Sanji

**Sanji** is the cook of the Straw Hat Pirates and the fifth member of the crew, since the end of the Baratie Arc. His dream is to find the rumored chef's paradise, the All Blue, which is where the East Blue, West Blue, North Blue, and South Blue should meet, along with their wildlife.

He is one of the two tritagonists of Season 1 of One Piece (along with Usopp).

## Appearance

### Season 1

Sanji is a white athletic, muscular, long-legged man with blond hair which he keeps brushed over the left side of his face. He always wears an impeccable tailored black suit, whatever the weather may be. He's always clean and looks good, reajusting his suit when a fight is finished. He takes great care of his appearance. He wears rings.

## Personality

Sanji is kind, polite, acts cool, flirtous towards women and charming usually, acting like a gentleman, but can quickly act like a brat, quick-tempered and be rude when something goes sideways, as when people fight in the Baratie or someone threatens a woman. He's also constantly fighting with Zeff about the Baratie, cooking and his dream. He has pride in his cooking and dislikes playing the waiter to the point where he introduces the restaurant badly to the Strawhats, taining its reputation.

But Sanji is actually extremely kind and will offer anyone who's hungry a perfect meal. He loves to cook and be creative with it. He feels guilty and indebted to Zeff because the latter gave up his leg -and therefore the possibility of being a pirate- to save him, to the point where he gave up his dream of finding the All Blue to stay by Zeff's side. He has this tendency of putting himself last. He's also dedicated, exigeant with himself and hard-working.

## History

### Past

**Nine years ago**, as a kid, Sanji worked on the Orbit's ship an an apprentice cook and waiter. He would already make good and creative dishes that the adults cooks would mock, stating he would never serve those. Sanji would say he woul when he'd found the All Blue, and the other told him it was only a legend.

But the pirate Red Leg Zeff and his crew attacked the ship. Sanji stayed hidden in the kitchen while the other cooks fled. When Zeff stumbled in there with his boots stained with blood and tasted the velouté Sanji made before adding oregano to it, he came out and threatened the pirate with a kitchen knife. Zeff was unimpressed until Sanji told him it was his velouté. Sanji then insulted the pirate while Zeff threatened to kill him, until the kid loudly proned he wouldn't die there because he had to find the All Blue. However, both ships were caught in a sudden storm, and sank.

Zeff and Sanji were the only survivors of the shipwreck, and landed on a large rock overhanging the sea with only a few bags. There was no shelter, no way to fish, and nothing to eat on the rock. Zeff left a small bag of provisions to Sanji, commanding him to go on the other side of the rock and only come back if he sees a ship. The pirate kept a larger bag. Sanji started to yell at him for having more provisions but Zeff told him it was because he was three time his size. The kid got to the other side on the rock and waited.

On the second day, Sanji opened his bag and started to ration his food, only eating a small part. On day 3, the sun has started to burn his skin. He could only drink a small quantity of water that trapped itself in the rocks. On the 25th day, it rained a lot and he had trouble finding shelter. However, he saw a ship and started yelling and waving at them the loudest he could. The ship did not see him and kept his trajectory. On the 30th day, Sanji started to eat moldy bread as it was the last food he had. On the 50th day, he had nothing left and was lying in the sun, his skin burned.

On the 70th day, the hunger was too strong, his stomach aching, and went to Zeff to see if he had any food left, ready to kill him if necessary. He found the large bag of provisions still untouched and immediatly cut it open, but finding only jewels and objects, and no food at all. Sanji then yelled at Zeff to know where the food was, getting closer to him, and found out he had only one leg left. Seeing the sharp rock in front of Zeff and blood everywhere, he realised Zeff cut his own leg and ate it. When Sanji asked him why he gave him all the food and ate his own leg while he was only a stranger, Zeff answered that they had both the same dream of finding the All Blue. And seeing that he would probably meet his end, he hoped that Sanji would find it someday, reassuring him that the legendary sea exists. And asked him to stay alive for the both of them.

On the 85th day, Zeff and Sanji were finally rescued. At some point, they opened the restaurant Baratie in the East Blue, with Zeff as Head Chef and Sanji as Sous-Chef eventually.

### Present day

#### At the Baratie

When the Strawhats arrive at the Baratie, Sanji is discarded from the kitchen by Zeff after he makes a creative and pretty plate for a lady.

## Manga Differences

* In the manga, he's a pervert toward women, with the classic nosebleed "gag" when he sees a woman he likes and a lot of simping and pervert daydreaming. The LA changed this aspect for a softer flirtous side.
* Sanji has curly eyebrows in the manga and his hair covers completly a side of his face, never revealing it no matter his position.
* In the manga, Sanji completly crushes Fullbody when he wastes food. He never tolerate wasting food and looses his temper whenever it happens. The LA toned down a bit this aspect, having him only defeating Fullbody and the pirate with quick moves.
* During the Baratie Arc, the Krieg armada comes to the restaurant and Luffy fights them, Sanji helping, which is one of the major reason Sanji accepted to join the crew. Also, Sanji watches Zoro versus Mihawk and yells at him to abandon and stay alive instead of facing death, but Zoro refuses to let go of his dream, which is another major reason Sanji finally leaves the Baratie to pursue his own dream.