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Monjiro

Character

Bound to the Kouzuki Family of Wano Country, Monjiro is a samurai who held to his oath for twenty years awaiting the Nine Red Scabbards. When their hour finally came, he joined the alliance of ninja, pirates, minks, and samurai for the strike on Onigashima.

Status: Alive
First Appearance (Manga): Chapter 926
Crew & Affiliations: Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance, Kouzuki Family
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Appearance

Small of frame, Monjiro carries droopy eyes, a broad nose, and a green mustache so dense it conceals his mouth entirely. His green hair extends into long, bushy sideburns, and his eyebrows match the same shade. He goes about in a green kimono paired with blue hakama, a box strapped over his shoulders, a sugegasa of black held by a white chin cord, and a string of red beads at his neck. On his ankle sits a tattoo of a backwards crescent moon.

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Personality

Loyalty to the Kouzuki Family runs to his core, evident in the two decades he spent biding his time for their comeback. The coded notice telling him the clan would rise again in revolt left him puzzled at first.

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History

Years earlier, Monjiro threw in his lot with the Kouzuki cause. Once Kouzuki Toki's prophecy foretold both the ruin of Kurozumi Orochi and the reopening of Wano's borders, he and his fellow loyalists branded their ankles with backwards crescent moons to know one another and held out twenty years for the Scabbards' return. Walking through the Flower Capital, he was slipped a folded note by one of the disguised allies, and before long he was swept up in the arrests that landed conspirators in Rasetsu Town for defying Orochi. Behind bars, he and the others took in Shimotsuki Yasuie's last message revealing where the rebels would next assemble. When the Fire Festival arrived, Denjiro sprang them loose, swelling the raid's ranks by a thousand, and the group set sail for Tokage Port to collect the Scabbards. After donning a disguise on reaching Onigashima, Monjiro fell in with Kin'emon's eastern force. Skilled with a blade, he stood with Jujiro and Omasa to strike down the Beasts Pirates barring the Live Floor. As fire engulfed the Skull Dome, he gathered with the worn-out samurai and nodded along when they declared they would gladly die so long as Luffy prevailed.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Monjiro in One Piece?

Monjiro is a samurai loyal to the Kouzuki Family of Wano Country who spent twenty years waiting for the return of the Nine Red Scabbards before joining the raid on Onigashima.

How did Monjiro and other loyalists recognize each other?

Monjiro and his fellow Kouzuki loyalists branded their ankles with backwards crescent moon tattoos so they could identify one another during their twenty years of waiting for the clan's revolt.

How did Monjiro escape imprisonment in Rasetsu Town?

Monjiro was arrested for defying Kurozumi Orochi and held in Rasetsu Town until Denjiro freed him and the other prisoners during the Fire Festival, swelling the raid's ranks by a thousand.

What did Monjiro do during the raid on Onigashima?

During the raid on Onigashima, Monjiro joined Kin'emon's eastern force and fought alongside Jujiro and Omasa to strike down the Beasts Pirates guarding the Live Floor.

What does Monjiro look like?

Monjiro is small in stature with droopy eyes, a broad nose, and a dense green mustache that conceals his mouth, and he wears a green kimono with blue hakama and a black sugegasa.

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