After one week of traversing through the dangers of the New World, the ship finally arrived at Zou. Kanjuro commented that he heard tales of a tribe that hates humans.[51]

After finding the Thousand Sunny, the Barto Club bid Luffy's group farewell. Proceeding to search for Sanji's group, they climbed the giant elephant's left hind leg with a dragon that Kanjuro conjured. After the samurais explained that they were also searching for their ninja comrade, Raizo, the group saw something dropping towards them.[52]

Samurai Ride Nekozaemon

Kanjuro, Kin'emon, and Bariete ride Nekozaemon up Zou's leg.

The thing that was falling towards them happened to be a monkey. While Kin'emon and Kanjuro were fooling around, the monkey hit them, causing them to fall off the dragon. Despite being separated from the group, the samurais assured the Straw Hats that they were alright and will catch up to them eventually.[53]

Kanjuro later conjured a cat, which he, Kin'emon, and the monkey used to climb the elephant's leg. As they saw the eruption rain, they panicked as the cat would melt if it made contact with water.[15] Having failed to reach Zou, Kin'emon and Kanjuro returned to the Thousand Sunny and decided to wait until the next day.[54]

On the next morning, they finally reached Zou. When Kin'emon asked the monkey mink about Raizo, he quickly ran away. The samurais chased after him, not noticing a sleeping Franky, Nico Robin, and Brook.[19]

File:Raizo is Safe.png

The minks reveal that they protected Raizo from Jack.

On the way to the Mokomo Dukedom, Kanjuro and Kin'emon reunited with Momonosuke. When they arrived at Kurau City, they were quickly intercepted by the Straw Hats, who tried desperately to keep them hidden. However, when they saw Inuarashi and Nekomamushi fighting with each other, the samurais revealed themselves, much to the Straw Hats' horror. Contrary to what the Straw Hats expected, the Mink Tribe welcomed them and revealed that Raizo is safe as well as having a friendship with Kin'emon's clan.[55]

After Inuarashi and Nekomamushi called a truce for the sake of Momonosuke, whom they recognized as their lord, they took the samurais and the Straw Hats to a secret area in the Whale Forest where Raizo was hidden.[56] After making their reacquaintance, Kanjuro, Kin'emon, and Raizo were saddened to see the state Zou was in after Jack's invasion. They then went back inside the whale tree once Robin finished deciphering the red poneglyph hidden there. After explaining the history of the Kozuki Family and their connection to the poneglyphs, the samurais and Raizo expressed sorrow in explaining Lord Oden's execution at the hands of Kaido and the shogun of Wano Country Kurozumi Orochi.[57]

The samurais and the two rulers of Zou revealed Oden's will to open the country of Wano to the world and to defeat Kaido and the shogun of Wano Country. The samurais also explained that they needed allies which was the reason why they journeyed to Zou. They then formed an alliance with the Mink Tribe and the Straw Hats.[58]

They later left the secret room and the samurais explained that they never went with Oden during his travels as leaving the borders of Wano is a crime. While discussing their plans to defeat Kaido, the alliance decided to split up and meet up again at Wano Country. Law agreed to take the samurais back to Wano Country in his submarine. Right after they left the Whale Tree, they felt Zou shaking and heard Zunesha crying.[59] Zou's shaking was because of Jack returning and assaulting the giant elephant, which Kanjuro had led him to.[2] On Momonosuke's command, Zunesha retaliated and sank Jack's fleet. With the threat of Jack ended, everyone became calm again.[60]

After Momonosuke decided to stay on Zou in order to communicate more with Zunesha, Kanjuro and his comrades prepared to go back to Wano with Law and Zoro accompanying them. As the Sanji Retrieval Team departed from Zou, everyone, except for the Straw Hat members left behind, was shocked when Luffy jumped off Zunesha with his party.[61]

Wano Country Arc

Kanjuro and his group later infiltrated Wano Country, where they remained hidden until the alliance was ready to strike.[62] While incognito, Kanjuro worked as a fishmonger. After Franky left his job, he informed Kanjuro of the bad news concerning the blueprints of Kaido's fortress.[63]

After the chaos at Orochi's palace, Kanjuro rendezvoused with Shinobu, Robin, Nami, and Brook at the Northen Graveyard in the Ringo region. During their meeting, Kanjuro was surprised at the large amount of information Robin was able to gather.[64]

Sometime later, the Beasts Pirates found out about Kin'emon's secret message and the moon marks on the ankles of the Kozuki Family supporters. At Ebisu Town, Shinobu got into a heated argument with Law, suspecting that Law's captured crewmates revealed the meaning of Kin'emon's secret message. When Shinobu said that the captives should be disposed of, Kanjuro disagreed with her, saying that it was most important that they retain the allies they had made, as otherwise they would be unable to bring down Orochi and Kaido. Tonoyasu then entered the house and recognized Shinobu and Kanjuro, much to their surprise. He then showed them a copy of the message and talked about the rumors swirling around the Flower Capital, wondering if the final battle was at hand.[65] After telling Kanjuro and Shinobu that he would join them, Tonoyasu left the house. Kanjuro and Shinobu then explained to Sanji, Franky, and Robin that they did not actually know who Tonoyasu was, making them questioned on how he knew them.[66]

Nine Red Scabbards Mourn Yasuie

The witnessing members of the Nine Red Scabbards mourn Yasuie's death.

When news of Tonoyasu's capture was revealed, Kanjuro and his group gathered to see him being shown on a broadcast. He finally recognized him as Yasuie, a former daimyo who supported Oden.[67] Kanjuro and his group rushed to Rasetsu Town but only arrived after Yasuie was shot and executed. As he seemingly mourned Yasuie's death, Kanjuro regretted not recognizing him sooner and called his death a grave mistake.[68] Kanjuro's group managed to retrieve Yasuie's body and returned to Ebisu Town. Kanjuro then promised the villagers that he would give Yasuie a burial in Kuri.[69] He later joined a meeting with several key alliance members at Amigasa Village.[70] Following this meeting, he reported to Orochi that the alliance's new meeting place was Port Tokage, that Oden's daughter Kozuki Hiyori was still alive, and the location of the Straw Hats' ship.[71]

Kanjuro's Confession

Kanjuro reveals that he is the spy.

On the day for the raid on Onigashima, Kanjuro marched to the rebel meeting place with Momonosuke, Kin'emon, Kikunojo, Raizo, Shinobu, Inuarashi, Kawamatsu, and Ashura.[72] The group eventually arrived at the meeting place, but found none of their ships and allies.[73] In spite of this major setback, the Scabbards were still determined to go through with the raid, knowing that they would not get another chance.[74] Kanjuro stayed behind on the coast in secret, sending a drawing clone onto the boat with the other retainers. As Kin'emon wondered about the possibility of a traitor among them, Kanjuro's clone then revealed that he was the traitor. The clone questioned why none of them had seriously suspected a traitor despite many of their maneuvers becoming compromised, and Kin'emon beheaded it, only for Kanjuro to reveal that his real body was on the coast and that he had captured Momonosuke to bring him to Onigashima. As this was happening, the Scabbards' boat was confronted by three Beasts Pirates ships, but the ships were suddenly attacked by the Straw Hats, Heart Pirates, and Kid Pirates, leaving Kanjuro surprised as he had not heard that they were going to do this.[2]

Major Battles

Merchandise

Video Games

Playable Appearances

Support Appearances

Trivia

Volume Change 725a
Kanjuro's silhouette in the Weekly Shonen Jump release of Chapter 725
Volume Change 725b
The revised silhouette from Volume 73
  • In Kanjuro's first flashback appearance, he appeared to have his hair back in a pony tail. However, in the volume release of the chapter, Oda made a change to Kanjuro's shadowed appearance. In the revised chapter he seemed to have some type of helmet or hat on his head.[75] It could also possibly be a tengai or reed hood worn by komusō.
    • When Kanjuro was seen for the first time, he resembled neither of these silhouettes.
    • The first silhouette is eventually revealed to be closer to that of Kin'emon's ally Denjiro.
  • The three drawings Kanjuro created to climb Zunesha each had the end part of their name match one of the Wano Country characters. Ryunosuke with Momonosuke, Nekozaemon with Kin'emon and Torasaburo with Kanjuro himself.
  • The voice actor for Kanjuro's climbing dragon, Ryunosuke, is credited as Ryunosuke Yamaguchi (山口竜之介, Yamaguchi Ryūnosuke?),[76] which is the name of Yamaguchi Kappei (Usopp's voice actor)'s son.
  • Kanjuro's Devil Fruit is similar to the Bijo Bijo no Mi as both grant the ability to animate images.
  • Kanjuro's ability to create poor tasting food is similar to the power of the Kuku Kuku no Mi.
  • Kanjuro is similar to Charlotte Pudding, in that they are both talented actors who convinced the main heroes that they were on their side, but are actually spies who provided information on the heroes' activities to their masters, whom they are related to (Kurozumi Orochi and Charlotte Linlin).
    • Interestingly, their allegiances switched oppositely, as Pudding was introduced as a villain first, but then turned into an ally of the Straw Hat Pirates and Kanjuro was introduced as an ally of the Straw Hat Pirates but later turned into a villain.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 70 Chapter 700 (p. 10-11) and Episode 629, Kin'emon talks about his comrade being prisoner on Dressrosa.
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  25. One Piece Manga — Vol. 96 Chapter 969.
  26. One Piece Manga — Vol. 96 Chapter 970.
  27. One Piece Manga — Vol. 96 Chapter 971 (p. 7-12), Oden's execution begins.
  28. One Piece Manga — Vol. 96 Chapter 972, Oden's execution reaches its climax.
  29. One Piece Manga — Vol. 96 Chapter 973.
  30. One Piece Manga — Vol. 91 Chapter 920.
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  39. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 78 Chapter 778 and Episodes 718719.
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  46. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 797 (p. 3-4, 17) and Episodes 741742.
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  48. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 799 and Episodes 743744.
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  50. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 80 Chapter 801 and Episode 746.
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  58. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 82 Chapter 819 and Episode 771.
  59. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 82 Chapter 820 and Episodes 772773.
  60. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 82 Chapter 821 and Episodes 773774.
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  76. One Piece Anime — Episodes 752753, Ryunosuke appears in the anime, voiced by Ryunosuke Yamaguchi.

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