Katakuri Charlotte

Katakuri Charlotte is a character from the One Piece anime and manga.

Katakuri is the second son and third child of the Charlotte Family and one of the Three Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates. He is also Totto Land's Minister of Flour(Kona Daijin), governing over Komugi Island, and is the elder triplet brother of Daifuku and Oven.

Appearance
Katakuri is an extremely tall, large, and muscular man with short spiky crimson hair and two symmetric scars on both sides of his face. He stands at nearly three times Luffy's height, and is slightly taller than his younger triplet brothers, Daifuku and Oven, who are incredibly tall themselves. He has long legs, with his thighs being equally as long as his lower limbs. His mouth, which is usually covered up, contains extremely pelican eel-like sharp teeth and is capable of expanding to an enormous size.

He has sharp, intense, crimson eyes, highly arched eyebrows, and prominent lower eyelashes under each eye. He wears a massive light ragged scarf that covers his mouth and reaches his shoulders. He also wears a torn leather vest with CHARLOTTE on the back that exposes most of his torso, dark gloves and pants, a belt with a skull-shaped buckle, and spiked boots with spurs. His torso is very defined, having prominent abdominal muscles covered in pink tattoos, and he wears spiked bracelets on his arms as well as knee pads with a single spike on them.

In the anime, he wore a dark cloak when arriving at the Whole Cake Chateau.

As a child, Katakuri wore a dark torn jacket and dark pants without a scarf.

Personality
Katakuri has a very serious, no-nonsense demeanor, caring greatly about his crew and family's objectives. With his heightened Kenbunshoku Haki allowing him to see a little bit into the future and make smart judgement calls, he is dedicated to efficiently dealing with all possible threats within his vicinity, and is thus among the few Charlotte children that can be seen taking action without instructions from Big Mom herself. This is shown when he quickly dispatched Jigra after foreseeing his assassination attempt on his mother, or when he promptly decided to take out Sanji by himself when he foresaw the original assassination plan failing, not waiting for Big Mom to decide upon what to do. However, this impetuousness can sometimes get the best of Katakuri, as he unwittingly sabotaged Big Mom's plan after acting too fast and Sanji surviving his attempt on his life. Katakuri is able to recognize his shortcomings and will act pragmatically should he realize he is at a disadvantage. He has a tendency to foresee what other people say and respond to them before they actually talk. However, his usual calmness can be shaken when he foresees a horrifying future as seen when he went pale in pure fear of the events lying ahead. He was also extremely worried at the thought of Luffy achieving his level of Haki and therefore tried his best to finish the fight quickly.

He is a very cold individual who puts efficiency above almost everything else, and is considered to be a perfectionist.[13] Unlike some of his siblings such as Charlotte Cracker, he does not brag about his abilities and strength but is rather focused on functioning and achieving his goals as fast as possible. This was seen when he casually intercepted Caesar Clown as well as when he defeated Vinsmoke Ichiji in a quick and effective manner. This attitude was seen again as he prioritized the elimination of Luffy before he could become a serious threat to his mother in the future. Unlike his siblings, Katakuri does not underestimate his enemies as he insisted on remaining aboard the enemy ship for the perfect chance to ambush them, just in case they slipped past his mother. When it comes to fighting, Katakuri seems to be confident in his subordinates' skills and to only interfere when he deems it absolutely necessary. This attitude was first implied when he told his mother that not "even" he could prevent the upcoming turmoil caused by the Straw Hats during the wedding ceremony. It was later confirmed when he did not join the fight against Chopper and Brook on the Thousand Sunny. He is also not above giving his enemies compliments as shown when he praised Brook for fighting off several chess soldiers. This was seen again when he complimented Luffy after he managed to drag him into the Mirro-Worldso he can fight him one-on-one away from his friends. Katakuri does show some degree of pride in his abilities as shown when he believed his power was superior to Luffy in their fight, which also led to him attempting to convince Luffy to give up the duel between them. This was seen again when he angrily cast Luffy's successful attack on him as a fluke and boasted about his powers and Busoshoku Haki being superior to Luffy's. In his arrogance, he lost his composure which allowed Luffy to catch him off-guard and attack him. Also, his bragging of his foresight alerted Luffy of his impending deactivation of Fourth Gear and unintentionally led to Luffy escaping his grasp and leaving Katakuri trapped in the Mirro-World.

He is also capable of extreme brutality as shown when he pondered on how he should maim Luffy with his trident.

Though ruthless to opponents, he is extremely caring towards his family and subordinates, which was revealed when he used his Devil Fruit powers to create ear plugs not only for himself but also for his fellow siblings. This side is shown again when he was quick to rescue his sisters Charlotte Galette from falling off the collapsed Chateau and Brûlée from her captors, though the latter case may have been done to prevent their enemies from using her any further in their plans as he did grab her neck in a threatening way and express his annoyance at how much use they put her to. Regardless, he understood that Brûlée was forced to support the Straw Hats against her will and did not see her actions as treason. This was shown as he later asked her in accompanying him to take out the Straw Hats following their escape. He also showed concern for his brother Charlotte Perospero after he was caught in an explosion. He prevented Luffy from attacking Charlotte Mascarpone and Charlotte Joscarpone, stating that they were his precious siblings. Katakuri also prevented Luffy from attacking Brûlée after she taunted Luffy behind a mirror. Katakuri seems to care for his subordinates as well, which was hinted when he ordered his underlings to retreat back into the Mirro-World after foreseeing that they would be defeated by Luffy.

Like his mother, he is incredibly fond of sweets as he claimed sugar is the source of power. He schedules snack times at the same time each day, which the chefs under him recognize as very important. He expressed visible irritation when Luffy made him 40 minutes late for his snack, though he was willing to tolerate a necessary change in the meal prepared as a result. In fact, his love for sweets is so great that he failed to properly finish off Luffy before indulging himself with his snacks, and did not foresee Luffy barging into his private area until after it happened. Beyond this, Katakuri is extremely private about his eating habits, as he is extremely gluttonous and slovenly, talking to himself in ecstasy about the quality of the food. He loves donuts and enjoys gorging on them since childhood. For this reason, he eats his snacks in solitude, and this is the only time he uncovers his mouth, which he is also very sensitive about and would ruthlessly attack anyone who sees it. When Luffy witnessed him eating and exposed his face, Katakuri became enraged and brutally executed his chefs, who were also nearby. His anger grew when he misinterpreted a chef's comment as being related to the state of his mouth.

Due to how Brûlee got hurt for his pelican eel mouth, Katakuri is very insecure about his appearance and constantly has it hidden from others to make himself look normal. Katakuri is unable to accept anybody seeing what his mouth looks like to the point he refuses to let anyone live after seeing it out of fear of the something similar happening to his family again. However, after his sister Flampe interfered in his fight with Luffy, he willingly showed his full face to her while berating her. This however made her lose all respect for him and she and her subordinates cruelly mocked and ridiculed him for his pelican eel mouth. Though saddened, Katakuri seems to no longer care about his image and instead resolved to not hide his mouth anymore and face Luffy on even grounds, who he acknowledges as a worthy adversary.

Because of his status as the strongest of the Big Mom Pirates and his family worshiping him for his perfect image, Katakuri puts a lot of effort to ensure that image is protected. However, it is shown that Katakuri harbors a lot of stress over the image his family puts on him which is why he tries to have his regular snack time in privacy. Despite suffering his first defeat at the hands of Luffy and having his perfect image destroyed, Katakuri seems to no longer care about his image and choose to embrace his true self.

Katakuri is also a honorable man who dislikes other people interfering with his fights. Though he considers Luffy his enemy and desires to eliminate him personally before he can become a threat, he wishes to defeat him fairly. After discovering that Flampe was the one attacking Luffy and lowering his performance in the fight, Katakuri injured himself in the same spot he injured Luffy to compensate and angrily shouted at Flampe for interfering in his fight and revealed his full face to her to stop her meddling in the duel between men even if it caused Flampe to lose respect for him.

After Luffy gave him his first loss, Katakuri showed no ill will towards him and only stood to simply questioned him over whether he will return to defeat his mother. When Luffy affirmed this and stated his dream, Katakuri wished his adversary luck in his endeavor.

Abilities
As a Sweet Commander, Katakuri's authority in the Big Mom Pirates is second only to his mother's. As the Minister of Flour, Katakuri has authority over Komugi Island in Totto Land. His bounty of 1,057,000,000 proves that the World Government views him as extremely dangerous, and even Capone Bege of the infamous Worst Generation considers him a monstrous threat. According to his crewmates, he is the strongest of the Three Sweet Commanders, and the most capable member of the entire crew aside from Big Mom herself. Even as a child, his strength was compared to that of a "monster". Until his first loss against Luffy, he had never lost a single battle throughout his life and his long perfect record of victory was described by Oven as "legendary". Daifuku holds Katakuri in high regard, as he states that Katakuri's skill makes him worthy of succeeding Big Mom as captain of the Big Mom Pirates if she were to be killed.

Katakuri possesses a strong will, being able to withstand a burst of Big Mom's Haoshoku Haki and remain conscious from her loud scream though he was immobilized until he covered his ears with mochi earplugs.

Physical Abilities
Noted to be the strongest of the Three Sweet Commanders, Katakuri possesses tremendous physical strength, being able to flick jelly beans with such extreme force and velocity that they act like bullets. Even from a very far distance, Katakuri can kill a man standing atop a gigantic wedding cake with a flicked jellybean. He was also able to defeat Vinsmoke Ichiji, a genetically enhanced commander of the Germa 66 who was wearing his Raid Suit, with minimal effort and without incurring any injuries himself. Katakuri is an extremely skilled and powerful hand-to-hand fighter. Supplemented with his Devil Fruit powers, he uses a fighting style similar to Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Mi techniques, and he can counter Luffy's Red Hawk without any effort. With his own version of Luffy's Elephant Gun, he overpowered and badly injured Luffy in a clash of strength. When he performed his Zan Giri Mochiattack, he was able to create a large crater in the ground when he sent Luffy crashing through the Mirro-World.

Katakuri is extremely fast and possesses extraordinary reflexes. Due to his speed in launching his attacks, an expert Kenbunshoku Haki user such as Luffy barely had time to react to them. He is able to keep up with the speedy mink Carrot, as well as the blinding speed of Luffy's Gear Second attacks, catching both Carrot and Luffy off-guard with swift and powerful kicks. He was even able to keep up with Luffy's Gear Fourth Snakemanform, and even outpace him on a few occasions.

Katakuri possesses a tremendous amount of durability and endurance, being able to withstand multiple immensely powerful attacks from Gear Fourth Luffy and quickly recover to counterattack. He was also able to impale himself with his own spear and showed only minor signs of discomfort.

Spearmanship

 * Main Article: Mogura

Katakuri wields a trident named Mogura in battle. He was first seen wielding it during Sanji and Charlotte Pudding's wedding ceremony. When not in use, he keeps the trident inside his mochi body. Katakuri is extremely skilled in wielding his trident Mogura, which he uses in conjunction with his Devil Fruit powers and physical prowess to perform devastating thrusts.

When he was younger, he used a trident with a much simpler design.

Marksmanship
Katakuri's tremendous strength and accuracy allows him to act as a sniper and marksman. Katakuri is highly skilled in flicking jelly beans as improvised bullets with great accuracy. He could hit Jigra in the head from so far away that Bege did not even notice him, and later would have hit Sanji as well had the latter not dodged at the last moment. He can even shoot several jelly beans at once to hit multiple targets simultaneously.

Devil Fruit

 * Main Article: Mochi Mochi no Mi

Katakuri ate the Mochi Mochi no Mi, a special Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that lets him create, control, and transform into mochi at will. His mochi is extremely thick and adhesive, allowing him to trap even extremely strong enemies with it, although it loses its effectiveness when exposed to moisture. The fruit allows Katakuri to transform his body to avoid attacks like a Logia user, as shown when he transformed himself into mochi when being struck by Capone Bege's bullets, and with the help of his Kenbunshoku Haki, he is even capable of manipulating his body structure to dodge Haki-imbued attacks and remain unharmed. He is very creative when using his fruit, as he used mochi to create earplugs to protect himself and his siblings from the sound of Big Mom's scream, and also used it to plug up and disable the cannons of Bege's Big Father fortress.

He frequently uses these abilities in hand-to-hand combat, sprouting several tendrils of mochi on his body to act as extra fists or legs; he can imbue these tendrils with Haki to deliver hard punches and kicks. By concentrating mochi into a single fist, Katakuri is capable of delivering punches of devastating power.

Katakuri has also awakened his Devil Fruit powers, enabling him to transform inorganic material into mochi, enhancing the range of his attacks and capture field.

Haki

 * Main Article: Haki

Katakuri is one of the very few people capable of using all three types of Haki, and has been shown using all three to great effect.

Kenbunshoku Haki
Katakuri has extraordinary mastery of Kenbunshoku Haki, able to use an advanced form of Kenbunshoku which allows him to see slightly ahead into the future. He was able to detect and instantly thwart an assassination attempt on Big Mom and her affiliates that would have been carried out moments later by a vengeful guest invitee. His predictions were shown to be accurate when he justified his killing of the guest to Bege and knew word for word how the latter would respond to him. He would later repeat this capacity during his one-on-one battle against Luffy, accurately predicting the latter's intent to keep on fighting and eventually resorting to the use of Gear Fourth. He even correctly foresaw that Pudding breaking down crying during the wedding ceremony at the wedding altar and also Luffy's intentions to break Carmel's portrait. Bege recognized him as the greatest obstacle to his own assassination plan. Katakuri can use his precognition to increase the accuracy of his attacks to such a degree that Luffy, who is a highly skilled Kenbunshoku Haki user himself, could barely dodge his assaults.

The future events Katakuri sees can be changed, which he often attempts to do so himself, as shown when he prevented Jigra from carrying out the assassination plot he foresaw. However, changing the future may not solve anything, or may even make things worse, as shown when he tried to shoot Sanji. Other people are also capable of changing the foreseen future. Also, he is unable to see the cause of his foresight, as he was confused as to why Pudding was crying at the altar.

Katakuri can use his Haki in conjunction with his Devil Fruit power to great effect. Since he can see slightly into the future, he can predict precisely where an attack will land, allowing him time to dissolve his mochi body out of harm's way, making attacks simply pass through him. Since he is physically dodging the attack and preventing it from coming into contact with him in the first place, even attacks imbued with Busoshoku Haki will pass through him without harming him. With this ability, Katakuri is nearly untouchable, and he has stated that it had been years since someone laid a hand on him before Luffy managed to do so. Katakuri's Haki can only be nullified if he stops being calm and collected, or if he faces an opponent whose level of Kenbunshoku Haki rivals or surpasses his own.

Busoshoku Haki
Katakuri is an extremely powerful Busoshoku Haki user, as shown when he hardened his mochi leg in order to bludgeon and injure Luffy. His Haki enhanced strikes are powerful enough to counter and overpower Luffy's own Haki enhanced attacks, and he has boasted that his Busoshoku Haki is superior to Luffy's. When his Haki is used at it's maximum when performing his Zan Giri Mochi attack, Katakuri's Haki becomes flame-shaped like Big Mom's Haki and Luffy's Haki when he uses Gear Fourth and the luster of it is blue.

Haoshoku Haki
Katakuri is also able to use Haoshoku Haki, as shown when he released a large burst along with Luffy's own Haoshoku Haki in order to knock out Charlotte Flampe and her subordinates as punishment for their interruption.

Trivia

 * Katakuri is the Japanese name for the Erythronium japonicum. The word "katakuriko" originally referred to the starch of this plant. This follows the food-themed names of the Charlotte Family and Big Mom Pirates.
 * The name "Katakuri" may also taken from the word "katakuriko " which means "potato starch".
 * Katakuri's extreme gluttonous side, hair color, and scarred mouth is similar to Zebra from the Toriko series.
 * Katakuri shares his voice actor, Tomokazu Sugita, with Joseph Joestar from the anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, who also possesses the ability to predict what his opponents will say; and with Sakata Gintoki from anime Gintama, who is also a glutton for sweet food.
 * Katakuri's style of clothing may be inspired by American biker gang fashion, which is often distinguished by its usage of cropped leather vests, tattoos, belts, and decorative motorcyclist spurs.
 * Katakuri's defeat is similar to Senor Pink's as both of their opponents showed a sign of respect before walking away the victor. Franky wiped off Senor Pink's tears and Luffy covered Katakuri's mouth (which Katakuri is sensitive about).