 |
This Article Contains Spoilers -
WARNING: This article contains major spoilers. If you do not wish to know vital information on plot / character elements in a story, you may not wish to read beyond this warning: We hold no responsibility for any negative effects these facts may have on your enjoyment of said media should you continue. That is all. |
| “ | Kin! Let's clear it all up... By acknowledging that I was the traitor. | „ |
| ~ Kanjuro revealing that he is the traitor to Kin'emon and the Scabbards |
| “ | Now, my most esteemed audience... I present to you my final performance! The Kurozumi Clan suicide rapid finale! Kazenbo!! | „ |
| ~ Kanjuro after creating Kazenbo, right before his human form dies. |
Kurozumi Kanjuro is a major antagonist in the One Piece franchise. He was a samurai of Wano who acted as a undercover of The Nine Red Scabbards , who were the retainers of Kozuki Oden. Kanjuro is, in fact, a member of the Kurozumi Family and has been serving as a spy for Shogun Orochi since the beginning. He later died during the Raid on Onigashima, but not before he transferred his soul into his last creation, Kazenbo.
He was voiced by Takumi Yamazaki in the Japanese version (Who also voiced Ungalo), and by Ben Bryant in the English dubbed version.
Personality[]
| “ | 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 after betraying the Scabbards. |
Kanjuro reveals himself as the traitor and his gaze turns scary
Like Orochi, the persecution of his family had made Kanjuro a twisted man with a similarly demented disposition, however, he lacked the perverse sense of revenge against the people of Wano that Orochi enforced under his rule, and instead is apathetic. Instead, Orochi describes Kanjuro as "having no heart" and indeed similar to the Vinsmoke Brothers (who were also described in a similar manner), Kanjuro lacks empathy and sympathy. His only shred of decency was his genuine love for his parents, who he sought to avenge.
Befitting his appearance resembling traditional Japanese Kabuki performers and his own upbringing within a theater Kanjuro was a brilliant actor whose dedication was unmatched by even CP9's extensive undercover work in Water 7. Playing the role of a dedicated servant to Kozuki Oden while secretly passing off and sending information to Orochi for years without raising suspicion. Oden scoffed at the notion of there being a traitor among his retainers and even after the Samurai were left with no other choice but to realize that they had a mole none suspected Kanjuro until he himself revealed it. Having been raised in theatre, Kanjuro is very dedicated to playing his role to the utmost perfection and was willing to die as a Kozuki Clan retainer alongside Oden and the other Scabbards, and in fact, had longed for a place to die since he was very young.
When the Scabbards were on their way to Onigashima to confront Kaido, Kanjuro revealed himself to them in a dramatic manner. He admitted that he did not mean any harm but wanted to act out his role. While revealing himself as the traitor, Kanjuro was unapologetic and happy to see the baffled looks on their faces. Although he himself claimed that he never hated any of them, he was clearly proud of his role. In a hypocritical fashion, he promised to kill Hiyori upon learning of her survival and beat Momonosuke while justifying it because he cut him.
However with Kanjuro's pride in his acting also comes great rage when he found that things did not go as intended such as when Luffy, Kid, and Law appeared at Port Tokage to aid the Scabbards, and when Denjiro revealed that they had been misled by the luck of Kin'emon failing to notice an alternate way to interpret Yasuie's instructions on the secret code card.
Even when close to death, Kanjuro's dedication to his family urged him to complete their revenge. Thus, after being ordered by Orochi to finish what he started, he created one final drawing called Kazenbo, which symbolized the burning hatred of the Kurozumi Clan, he transferred his soul into it to fulfill his mission. Upon which, he became a near-mindless entity that burned everything it touched in effort to reach Onigashima's basement full of explosives so he could destroy the island along with everyone on it.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Parents: He loved his parents and was horrified to watch them be killed. He wanted to avenge the unfair persecution they endured and joined Orochi to do so.
Kurozumi Orochi: Kanjuro is Orochi's most trusted spy. They first met after Orochi killed the people who had assassinated Kanjuro's parents, Orochi and two other members of the family told him that they were related and that Orochi killed the assassins of Kanjuro's parents. He offered him the chance to take revenge on Wano for their unfair suffering. He gave Kanjuro his devil fruit and entrusted Kanjuro to the Kozuki family as a spy to ensure of that Orochi's path to power was assured. Wanting to avenge his parents and look for a place to die, Kanjuro agreed and always helped Orochi by doubling the amount of money Oden gave Orochi. In turn, Orochi expressed fascination in Kanjuro's acting skills and how far he is willing to go to pretend to be a loyal member of the Nine Red Scabbards. Orochi views Kanjuro as a capable spy and entrusts him to carry out his mission. When Kanjuro reported his return after time traveling, Orochi immediately believed it and tried to stop the Nine Red Scabbards from leaving Wano. After the supposed success of the plan to stop the Fire Festival, Orochi had Kanjuro drop his role and deliver Momonosuke, something he did without hesitation. Orochi was happy to see Kanjuro after twenty years, as the latter bowed to him in respect but was dismayed to hear from him that their plan to stop the rebels failed. Orochi ordered Kanjuro to destroy Onigashima. However, he failed due to Big Mom. When he arrived to Orochi while pin downed with rubble due to the seastone nail, Orochi ordered Kanjuro to kill Hiyori. Unfortunately for him, Kanjuro's drawing attacked Orochi instead.
Enemies[]
Nine Red Scabbards: Kanjuro has been a retainer of the Kozuki family for no less than 21 years of his life meeting Oden at age 14 and not exposing himself until he was 34, factoring in being sent 20 years into the future and Kanjuro's deception is over 30 years old for those who did not travel into the future; Denjiro, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu and Ashura Doji. Prior to his true allegiance was revealed, Kin'emon showed great care towards his comrade and wanted to save him in Dressrosa and the reason that he had been captured was that he had sacrificed himself so that Kin'emon could go after and rescue Monomosuke. The others saw him as a good ally, while they suspected a spy but never it could be him.
Once he revealed his actions and true allegiance, they were all horrified and angered by his actions, with Kin'emon attempting to kill him in retaliation but failed. They were also disgusted that he withheld his true artistic talents from them.
However, the fact that Kanjuro failed to pick up that Kin'emon had simply gotten lucky and misread the instructions when the other Nine Red Scabbards could (similarly to how Blackbeard couldn't place Luffy as being Ace's brother while the commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates could) shows his own ignorance about the people that he'd spent years of his life with. He did not expect for Denjiro to reappear with reinforcements before he briefly fought and mocked Kawamatsu by taking Monomosuke. Later on, he confronted them outside the castle where he once more mocked them before he fought and lost against Kikunojo. Despite his betrayal, they were all devastated by his defeat with Kin'emon even showing his respects by leaving his hat on Kanjuro. Ultimately, he did not return the same sentiment, as he sent a clone of Oden to attack them and his actions resulted in Ashura Doji being killed in an explosion and Kiku being stabbed using fake Oden. Finally having enough, Kin'emon cut him down and Kanjuro remarked that it was fitting that his closest friend "on stage" be the one to end him.
Kozuki Family: Prior to his betrayal, Kanjuro acted as a loyal retainer to the family. According to himself, he had no hate of Oden and enjoyed the good times he spent with them. However, when told to drop his act, he had no problems with kidnapping Oden's son, Momonosuke, and would go onto mock and belittle the boy for his inability to lead and for amounting to nothing but a hostage for Orochi and Kaido. He also stated his intentions of killing the still living Hiyori to Kawamatsu, mocked the late Oden and Toki, and beat Monomosuke for attacking him, all hypocritical acts to not wanting to harm them.
Straw Hat and Heart Pirates: Kanjuro deems the Straw Hats and Heart alliance as a threat. Prior to being revealed a spy, they helped in saving him and he was on good terms with them. After his role as a spy ended, he reported to Orochi about everything they have done in Wano even trying to have Orochi destroy Thousand Sunny and the bridge to ensure they will not get to Onigashima. He was also sure they would fail with Law imprisoned. However to his shock, he failed as he did not count on the attack of the Thousand Sunny being ineffective (due to being created by Adam Tree) and all people already made it out of the bridge, due to the misdirection by Kin'emon as well as Denjiro's manipulation. The alliance is also interested in taking down Orochi along with Kaido.
Abilities and Powers[]
As a Samurai retainer of Kozuki Oden and a member of the renowned Nine Red Scabbards, Kanjuro is a strong samurai who is treated as a legend in Wano. The Shogun of Wano, Orochi who has the backing of Kaido, takes the Nine Red Scabbards and their continued existence as the most potent threats to his rule when he previously dismissed CP0 as nothing to his governance with Kaido's backing.
While Kinemon initially implied that Kawamatsu, Ashura Doji, and Denjiro were stronger than the other scabbards, Kanjuro was shown to be capable of clashing and repelling Kawamatsu using his oversized brush against Kawamatsu's sword. This moment indicates that he was hiding the full extent of his abilities all this time, as the uses of his Devil Fruit and physical abilities and tactics were far above what Kanjuro ever showed as a Scabbard.
Apparently he had very poor drawing skills being of very little help, but in reality, he had great drawing skills, creating a clone of himself at the time of announcing his betrayal and making a successful bird drawing. His years of pretending to be terrible didn't tarnish his skill and he was still capable of creating excellent drawings, to the ire of his former comrades who only got the deplorable works.
External Links[]
- Kurozumi Kanjuro on the One Piece Wiki
[]
 Villains
| ||
|
World Government Celestial Dragons Holy Knights Cipher Pol Marines Pacifista Impel Down Staff Four Emperors & Crews Big Mom Pirates Beast Pirates Cross Guild Seven Warlords of the Sea & Crews Thriller Bark Pirates Donquixote Pirates Others Other Pirate Crews Kid Pirates Alvida Pirates Black Cat Pirates Krieg Pirates Arlong Pirates Bellamy Pirates Foxy Pirates Macro Pirates Caribou Pirates New Fishman Pirates Flying Pirates Golden Lion Pirates Bluejam Pirates Fake Straw Hat Pirates Other Groups God's Army Franky Family Sea Kings Germa 66/Vinsmoke Family Kurozumi Family Others Non-Canoncial Neo-Marines Others | ||