Sanji

ℹ️️**Notice**This character is a **crossover character** and is therefore **not canon to Glad you Came**

**"Black Leg" Sanji**, born as **Vinsmoke Sanji**, is the cook of the Straw Hat Pirates and one of the Senior Officers of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. He is the fifth member of the crew and the fourth to join, doing so at the end of the Baratie Arc.

## Statistics

### Alias:

"Mr. Prince" (Mr. プリンス, Misutā Purinsu?)"San-gorou" (サン五郎, Sangorō?, English versions: Sangoro)"Osoba-mask" (おそばマスク, O-Soba Masuku?, English versions: "Soba Mask")

### English VA:

Eric Vale;Christine Auten (young)

Born as the third son and fourth child of the Vinsmoke Family (thus, making him a former prince of the Germa Kingdom), he disowned his family twice, once in his youth and again after reuniting with them as an adult. After fleeing the Vinsmokes as a child, he eventually entered the care of Zeff as the sous chef of the Baratie, where he would remain until he met Monkey D. Luffy, who convinced him to join his crew.

His dream is to find the rumored chef's paradise, All Blue, which is where East Blue, West Blue, North Blue, and South Blue meet, along with their wildlife. He is one of the top three fighters of the Straw Hats, alongside Luffy and Zoro, who are referred to as the "Monster Trio".

He first gained a bounty of 77,000,000 for his role in the raid on Enies Lobby. It increased to 177,000,000 after the Dressrosa Arc, but the condition of his bounty was changed to Only Alive due to his biological father's interference. After he escaped from Big Mom's territory, his bounty condition was reverted back to Dead or Alive, and its value increased to 330,000,000. Following the Raid on Onigashima, his bounty was increased to 1,032,000,000. Despite renouncing his surname Vinsmoke, the World Government labels it as part of his name on his wanted poster.

## Overview

One of Sanji's most easily noticeable characteristics is the kind, calm, cool, and collected manner in which he carries himself. He tends to speak in a very composed manner, even in dire situations, and rarely acts without thinking. His demeanor in a lot of ways can be compared to that of a secret agent. This is amplified by the fact that he tends to wear a suit, very often enjoys a smoke, and in the anime, they tend to play smooth music with jazzy undertones when he speaks. He quite often makes comedic exceptions to this, such as when in the presence of beautiful women, or when angered by a crew member.

Like Zoro, he is more perceptive than he seems, and often tells people what they need to hear instead of what they want. Hence, he is seen as one of the more hardened members of the crew. For example, when the Straw Hats first meet Laboon and learn that the whale had been waiting for 50 years for a reunion with his crew, it is Sanji who immediately (and correctly) points out that Laboon's crew is most likely dead. Sanji does possess an optimistic and idealistic side. His dream is to find a sea that even other cooks consider mythical. Furthermore, even after the abuse, he experienced from his family as a child, he held out hope that they may have changed for the better. However, this hope proves to be completely futile, but he was angrier than surprised at the revelation, showing that he maintains a healthy sense of skepticism even at his most hopeful. Sanji also showed a high degree of faith in his fiancée, Charlotte Pudding, and was horrified and downcast when he discovered her true motive.

Like Franky (and unlike Zoro), Sanji is not afraid to show his emotions when the moment calls for it and is entirely capable of crying or losing his temper, which results in Sanji's short fuse and subsequent beatings of most villains (and Luffy). In fact, a running gag has appeared since Sanji's fight with Jabra, during which he stated that when he gets angry, he "heats up". After this fight, when Sanji gets particularly angry at a villain, he appears to burst into flames. This occurs with both Absalom and Duval, though the latter example appears only in the anime. It is also seen when Luffy states nonchalantly that he is friends with Boa Hancock, considered to be the most beautiful woman, when she appears to prevent a Marine ship from sinking the Thousand Sunny.

Despite his hardened outlook on life, Sanji does not object to acting foolishly on certain occasions, like dancing with the more immature members of the crew (Luffy, Usopp, Chopper and Brook), or acting childishly excited in certain situations (like when they first visited Skypiea) and he was also the crewmember who enjoyed going to Fish-Man Island the most as he was seen partying with mermaids. He is also one of those who believes that afros give power.

Sanji seems to enjoy relaxing with a cup of tea (his favorite drink) as seen when he entered Mr. 3's wax house and helped himself to Miss Golden Week's tea set. This habit came up again in Enies Lobby when Kalifa distracted Sanji by offering him tea; in another instance, Sanji angrily refused Bege when he was offered something to drink while trapped inside of Bege's body.

Since at a young age, Sanji has a habit of saying "shit" or "shitty" when describing something. While the Japanese word for feces, "kuso", is not specifically an expletive, Sanji's manner of speech makes the term sound brash. For example, he might call a person he especially does not like a "shitty bastard" or something along those lines (such as his personal nickname for Zeff, "shitty geezer"), but he also described something pleasant to him, like being alone with Nami, as "shitty fantastic" and "the shitty best". In the Funimation dub, this habit is downplayed to swearing that is less offensive.

He has a habit of separating himself from everyone else and subsequently helping the crew and other allies survive, such as times like:

* When Luffy, Usopp, and Karoo were fighting Mr. 3, Miss Goldenweek, Mr.5, and Miss Valentine, Sanji got back to Going Merry and found Mr. 3's hide-out instead, fooling Crocodile to think he was Mr. 3.
* When Mr. 2 Bon Kurei came on board the Going Merry, Sanji was not present, making him the only member left of the Straw Hat Pirates whose identity was not known to Crocodile.
* When he and Usopp were going to save Nami from Enel, he took a detour first to destroy the inside of Enel's Ark.
* In Water 7, he left the group after finding Nico Robin and was not seen until the Puffing Tom's departure.
* When everyone else was fighting the two hundred captains at Enies Lobby, he went to close the Gates of Justice instead.
* In Punk Hazard, he left the group of Straw Hat Pirates in order to save Tashigi from Vergo.
* At Zou, Sanji left the crew to save them from the Fire Tank Pirates and to confront his family.
* During the raid on Onigashima, Sanji separated himself from Nami, Carrot, and Shinobu to search for prostitutes, but he later saved Kozuki Momonosuke by using his Raid Suit.

He does admit that he is not perfect. He convinced Usopp to let him fight Jabra, because of their differences in abilities. He admitted that he was stronger than Usopp in terms of physical strength, that they both had things they could not do and things they could do and because of that, they can help each other. This inspired Usopp to realize he was the only one who could save Robin by the use of marksmanship.

### Intelligence

Sanji is also able to think one step ahead in most situations, making him extremely clever compared to his other crewmates. The first example is when dealing with Baroque Works he fooled Crocodile into thinking he was Mr. 3 and lying that he killed the Straw Hats which allowed the crew to be unhindered by the criminal organization until they reached Arabasta. Later on, when the rest of the crew was captured by the Warlord, Sanji (with the help of Chopper) outwitted him using a Den Den Mushi. This was very impressive as Crocodile was known for his scheming nature. Another example is when Nico Robin was captured by the CP9, he somehow knew (or was able to deduce) that the CP9 were going to take Robin to the station. He was seen at the station hiding before the CP9 even got there. When these events go as he planned, he has a habit of saying 'Bingo!'.

### Amorous Nature

He is extremely amorous, constantly flirting with any attractive woman he sees, earning him the nickname "*ero*-cook" made by Zoro. Even as a child, while working in Baratie, Sanji would become love-struck with attractive female customers and end up making mistakes in the process much to Zeff's irritation. Since, and a while after, this romantic nature is a hassle for the rest of the crew in times of crisis. Returning to Sabaody Archipelago after his two years on Momoiro Island, Sanji became even more perverted due to not having seen a woman in two years, making lewd faces when he so much as thought of beautiful women (primarily his crewmates, Nami and Robin) and acted strangely when he got close to 'real' women, causing others to question about his health. He also gotten attraction of Kaidou's daughter, Yamato, and doesn't mind of letting her to join the Straw Hat Pirates.

He's also known to show jealousy towards others when their luck with women appears better than his, with an example of this being his reaction upon learning that Luffy spent his two years during the time skip on Amazon Lily and being very close to both Boa Hancock and the mermaid Shirahoshi, as well as his reaction to Momonosuke continuously being allowed to go places like the women's room that Sanji himself would be prohibited. He is also amorous toward females of different humanoid species such as mermaids, giants and minks. He holds a jealousy for Zoro for saving Kozuki Hiyori and getting her attention after Kaidou's defeat.

Sanji considers himself handsome and charming, often comparing himself to a fairytale prince (fitting since he is actually a prince). Though this trait has not been explicitely noted by others (similar to most of the male characters), there are times where ladies are interested in the cook, like after rescuing Cocoyasi Village from the Arlong Pirates a whole group of women gathered around him (anime), the female bounty hunters at Whisky Peak and the female members of the Foxy Pirates also took an interest in him (but both of these times they were merely fooling him, making him drop his guard) and more recently, the mermaids of Fish-Man Island were very captivated with the cook and played with him in the water causing Sanji to cry with happiness. At other times when Sanji is full of himself, he tends to be brought sharply back to earth by the people around him (such as being called the "Prince of Dumb-ass Kingdom" by Zoro, prompting Sanji to attack him).

Despite his perverted nature, Sanji has some degree of self-control, stemming from his loyalty to his crew, as is shown by the fact that in spite of being attracted to Pudding, he sternly refused to marry her and thereby decided to let her down gently. Though he is capable of self-control, Sanji can still allow his extreme lust to control him as in spite of his knowing about Pudding's malicious nature as well as her intention to murder him, Sanji still found himself deeply captivated by Pudding's beauty and seductive words and physically struggled with himself. However, when the moment called for it, he was stoic when Pudding tried several times to assassinate him, disregarding her feeble taunts and suggested to her that she was lying to herself.

Sanji is conscious of his romantic nature but feels no shame throwing himself at beautiful women. When forced to agree with the marriage with Pudding for the sake of his loved ones, he told himself to act like his old romantic side "love cook" despite feeling the grief of being separated from his friends and the danger they were in.

During his time on Momoiro Island, Sanji showed his resentment to putting on a dress and losing his manhood. He bluntly declared to Ivankov that he is a man among men who was born to love the ladies and not to be friends with them. To this end, Sanji resisted becoming an okama for two long years.

Sanji will often get so caught up in what he calls a "*hurricane of love*" that he becomes downright delusional. He often imagines himself bursting in on a horse to save Nami or Robin. At Water 7, he went overboard by not only leaving Nami a confidential letter but defeating its purpose by writing Nami a very obvious message for her and only her at the Blue Station when he went off to sneak onto the Puffing Tom, which said that whoever else read it were all idiots, managing to annoy Nami once she spotted it.

Whenever he prepares a meal or a drink for his female crewmates, he dislikes it when his male crewmates start griping for not receiving any other food from him and then bickers at them to make their own food or tells them they were undeserving. If they try to sneak food, he is also quick to punish them, especially Luffy, with whom he has gone to great lengths to protect the fridge from being raided on the ship.

At Wano Country, Sanji was given the task of using his cooking to gather Kin'emon's allies, but he instead used his cooking solely to attract women, managing to irritate Nami when she saw this. Later on, he was more interested in hearing Robin's opinions about the taste of his soba noodles and snarling at Franky when he was making a suggestion on how to attract samurai. During the raid on Onigashima, Sanji immediately shifted his focus to finding prostitutes after coming across a brothel. However, Sanji became focused on the raid again to save Momonosuke from execution and to prevent Luffy from wasting his strength on needless fights.

As an inveterate womanizer he refused to offer submission for Black Maria screaming that he will love all women.

### Combat Attitude

Sanji's attitude towards fights is an interesting matter. Unlike Zoro, he does not go looking for fights and his many brawls at the Baratie can be attributed to certain customers (e.g., Fullbody) aggravating him. Unlike Zoro who fights for the sake of getting stronger, Sanji ususally engages in fight to rescue or help people in trouble (such as Jabura, Absalom, Vergo, Page One, Queen, etc.) When other people are at risk, he will not hesitate to back down, as shown during his fight with Judge, when he gave up fighting after realizing his father intended to usehis soldiers as human shield. At other times, Sanji will try to avoid unnecessary confrontations, like onboard the Puffing Tom where Sanji tried to simply move past the government agents or detach their train carts instead of fighting them. On the other hand, Sanji is shown multiple times to enjoy fighting like when he kicked a piece of a building at Oars, Sanji grinned in a similar manner to Zoro. Sanji also refused to back down when he was challenged during the Davy Back Fight, and in Arlong Park, he chided Luffy for bursting into Arlong Park so quickly. After defeating Bon Clay in Arabasta, the former assumed Sanji would kill him, but Sanji just thanked him saying it was a "good fight". Sanji is sometimes too confident in his skills, leading him to underestimate his opponents (as noted by Zoro in Jaya). This happened with Wanze when Sanji got his legs trapped in Wanze's Ramen Armour and later underestimated Vergo, leading to the Vice Admiral fracturing Sanji's shin bone.

### Chivalry

Because of the chivalrous lectures he received from Zeff, Sanji has sworn to never let women be insulted or injured while he can still stand, regardless of how attractive (or unattractive) they are, even in life-or-death situations. When he found Cosette brutally beaten to the point of unconsciousness, Sanji became absolutely furious and broke Niji's jaw when he saw him again despite the threats and warnings his family issued towards him; only when Ichiji reminded him did Sanji stop the assault. However, he is not quite above insulting some women himself if they prove to be evil or hurt his crew in anyway, like when he called Dr. Kureha "old hag" after she beat Luffy around and he called Kalifa "Witch" after being distracted by her and her tea when he needed to rescue Robin. He was also rude to his older sister Reiju but this was due to being forced back into the family and his arranged marriage as he actually bears no true hatred toward her specifically.
This is still often problematic in his fighting as he cannot attack female opponents as he would rather die than hurt them (though that does not mean he will not resort to blocking their attacks, and even pointed a gun at Nico Robin when her status as a Baroque Works Officer was revealed). He even went out of his way when he sensed Tashigi crying, simply to protect her from Vergo, in spite of her being a Marine. He is shown to be protective of women of all ages, whether they are old or young, such as when he protected Kureha from Kuromarimo's attack, stopped Usopp from harming Lil, and later protected Toko while fighting X Drake. All of this is due to Zeff teaching him the "ancient laws of the universe" that men should never hurt women. Because of his chivalry towards women, he refuses to carry a grudge against any of them no matter how they offended him, and even sees the deeper meanings of their actions, such as how Robin appears to betray the crew and how Viola deceived him and even violently beat him down. Even when he discovered Pudding's betrayal and how she cruelly mocked him behind his back, instead of feeling angry, Sanji only wept silently in the rain. Conversely, Sanji is very abrasive and insulting to many other males throughout the series, mirroring the attitude of the men on the Baratie, though he will not hesitate to help them if they are in trouble.

However, Sanji's excessive chivalry tends to cloud his judgement and get him into unnecessary trouble as well as suffer unnecessary damage, such as letting his guard down and falling into an obvious trap in an enemy's territory, as during the raid on Onigashima when he heard Sarahebi feigned being sexually harassed, Sanji chose to prioritize saving her over the crew's goal of defeating Kaidou, and end up easily trapped by Black Maria and her subordinates, not noticing until it was too late. He also willingly took the full brunt of Black Maria's brutal torture rather than use Busoushoku Haki to defend himself for fear of hurting her.

Sanji has no objection if females fight other females. However, unless it is truly necessary, Sanji will not allow males to fight females. This has happened when Sanji did not object to Luffy challenging Big Mom. He also had no qualms with Bege's assassination plot against Big Mom as Sanji only partook in it to save his family.

### Compassion and Sympathy

As stated by Brook, Luffy, his mother and his sister, Sanji is extremely kind, having a strong sense of generosity and compassion ever since he was a child, as is exemplified by his feeding food to a rat and looking after a turtle though he was brutally bullied by his brothers and punished by his father for doing so. Sanji's experiences with his family hardened him up greatly as was shown when he pulled a knife out on his father and when he nearly killed Zeff for "food". It wasn't until Zeff sacrificed his leg to save him that Sanji truly lightened up again and regained his merciful nature for the majority of the series. Due to his kindness, Sanji will even save people that he has no obligation to help such as Gin, Kin'emon, and the kids from Punk Hazard (though this was due to Nami wanting to save them). Sanji even saved his enemies as was shown when he saved Tashigi and the G-5 Marines from Vergo and Caesar's gas and later, Sanji saved an entire race when the Mink Tribe was poisoned, as was shown by his ordering Caesar to neutralize his own gas weapon. He also went out of his way to save Chiffon from being executed by Oven. The greatest sign of Sanji's kindness was shown when he confessed to Luffy that despite the immense suffering his own family has caused him, he refused to leave them behind to die and wanted to save them. During the chaos caused by his crew, Sanji did not hesitate to save Charlotte Pudding despite overhearing her mockery of him as well as her intentions to kill him. This side of him is shown again as when his family was in danger, Sanji ran to their aid before he succeeded in saving them from being killed by the treacherous Big Mom Pirates, much to his family's mutual shock. Despite her previous deception and attempts to kill him, he thanked Pudding for being his fiancé, which caused the latter to feel guilty at his kindhearted nature.

His kindness also extends to his disdain towards cruelty. An example was towards his family's royal ethics. When Niji told Sanji that he brought shame to their family, Sanji retorted that being part of the family brought shame to him. He openly stated how Niji had no respect for food and the latter's willingness to harm a woman as well as the arrogance of royalty that compels them to see their servants as less than human, which goes against everything Sanji stands for.

There are still times when Sanji is downright ruthless to enemies. In his first appearance, he brutally beat Fullbody and dangled him from the neck with one hand for wasting food; this is similar to Zoro's intimidating introduction into the series and even threatened to kill Fullbody when he said he was going to report the restaurant to the Marines. Sanji is especially brutal to any foes who attack or insult women, as he sent Kuroobi flying through Arlong Park when the latter insulted Nami, he reconstructed Wanze's face and kicked him through a door when the agent badmouthed Robin and viciously smashed Absalom into a solid stone wall due to his perverted actions towards Nami (and also for stealing his dream of invisibility). When his despicable older brother Niji threw a plate at Cosette's face, Sanji caught it inches from her face and was furious. He later became outraged when Niji brutally beat up Cosette and upon seeing Niji again, he kicked his brother's face in, forcing Niji to fix his jaw with his hands.

When he learned that Orochi fed his impoverished citizens faulty SMILE fruits to rob them of their ability to feel sadness and anger, Sanji was silently enraged and alongside Zoro stood up against Orochi by defending Toko.

Because of his own brutal childhood, Sanji sympathizes with anyone who keeps their past hidden. This can be seen with Nami, Robin, Chopper, Luffy, Viola, and even Kin'emon. When Sanji's own past is brought up by his friends, he has a tendency to try and shrug it off. However, when Bege finally revealed his infamous heritage, he said he never intended to keep his past hidden from his crew, and that he must deal with his problems alone.

Due to being locked up and punished by his own father, Sanji has a morbid attitude towards anyone whose been enslaved or locked up. When the crew witnessed a slave bite his own tongue off at the Human Auction House, Nami wondered what just happened and Sanji stated that compared to living life as wretched "property" of another person, dying might have been the right choice. This belief also led Sanji to call in the Flying Fish Riders after Camie was kidnapped, as he knew their previous experience with the Human Auctioning business was necessary to locate Camie in time before she could become a slave herself.

He offered to help the Mink Tribe after a horrified glimpse of the dukes of said tribe Inuarashi and Nekomamushi mutilated after the invasion of Jack ordering Caesar Clown get rid of the gas he had invented, he was happy to see them recovered.

After his Genetic Modifications were awakened, Sanji started to fear that his compassion and sympathy may have been affected, as it looked like he had seemingly attacked a woman without hesitation, similar to how his brothers attacked Cosette. During these moments of his alleged lost humanity, his memory of his actions became vague, and upon regaining his clarity, he was ridden with guilt and horror, to the point of destroying his Raid Suit and requesting Zoro to kill him should he ever lose himself again. He later realizes that it was Queen who attacked her while he was invisible to get back at her for blowing him off many times, filling Sanji with rage for making him doubt his own integrity.

### Respect For Food

One of Sanji's most prominent characteristics is his strong respect toward food and the preparation of food in the kitchen. Since food and sustenance play a crucial role in maintaining life, he strongly believes that a chef's work must be treated as though it were sacred. This respect stems from Sanji taking after his mother and practicing his cooking (but for rats), causing outrage from Judge who would throw away the food Sanji made, causing Sanji to cry. Prior to being stranded on the rock with Zeff nine years before his introduction, Sanji thought food was dispensable and would toss out any that had gone bad. In fact, he was disgusted by how his fellow chefs would eat leftovers from customers, disregarding their lecture on the importance of conserving food on sea-based voyages. However, after nearly starving to death on the rock, he came to regret his maltreatment to food, especially after finding out that Zeff has sacrificed his own leg as emergency rations in order to give Sanji all the remaining food. As a result, he has a strong tendency to become hostile towards those who waste food or regard it in any way that is less than his respect for it. Thus, he has a habit of beating up anyone who steals food from the fridge (mainly Luffy). When Niji wasted his food by trying to throw it at Cosette, Sanji unhesitatingly ate it off the floor claiming it was delicious, causing the female cook to cry in happiness and Niji to become disgusted. When a thug kicked his soba pot while threatening him at Wano Country, Sanji forced the wasted soba noodles into the thug's mouth after knocking him out.

It has been dictated on many occasions that Sanji puts the quality of food before everything that is not vital, even his instant infatuation with any woman he sees. A strong example of this was shown in the anime-only G-8 Arc, where he snapped out of an infatuation with Jessica after she questioned his culinary skills and demonstrated his superiority (but when she recognized his skills and told him he was welcome in the kitchen, his infatuation returned). This is precisely why Sanji, in his first appearance, proceeded to beat Fullbody. He is also shown to fully believe that anyone who wishes for food should be given food, be it a customer or a criminal, with an example being his giving the starving Gin food in spite of the other chefs refusing to serve him. When he learned from Shinobu that Orochi fed his hungry citizens with faulty SMILE fruits just to prevent them from expressing sadness, Sanji was greatly enraged by this atrocity. The greatest example of his adherence to his belief is that Sanji strongly opposed to Bege's intention to sabotage Big Mom's substitute wedding cake with poison or explosives despite the fact that the Emperor had held Zeff hostage and tried to massacre him and his family for her own selfish ambitions.

The very first meal he cooked on the Going Merry was a very simple fare on request. Though Sanji expressed some disappointment that it provided no challenge, the Straw Hats' enthusiastic appreciation of his food greatly pleased him.

Sanji tends to get distracted about the thought of preparing a dish in the middle of strange or dangerous circumstances. When he and Luffy first met Chopper, Sanji discussed how the meat needs to be tenderized. When Luffy was trying to eat him, Sanji told him he has to cook him first before realizing the reindeer could talk and walk like a human. This happened again when the crew spotted Yokozuna, and Sanji thought about cooking him. When fish were being boiled due to Oven's powers, Sanji discussed how fish is properly prepared by adding the right amount of salt.

According to Tony Tony Chopper, Sanji hates foods made by artificial means since it does not have the love and dedication of a cook in it. Therefore, he absolutely despises any machines that make food like the Food Machine on Egghead Island.

### Bravery

Being one of the strongest members of the crew and being part of the "Monster Trio" Sanji is naturally fearless, as he is often fighting armies and powerful opponents with barely a concerned look. Sanji showed no fear to undead denizens of Thriller Bark and didn't hesitate to fight a Warlord in midair when his crew was threatened and even fired at an Emperor's ship despite all the risks.

Sanji, while very brave, is not completely without fear. In the Jaya Arc, he was terrified alongside Nami at the spiders and huge insects, showing he may have arachnophobia and entomophobia. Sanji was also terrified of the Okama that fought and chased him for two years. Sanji also becomes nervous whenever Nami is absent and fears for her safety (the same goes for Robin) and Sanji will be fearful when other crewmates are in direct danger of losing their lives as seen with Kuma. Sanji has also displayed fear while in the presence of Big Mom. He also suffered post-traumatic stress disorder from his childhood abuse at the hands of his brothers as was shown that in spite of having become immensely stronger both physically and mentally, he still trembled when Ichiji and Niji arrived in the Germa Kingdom. He also became terrified for Zeff's safety when Judge blackmailed Sanji by threatening Zeff's life and thus allowed Niji to strike him down when his older brother threatened the old cook.

### Loyalty

Sanji's loyalty to those dear to him has their priorities, and he is willing to turn cold towards comrades for the sake of those who are in more danger. An example of this is when he knew that his father figure, Zeff, is being threatened with death if he is disobedient, Sanji would put up an act of bigoted cruelty towards the Straw Hat Pirates to sever ties with them, in order to protect Zeff, and hoping to chase away the crew from hopelessly chasing after him any further. This ploy was tragically successful as Nami was heartbroken and angry at his supposed change and slapped him for his words. However, Luffy refused to believe Sanji of all people would abandon their crew after all their adventures and proclaimed he will not leave until Sanji returns, as Luffy could tell Sanji's words were forced and fake, and that he felt pain himself for kicking Luffy. In response, Sanji broke down in tears as he recalled his time with the crew. Later, he bargained with Big Mom to spare the Straw Hats' lives in exchange for his cooperation in the political wedding, showing he is fully willing to commit in giving up his freedom with his friends in exchange for their safety.

Like Zoro, Sanji strongly believes in loyalty, as he sided with him about Usopp rejoining the crew when the latter stepped on Luffy's pride. This is shown again at Punk Hazard during his fight with Vergo. After saving Tashigi and the G-5 from his slaughter, Sanji commented that Vergo would be someone that his captain would hate the most. After being forced to fight his captain at Whole Cake Island, he claimed that he had lost the right to return to the crew, until Luffy convinced him to return by saying he would help Sanji save his family from Big Mom.

### Pride

Sanji can be rather prideful and stubborn at times, as he originally considered the Raid Suit given to him by his family as an insult and refused to use it at first due to his hatred of his family's cruel usage of their technology. However, when confronting Page One, Sanji acknowledged the fact that he and his crew were up against an Emperor. Thus, he willingly put aside his pride for the sake of his friends.

Sanji is usually modest about his culinary skills, though he strongly dislikes his meals being criticized (especially by Zeff) and he tends to refer himself as a first-class chef. Sanji even claimed to Tamago that the other Straw Hats were likely suffering without his meals, causing Tamago to scoff at his arrogance though Sanji was right about the crew.

Like Zoro, Sanji takes pride in his bounty. Prior to the timeskip, he was angry over how he was the only member to have been given a poorly drawn image of himself unlike the other members. He also hated how his bounty was changed to "Only Alive" due to his father's demand to capture him. Upon finally given a bounty increase that surpasses Zoro's, Sanji was overjoyed to have been given a bounty higher than Zoro's and more so after seeing it was changed back to "Dead or Alive". However, he was dismayed to see that his family name is included on the bounty poster. Sanji also believes that having a higher bounty would attract women to him more as he was deeply shocked to see Zoro and Hiyori interacting with each other so closely despite Zoro's bounty being lower than his.

### Wanted Poster Issues

Ever since Luffy got his first bounty, Sanji was envious because he wanted a bounty too. This only escalated when Zoro got a bounty as well, who did not hesitate in flaunting it in front of Sanji by calling him "Pirate A" and "Pirate B".

Upon finally receiving a bounty poster, Sanji was utterly dismayed to see it was a crude drawing due to Attach's failure to get a proper photograph. Coupled with its value still below Zoro's, Sanji could not take pride in the bounty he desired so much and was the only member not to post his poster in the men's quarters on board of the Thousand Sunny. He became even more furious when he learned the drawing greatly resembles Duval, who became mistaken by many as Sanji.

Receiving his second poster became somewhat an intrigue for Sanji, as his portrait is updated to include his true photo, but the capture condition has been altered to be "Only Alive". He deduced that his family had a hand in this, as they required him alive for their political purposes.

Once his poster has been updated after escaping Big Mom, Sanji finally took great pride in the fully updated portrait and the value exceeding Zoro's, to which he expressed aloud with joy. However, this was instantly shot down when he saw the name was also updated to "Vinsmoke Sanji", and he became depressed again as he despises the name "Vinsmoke". Nevertheless, he did not hesitate to flaunt his bounty's higher value in front of Zoro.

Upon his fourth bounty coming out, he was infuriated that not only was his amount below that of Zoro's again, but also Jinbe's as well, and started to bicker with Zoro for referring him as "Number 4".

### Desire for Invisibility

One of Sanji's greater desires was to gain the power of invisibility. By his claim, he desired the power to be a superhero, though it was constantly punctured by his true desire to peep at women bathing. For this reason, he desired the Suke Suke no Mi, the only Devil Fruit he was willing to consume and lose his ability to swim. For this reason, he hated Absalom for eating the fruit, for it meant Sanji's dream of gaining invisibility to be over. At that point, he claims to have lost interest in the fruit, and would just peep at women bathing in another way.

Non-canonically, when Sanji saw the Iro Iro no Mi's camouflage abilities being so similar to the Suke Suke no Mi, he became angry at Psycho P for the same reason at Absalom, though it also revitalized his dream slightly at the possibility of other Devil Fruits granting such powers.

Upon gaining his own Raid Suit, which grants him the power of invisibility, Sanji was conflicted, as he finally gained the power he desired so much, though at the irony of under the Germa science he detested so much. Nevertheless, he was overjoyed at the thought of finally being able to peep at women's bath (or, as he swiftly corrected himself, to protect his friends). However, during the raid on Onigashima, when Sanji started to fear he was becoming heartless like his brothers by wearing the Raid Suit many times, he willingly destroyed it and sacrificed his invisibility powers to protect his crew and his humanity.

## Crew

Sanji first met the crew after Luffy accidentally attacked the Baratie. His first impression was that they were a "noisy bunch" but catching a glimpse of Nami caused Sanji to swoop over. It took a while for Sanji to fully understand and like the crew, since he thought Luffy and Zoro were crazy for risking their lives for their dreams, when they respectively fought Krieg and Mihawk; however, seeing their determination and recalling his own crazy dream of finding the fabled All Blue, Sanji is inspired to pursue his own dream. After joining the crew, Sanji would often butt heads with Zoro and argue with Usopp, as well as seeking out Nami's company, but after fighting together at Arlong Park, he warms up to the whole crew (including Zoro, to an extent), making huge feasts for them and taking pleasure at their happiness. Just before the entered the Grand Line, it was Sanji who proposed a launching party, during which all of the members who joined in East Blue declared their commitment to achieve their dreams.

Sanji often states that he only cares about the women of the crew, but this is far from true; Sanji cares for all his friends, and between his heroic rescue at Rain Dinners and by closing the Gates of Justice at Enies Lobby, it can be said Sanji has saved the entire crew on numerous occasions. When Sanji was unable to protect his crew from Kuma, Sanji became distraught and charged at the Warlord, despite Usopp trying to hold him back. When given a difficult challenge by Ivankov, Sanji said he would go through (his idea of) "hell" for his crew and accepted the challenge. He has also risked his life for the crew on multiple occasions, whether it be by taking lightning blasts from Enel, or stopping Doflamingo from reaching the crew. Even after meeting his beautiful, arranged fiancée, Charlotte Pudding, he turns her down and chooses to return to his friends. After Pudding tells the crew that Sanji turned her down for them, they are shocked to the core that Sanji would turn down a woman, let alone such a beautiful and (seemingly) kindhearted one; Luffy is so moved by Sanji's loyalty that he even cries. While fighting his father, the latter questioned if Sanji would really sacrifice his own family to which Sanji stated he did not care what harm came upon them as he only came to protect his crew. It can be said that Sanji sees his crew as the real family he never had growing up. Sanji's care for his crew even enters his subconscious thought, as when he was preparing a bento box for Pudding, he realized he put all their favorite foods in the meal.

However, with explosive shackles placed on his hands, Zeff's life being held hostage by the Germa Kingdom, and his crewmates threatened by the Big Mom Pirates. Sanji reluctantly decided to sever his ties with the Straw Hat Pirates, speaking cruelly and insultingly to Luffy and Nami in the hopes to chase them away, to the point of pretending he arrogantly forgot Luffy's name. To further his goal of stopping the crew from pursuing him, Sanji continued on with his words and violently attacked Luffy but was driven to tears afterwards. Sanji also made sure the crew would survive Whole Cake Island agreeing to Big Mom to marry Pudding so long as the crew were safe, until he realized the entire marriage is a sham to kill him and his family, and that Big Mom never intended to spare the Straw Hats.

After Sanji realized his misgivings, he rushed off with the bento box to find his captain. After arguing with Luffy, Sanji finally wept and admitted that he wanted to return to the Thousand Sunny. He also said to Luffy that he could not abandon his family, so Luffy told Sanji that they would destroy the wedding together. Sanji was very reluctant to face the crew again but were overjoyed to hear them through Brûlée's mirror shard. His crewmates, particularly Brook, Luffy, and Chopper, dearly enjoy his delicious cooking, and began to better appreciate him after Luffy's disastrous wastage of their food supply by cooking the disgusting Random Curry. They were extremely overjoyed at being able to taste his cooking again to the point they joyfully hugged Sanji. After safely reuniting with the crew, Sanji has shown to be more caring and protective towards the male members of the crew as he angrily swore to go all out to protect Usopp if he were to be captured by the Beasts Pirates.

### Monkey D. Luffy

The two first met when Luffy was forced to work as a choreboy in Baratie to pay for the damages he caused. Luffy thought highly of Sanji not only for his skills as a master chef but also for his kindness by generously feeding a starving Gin, which made Luffy determined to recruit Sanji into his crew as their chef. Sanji developed an initial bond with Luffy in that they both had dreams that were deemed foolish: Luffy was often not taken seriously for wanting to be the Pirate King, and Sanji was often told that All Blue did not exist. However, they both had mentors who made great sacrifices for them (Shanks gave up his left arm to save Luffy, and Zeff gave up his right leg for Sanji), and ultimately gave them the motivation to believe that they could achieve their dream.

Sanji respects Luffy as a captain, but often gets angry at him for eating too much, showing disrespect for the aesthetics of cooking, or stealing food rations in which he often put a giant mouse trap near the refrigerator or locks it. Along with Nami, Sanji is the crew member who beats up Luffy the most often. He also dislikes Luffy's imitations of him, although this may also be because of their inappropriate timing, rather than the imitations themselves. Sanji often says he chose an "idiot" for a captain, but conversely states that Luffy is far better than most pirates. Luffy quite often asks him to cook an animal that he's defeated, and Sanji rarely objects. In spite of Luffy's gluttony, he does care for Luffy, and, as the best swimmer on the crew, he is shown dragging his captain out of the water more often than any of the other crew members. When the crew met Luffy's grandfather Monkey D. Garp, Sanji was surprised by Luffy's connection to a legendary marine but stated he understood Luffy's personality and strength after hearing about his training. However, he was stunned to hear Luffy was the son of the world's most dangerous criminal and that Luffy never heard of him.

Sanji rarely shows shock or surprise at some of Luffy's outrageous actions and decisions. In fact, he is often one of the people to assure the rest of the crew or other people that Luffy knows what he is doing. In Thriller Bark, Sanji volunteered to give his life in exchange for Luffy's but was stopped by Zoro. After the timeskip, Sanji and Luffy still got along. However, Sanji becomes envious of Luffy after finding out that Luffy landed on Amazon Lily and befriended Boa Hancock while he was in 'hell'. Despite that, he was in awe at Luffy using Haoshoku Haki and impressed that his captain was capable of such a feat.

When Bege stated that the crew would fall under Big Mom's wing via Sanji's marriage to Pudding, Sanji ferociously rejected the idea, saying that Luffy would never bow to anyone else and even boldly stating that Luffy will become the Pirate King.

Sanji and Luffy have a great trust in each other as seen most recently when Luffy trusted Sanji to fight off Big Mom's crew near Dressrosa and travel all the way to Zou while protecting Caesar, Momonosuke, and the rest of the crew from danger. Sanji succeeded and Luffy was confident that Sanji could look after himself even when the cook was missing from Zou, but Luffy became concerned when he learned that Sanji had gotten entangled in Big Mom's political plans and decided to go retrieve him from his "wedding" to Pudding. When Luffy heard from Pudding that Sanji had turned her down so he could return to his crew, Luffy was so grateful that he cried and became more determined to save him. When Charlotte Cracker told Luffy that Sanji would most likely be happy with the Charlotte Family and turn away from the Straw Hats, Luffy angrily attacked him, telling him not to put words in Sanji's mouth.

When Sanji actually said what Cracker said to Luffy directly after violently kicking Luffy off the Cat Carriage, and then telling him to be gone, Luffy immediately expressed his doubt over Sanji's words as being sincere. Luffy then opted to not defend himself or run away when Sanji proceeded to beat him without mercy, and after being defeated, Luffy brings Sanji to tears when he expresses that he will still not turn his back on him. Furthermore, Luffy feels strongly enough about Sanji's defection that he refuses to move or eat until Sanji returns and cooks for him, preferring to die rather than continue without him. Luffy refused to leave his waiting spot and true to his own words refused to eat or drink, contrary to his extremely gluttonous nature and fought a majority of Big Mom's crew in a hungry and exhausted state as he waited for Sanji. Even while seriously wounded, Luffy stubbornly refused to move and had to be knocked out and taken captive. Sanji later requested that Big Mom spare Luffy's life by agreeing to marry Pudding, and he was relieved when Big Mom said she agreed to Sanji's terms until he learned of Pudding and Linlin's true intentions.

Sanji could not forgot his care for his captain, as when Bobbin tried to eat the meat (meant for Luffy) from Sanji's bento box, Sanji became enraged and kicked down the pirate, inadvertently risking Zeff's life in process. This is worth noting as Sanji almost never denies anybody food, but he obviously cared more for his starving captain than about keeping his deal with the Big Mom Pirates. Sanji traveled through Sweet City and soon found his captain at the spot that he promised to meet with him, which brought a smile to his face. Sanji then gave Luffy the bento box he made (despite it being ruined in his journey), thus relieving Luffy of his hunger. Afterwards, Sanji gave his reasons as to why he could not return to the crew and was punched in the face by Luffy, who told him to admit the truth and Sanji told him that while he is conflicted over wanting to save his family despite their cruel treatment, he nonetheless wanted to return to the crew and Luffy complimented that Sanji is truly kindhearted and he will help him ruin the wedding ceremony.

Sanji's belief in Luffy was really shown as when Pudding informed him of Luffy's battle with Charlotte Katakuri, Sanji expressed his confidence that Luffy would somehow prevail, and that Katakuri's then-untouched victory record would be broken. When Luffy emerged from the Mirro World, Sanji fought through an army of the Big Mom Pirates and carried his captain away. Sanji even suffered injuries to his own person but refused to let the vengeful enemy crew touch his captain. When Judge badmouthed Sanji about the things he despises about Sanji, Luffy considered all of the traits to be virtues.

After Sanji returned to the Straw Hats and they escaped Totto Land, Luffy was very happy to have him back and was gluttonously elated to hear him say he was going to cook. He even begged Sanji to keep the Raid Suit he received from Niji even though Sanji made it clear he wanted nothing from his family. When he learned of his captain's ultimate goal after becoming Pirate King Sanji simply laughed and joked about how Luffy needed to get his head examined but continued to support Luffy in his endeavor.

### Roronoa Zoro

Though they can behave casually and calmly towards each other, Sanji very frequently gets into physical and verbal fights with Zoro (who he refers to as "marimo" or "mosshead" because of his green hair); in turn, he is nicknamed "shitty cook", "ero-cook", "Mr. Nosebleed" and "Prince of Dumbass Kingdom" (among other things) by Zoro. During the Little Garden Arc, Sanji and Zoro unknowingly took on the same challenge of dinosaur meat hunting that the two legendary giants, Dorry and Brogy, started 100 years ago. Despite their rivalry, however, the two respect each other's abilities; after Wanda accidentally implied that the minks had killed the Curly Hat Pirates, it is Zoro who calms the others down by reminding them that Sanji was with them, and that he would not have let half of the crew get killed.

Although he spends a lot of time arguing or competing with Zoro, Sanji is not beneath siding with Zoro on those rare occasions where Zoro has seen the bigger picture more than everyone else (e.g., on their preference for death rather than dishonor during the Davy Back Fight, and on Usopp rejoining the crew). He also tried to stop Zoro from sacrificing himself to Kuma to save everyone else by offering his life instead, although the swordsman knocked him out first before he could do so. After waking up to find Zoro missing, he showed great concern at what may have happened to him and was the first to find Zoro in the aftermath of Kuma's attack. Furthermore, although their rivalry sometimes impedes their effectiveness during battle, once the two agree to work together, they become a near-unstoppable force.

Sanji seems to understand Zoro on a personal level as well, even before he joined the crew. When he witnessed Zoro's defeat against Dracule Mihawk, he recalled Zoro telling him earlier that day that his ambition to be the greatest swordsman meant that he threw away all attachment to his own life, and he was perplexed that Zoro would not abandon his ambition in the face of almost certain death. When the Risky Brothers were going to tell the crew of Zoro's sacrifice, he told them not to do so on the basis that he knew Zoro would not sell his life for gratitude. Sanji also demonstrated this to the G-5 Marines on Punk Hazard, as they seemed to be under the impression that Zoro is ruthless and would cut down anything. He assured them that Zoro does indeed have a soft side, and that Tashigi should be just fine with him there, stating that he is the kind of person who gets the job done. When Sanji was allegedly losing his human compassion due to his genetic modifications awakening, he entrusted Zoro to be the one to kill him if he (Sanji) ever goes astray, something Zoro agreed to without questioning in details.

Sanji has consistently been frustrated at his bounty in comparison to Zoro's. After the Arabasta Arc, he was annoyed that Zoro received a bounty while he did not. After their battle at Enies Lobby, although he finally received a bounty, Zoro's increased enough that it remained higher than his. Although he was not there to express his annoyance, Zoro's bounty remained higher after the battle at Dressrosa. It was not until escaping Whole Cake Island that Sanji's bounty became greater than Zoro's, which made him wildly shout in joy. Sanji holds a jealousy towards Zoro for saving Kozuki Hiyori. After Kaidou's defeat, Sanji showed further jealousy towards Zoro when he found out that Hiyori had cleaned his body while he was unconscious. He was also dismayed that Zoro's bounty was once again higher than his after they left Wano. Zoro insulting Sanji by referring him as "number 4" and himself as "Crew's 2nd" causing yet another fight between Sanji and Zoro.

### Usopp

While he argued with Usopp on their first meeting, Sanji soon became good friends with Usopp and is often seen hanging out and/or partying with him. Despite this, he occasionally beats him and Luffy up when they do something immature, like eat too much food or goof off in serious situations. Usopp also declares that Sanji is his "bodyguard" and clings onto the cook in dangerous situations Sanji always shrugs him off, saying he is only Nami's bodyguard.

Though he acts like he does not care about Usopp, Sanji tried desperately to stop Usopp from leaving the crew and did not hesitate to attack Luffy to prevent him from telling Usopp to leave the crew, proving his commitment to his friends and the crew. Usopp finds Sanji's girl crazy attitude annoying at times especially when they are in direct danger, berating Sanji on his "one track mind". During the Skypiea Arc, he does not hesitate to tell Usopp that he's OK with him dying if it meant that they could save Nami; however, just as Usopp was about to take a potentially fatal attack from Enel, Sanji kicks him out the way so that he can escape with Nami and takes the attack himself. Furthermore, during the Enies Lobby Arc, it is Sanji's advice that helps Usopp realize his value to the crew, after Usopp had left the crew under the false belief that he was weaker and more useless compared to everyone else on the crew. Sanji also understood Usopp's frustration wanting to help Robin but not able to face the crew and accepted the crazy "Sogeking" disguise despite Franky being confused.

When Sanji cried in happiness at Mermaid Cove, Usopp was shocked and asked Sanji what happened to him over the past two years. After Sanji left the crew in the Zou Arc, Usopp was worried Sanji would go "lovey dovey" and agree to marry Pudding. Usopp was deeply relieved when Sanji was rescued from Big Mom's clutches and was happy to be able to taste his cooking again. Contrary to his previous harsh attitude, Sanji is notably more caring and protective of Usopp since they reunited as he swore to protect Usopp at all costs from being captured by the Beasts Pirates. During the raid on Onigashima, Sanji became jealous of Usopp riding inside the Brachio Tank V with Nami and Carrot and implored Usopp to let him in. In response, Usopp said the cook was “unfit” to drive such a vehicle. One of the biggest examples of Sanji's respect for Usopp is when Sanji easily entrusted the sniper to look after Nami when they were being pursued by Page One and Ulti, despite the previous times where Sanji got furious at Usopp for failing to prevent Nami from getting hurt or captured like at Thriller Bark.

### Tony Tony Chopper

Sanji originally wanted to cook Chopper and continues to refer to him as their "emergency food supply" to tease him. However, he does consider Chopper a good friend, and will give him or Usopp advice when they need it. Sanji, along with Luffy and Nami, was the first in the crew to treat Chopper with any kindness, like when he heard about Chopper's past being rejected as monster. When the reindeer asked him what Luffy was, Sanji replied that he was a "Monster" smiling. An ongoing theme of Chopper's personality has been that his age and sometimes childish nature allow for him to be more susceptible to advice from the crew. A lot of this advice has come in the form of what it takes to be a real man, and to this end, Sanji has taught Chopper quite a few lessons. Before the real reason as to Robin's betrayal is revealed, he tells Chopper that when a woman lies, a real man forgives her. Upon Usopp's defeat in his fight with Luffy, he taught Chopper not to stomp on a man's pride and resolution by showing him pity in the face of defeat.

At the same time however, Sanji is very understanding of Chopper's childish nature and will appease it when he feels necessary. For example, he agreed to help him warn Usopp about Aqua Laguna despite Usopp leaving the crew, as he saw how much Chopper was worried about Usopp. Furthermore, he played along with Usopp's Sogeking persona, knowing that Chopper fully believed in Sogeking, whereas he had worry greatly about Usopp.

Chopper also finds Sanji's strength and fighting power "awesome", especially Sanji's burning rage aura (which Chopper beheld in awe) and Chopper was even happy to be in Sanji's body in Punk Hazard. Sanji treats Chopper the best out of all the males of the crew, rarely hurting him in any way and even shows concern whenever Chopper hurts himself while being clumsy. Chopper is the same towards the cook, hiding behind Sanji's leg when he was scared of Nami’s anger at Skypiea, causing Sanji to reach down and pet Chopper’s head in a comforting manner. Sanji (much like Zoro and Franky) will even give Chopper shoulder rides.

During the Zou Arc, Chopper (along with Nami and Brook) was absolutely distraught over Sanji's departure with the Big Mom Pirates, and so decided to accompany Luffy in retrieving Sanji from Whole Cake Island. Chopper was so hopeful about seeing Sanji again that he initially mistook Sanji's malicious younger brother for him. Chopper was also the Straw Hat most amazed at noticing that Sanji's curly eyebrows were common amongst all the Vinsmoke children. Along with the others, Chopper was very surprised that Sanji turned down Pudding to stay with the crew. During Big Mom's Tea Party, Chopper assisted Sanji in rescuing his family from Big Mom's clutches. Chopper dearly adored Sanji's cooking and happily cheered and hugged the latter when he was going to cook a meal for them again.

### Franky

When they first met on the Sea Train bound for Enies Lobby, Sanji kicked Franky in the face for what he did to Usopp, before learning how much the situation had changed since then. After Franky joins the crew, Sanji shows respect to Franky for his shipwright and engineering skills as Franky made him a great kitchen and dining room, though he gets irritated by Franky's habit of crying excessively after hearing sad stories. Sanji was actually quite hypocritical towards Franky calling him pervert for not wearing pants, but Franky took it as a compliment. Like Zoro, Franky will call Sanji "curly brow cook" but he is saying it as a nickname rather than as an insult.

Franky acknowledges that Sanji's strength is greater than his own, claiming that Sanji was one of the strongest fighters on the crew. Franky has shown some dislike towards Sanji's womanizing behavior, namely at Thriller Bark when Sanji showed more concern for Nami's safety rather than Usopp and Chopper after the three initially disappeared and later at Wano Country because of Sanji preparing his soba noodles to attract women rather than gathering samurai as he was originally supposed to do.

### Brook

Sanji was one of the first members of the crew to meet Brook. He was shocked to see a walking and talking skeleton, and questioned Brook on how he came to be. Sanji could not understand why Brook seemed so constantly upbeat, telling the skeleton that his life was depressing, but the skeleton laughed him off. After Sanji learns about Brook's connection with Laboon, Sanji joined the rest of the crew in supporting Luffy's decision to recruit him into the crew. Sanji still gets irritated at Brook's immature character traits, including his burping and farting during dinner, and by his lame 'skull jokes'. He also once threatened to attack Brook when the latter laughed at the resemblance between Duval and Sanji's first, hand-drawn wanted poster.

However, Sanji has a lot of similarities to the un-dead musician. Both of them wear suits and act like gentlemen and fawn over Nami and Robin, making them the "pervert duo" of the Straw Hats. While they do fight over Nami and Robin's affection, the cook and the skeleton are good friends and were both (along with Kin'emon) very jealous of Momonosuke's "special attention" from the ladies. Brook looks up to Sanji and was in awe when the cook battled Doflamingo and was even prepared to aid him when Sanji was in trouble, but Sanji instead trusted Brook to look after Momonosuke, Nami, and Chopper. Brook was very depressed over the outcome of events in Zou and insisted on joining Luffy in the Sanji Retrieval Team as he felt responsible for Sanji's capture. Like Robin, Brook was aware of the Vinsmokes and never thought Sanji would be connected to such an infamous family. Along with the others, Brook showed great surprise that Sanji turned down Pudding.

Sanji appears to have a lot of trust in Brook's strength as he once entrusted Nami's safety to the skeleton while he went on to explore Claw City. Brook was also the only crewmate Sanji asked to accompany him when he had to deal with Pekoms and Capone Bege. Brook on his part has both high respect and a deep understanding of Sanji as a person as is seen by his saying to Big Mom that Sanji would give up his happiness to make sure the crew would survive, and he would respect Sanji's choice while making sure that he would not feel guilty if Luffy failed to return the cook to the crew. Brook was incredibly happy to hear Sanji again through the mirror shard, but also yelled insults at him like Chopper and Carrot. Brook deeply appreciates Sanji's cooking and was ecstatic to finally taste it again. Both Sanji and Brook were jealous of Momonosuke and the antiunion Nami and Robin gave him and could tell the perverted child was aware of his actions. When Momonosuke was turned into an adult, both of them, laughed together as he could no longer get away with feeling up the girls.

On a more humorous note, Brook was very jealous of Sanji after meeting Charlotte Pudding, Sanji's arranged bride and was smitten by Sanji's older sister.

### Jinbe

While traveling to Arlong Park with Luffy and Yosaku in pursuit of Nami, Sanji was informed about Jinbe and the supposed agreement he made to obtain his position as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The agreement stated that Jinbe had to let the Arlong Pirates rampage through the East Blue without opposing them. This apparently caused Sanji to develop a grudge against the fish-man captain due to the suffering and misery Jinbe's former crewmate Arlong caused to Nami and Cocoyasi Village. Sanji apparently had no reaction to Luffy's statement that Jinbe protected him during the Summit War of Marineford and its aftermath but later admitted that he believed that Jinbe was no different from Arlong.

The information that Jinbe had protected and cooperated with Luffy surprised him, but he still insisted that Jinbe's explanation for allowing Arlong to go to the East Blue would determine if he should be forgiven or hated. Despite Jinbe's story, Sanji was still angry with him but relented when Nami stated she forgave Jinbe. When Jinbe informed the Straw Hat Pirates that they cannot battle against the New Fish-Man Pirates because it would worsen relations between the two races, Sanji refuted this by insisting they had to rescue their comrades and therefore it was a reason to fight. Jinbe and Sanji later cooperated to defeat Wadatsumi in Gyoncorde Plaza. Sanji was also fine with Jinbe joining the crew, but the latter turned it down for the time being.

Jinbe later betrayed Big Mom to aid the crew and Sanji was surprised that Jinbe appeared to save Nami and Luffy. Jinbe later helped Sanji rescue his family from the Big Mom Pirates' assassination plot. Later on, Jinbe officially joined the crew but chose to stay behind to help his former crew. When Jinbe arrived at Wano to join the crew, Sanji was alongside them to celebrate his arrival.

He was later uspet at Jinbe, after the events of Wano, due to Jinbe receiving a higher bounty than him, and during the Egghead Arc, he mercilessly fought the Seraphim version of Jinbe.

## Friends

### Seia

Seia is fascinated by Sanji's ability to cook as Seia himself wishes to cook despite not having a talent for cooking. He also eats everything Sanji cooks as his own way of complimenting his cooking. Sanji and Seia do get into fights but it's often rare and Sanji respects Seia as a prince and values him as a friend.