Of all the people here, that guy is the most troublesome. He's trained his observation hockey so much that apparently he can see into the future, a monster with a 1 billion plus bounty. The second son of the Charlotte family, Kata Kuri. Hello and welcome to the Grandline Review your source for everything one piece. Today we are going to be taking a look at a character I've wanted to discuss for an awfully long time now, the sweet commander of Muchi himself, Charlotte Kata Kuri. Charlotte Kata Kuri is an absurdly tall muscular man sporting spiky crimson here, a strong sense of biker style fashion and a general aura of extreme seriousness on 99% of all occasions. Also quite notably Kata Kuri chooses to wear a very ragged scarf which serves to cover his mouth and to discover exactly why that is we need to delve deep into his past. Kata Kuri was born into the Charlotte family, spawning directly from the Yonko Big Mom as part of a set of triplets, including Charlotte, Difuku and Charlotte Oven. Although it should be noted that Kata Kuri is the oldest of the triplets, and thus he is considered the second son of the Charlotte family. As a child, Kata Kuri had a habit of eating incredibly quickly which resulted in the expansion of his mouth, and the subsequent ostracization from most people of common society who teased him by saying that he looks like a pelican eel, which I mean he does, but that's not the point. This treatment from society as a whole molded Kata Kuri into a cold and strong individual, capable of beating up anybody who dared bully him. Despite this public demeanor, Kata Kuri still greatly cared for his family though. The closest members of which didn't even care whatsoever about his mouth. However, it would be this compassion towards his family that would trigger the transformation into the man we encounter in Holkake Island. As one day his younger sister Brule had her face cut by a pack of bullies that Kata Kuri had beaten up. Enraged, Kata Kuri immediately took revenge on them and vowed to become a ruthless person, capable of commanding enough fear to protect his family. And he did just that as Kata Kuri would rise to the role of sweet commander within the Big Mom Pirates, and earn himself an astounding bounty of 1 billion and 57 million berries. But he became so much more than that. As Kata Kuri would also come to a adopt a perfect image of a fighter who has never once lost a battle and furthermore has never even had his back touch the ground. This legend grew so much so that an interfamily fan club was even established in his honour by younger sister Charlotte Flampay. However, Kata Kuri's first proper appearance in the series would occur on the day of Sange and putting sweating. When he was just casually chilling on the roof of Holkake Shatto as a man named Jigra attempted to enter the ceremony without submitting to a body check. And it would be here that Kata Kuri revealed an astounding ability to peer into the future. This skill is an evolution of observation Haki. And through its use, Kata Kuri was able to thwart an assassination attempt by Jigra. This future site like all applications of observation Haki does require a certain level of concentration and calmness to invoke. And should Kata Kuri be in any form of highly emotional state, then he will generally be unable to access it. In addition to this Kata Kuri is also a highly advanced user of Armament Haki and he is one of the rare individuals in the world known to possess conquerors Haki. So he has a full set of Haki at his disposal. With all of this in mind, Kata Kuri was able to vaguely predict the crashing of the wedding by a certain monkey D-Luffy, however he was still unable to prevent it. As well as the following series of events that led to the destruction of Holkake Shatto. Kata Kuri then took it upon himself to pursue the straw hats in an attempt to quell Big Mom's rage, as well as an act justice to the chaos they had caused his family. This would culminate in a direct conflict with the straw hat captain, who managed to successfully force Kata Kuri into his younger sister Brulee's mirror world in order to allow the rest of the crew to escape. And as the two began a one-on-one fight, Kata Kuri would begin to fully display quite an intriguing devil fruit. Kata Kuri ate the mochi mochi no me a special paramecia that allows its user to conjure manipulate and even become mochi. And first glance this devil fruit rather suspiciously mimics certain properties of logia fruits and provides an illusion of intangibility when Kata Kuri is being subject to various attacks. However this phenomenon actually occurs as a result of Kata Kuri's highly advanced observation hockey, allowing him to more select portions of his mochi body in such a way that it effectively dodges incoming attacks. Another thing the mochi mochi no me mimics just so happens to be the properties of the gummogomonomii. Due to Kata Kuri being able to expand and retract mochi in a very similar manner to that of rubber, he is able to imitate a fair bit of Lufus arsenal, including devastating attacks such as the elephant gun. There is one big difference though and that is that Kata Kuri superior physical abilities make these replicated techniques significantly more effective than Lufus original attacks. And with this in mind, Kata Kuri began the battle looking down on Lufus as a far inferior version of himself, and he proceeded to dominate the large majority of the fight. And while Kata Kuri did trump Lufus in almost every conceivable area of combat, he didn't neglect Lufus sheer determination. At one stage convinced that he had finished his opponent off only then to have his snack time interrupted by the pirate captain. Speaking of, as any child of Big Mom should, Kata Kuri has an incredible fondness for sweets, and has gone so far as to schedule private daily snack breaks. To Kata Kuri, these are moments of heavenly solitude where he is able to remove his scarf and eat like the gluttonous slub he is, which is another area in which he mirrors Lufu by the way. However, Kata Kuri goes to great lengths to ensure that nobody knows about his mouth or his lust for sweet things. Delicious forbidden immoral donuts in particular. And after being exposed by Lufu, he went so far as to kill all of the nearby chefs who bore witness to it. Following this, Kata Kuri went on to take several hits from Lufu, a stunning achievement on Lufus part, although the tide of battle remained firmly in Kata Kuri's favour. But despite being beaten over and over again, Lufu continued to get up. Eventually developing a crude sense of Kata Kuri's future site, and little by little, Kata Kuri began to respect his opponent, and despite his initial desire of wanting to defeat Lufu as quickly as possible, Kata Kuri resolved to fight him honorably. And it was at this stage that the president of the Kata Kuri club, Charlotte Flampe, interfered with the battle causing Lufu to suffer a serious wound. From here, Kata Kuri's supreme sense of honor led him to stab himself and create the same wound that had been inflicted upon Lufu, as well as removing his scarf and declaring to Lufu that he no longer thought of him as below his level. And gravely wounded, the two of them fought with Lufu eventually innovating Snake Man and engaging in one final clash. Kata Kuri thoroughly impressed and enamored by his opponent, then queried to Lufu if he would return to defeat Big Mom one day. And upon hearing his affirmative answer, Kata Kuri collapsed in defeat. Very notably, Kata Kuri chose to fall on his back, going against every principle of the legend that had developed around him, a legend that he himself had gone to great lengths to produce. Furthermore, his mouth was on full display, a factor noted by his sister Brulee when she came to tend to his wounds. And when Kata Kuri was informed that Lufu had escaped Totland, he couldn't help but smile. Some more fun facts about Charlotte Kata Kuri. In the anime, Kata Kuri is introduced much earlier than his initial appearance in the manga. As he was seen entering whole cake shadow the day before the wedding, clad in a dark cloak so as not to prematurely reveal his design. In addition to being a sweet commander of the Big Mom Pirates, Kata Kuri also serves as the Minister of Flower on Totland and specifically governs Komagi Island. In the original manga released in Weekly Show and Jump, Kata Kuri was said to be a Logia user. However, this was later retconned for the volume release in favor of labeling him as a special paramicia. Furthermore, Kata Kuri is one of the rare individuals in the series who have awakened his devil for its abilities, which allow him to turn the environment around him into mochi. And finally, a truly useless fact. While Kata Kuri's bounty of 1 billion and 57 million berries may seem a bit random, the number 57 may have been purposely chosen to indicate his superiority in relation to Lufu, whose common number is 56, which can be read as gumu. But that pretty much does it for Charlotte Kata Kuri. 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