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Morgans

Character

Carrying the nickname Big News, Morgans presides over the World Economy News Paper while also sitting among the Underworld's ruling emperors. An albatross-man who cannot take flight, he hunts scoops above all else and openly treats his paper as a show rather than a record of fact.

Age: 53
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Origin: Grand Line
Status: Alive
Epithet: Big News
Birthday: July 14th
Height Cm: 305
Blood Type: XF
Devil Fruit: Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Albatross
Japanese Va: Yasuyuki Kase
Favorite Food: popcorn
Funimation VA: Derick Snow
Japanese Name: モルガンズ
Devil Fruit Type: Zoan
First Appearance: Chapter 860; Episode 830
Devil Fruit Meaning: Bird, Albatross
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Appearance

His Devil Fruit keeps him in a Human-Beast state that blends a man with an albatross, leaving him exceptionally tall with small eyes set beside a long beak. White plumage sheathes his frame, his tail runs long, and the wings on his sides resemble human arms. Across his lower half he sports trousers patterned in a checkered red-and-white design, with a cape of dark color draped over his shoulders. A blue top hat carrying a tall striped feather tops his head, a light button shirt with a yellow bow sits beneath, and his footwear is cut to suit his clawed avian feet. So far the story has revealed neither his fully human nor his fully beast shape.

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Personality

Big developments electrify Morgans, and breaking them to the public is what he lives for, prompting his habitual cry whenever a story worth printing surfaces. Being a journalist fills him with pride, and he will not stand to be called anything lesser, willing to endanger his own neck for a photograph or to enrage an Emperor by running the truth. Accuracy hardly troubles him, since in his eyes the newspaper exists to entertain, and he readily invents details to hook readers.

Stingy and self-serving, he once traded a cover-up of Stussy's actions for a glimpse at a rare treasure, and his coverage bends to his own leanings, swelling Luffy's exploits out of plain admiration. A pretty face also sways him, as Shirahoshi proved when she left him captivated, and the people he shelters, Wapol and Vivi among them, intrigue him chiefly as walking stories. His laughter rings out as a long, gleeful cackle.

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History

Some thirty-eight years back, Morgans worked a humble local beat, yet he had already earned a reputation for dredging up secrets buried so deep that Cipher Pol itself was left stumped. After the slave Ginny warned him about being shipped to the hunting event at God Valley, he chose to feed that knowledge to Hachinosu rather than bury it, a leak that helped trigger the God Valley Incident, though the piece he eventually ran spotlighted only Garp's heroism. The present timeline reintroduces him as a guest at Big Mom's Tea Party in the Whole Cake Island Arc, where Luffy's intrusion and Jinbe's departure gave him fresh chaos to cover.

Once the Straw Hats slipped out of Totto Land, he proclaimed Luffy the Fifth Emperor across the world. Later he flattened the Cipher Pol mole Jabari, shifted his headquarters to dodge retaliation, and gave asylum to Wapol and Vivi as they ran from the government. In the Egghead chapters he printed a false claim that Luffy held Vegapunk captive in order to pocket a reward, only for reality to twist his fabrication partly true. As Vegapunk's global broadcast unfolded, he plotted how to repackage every disclosure into his next sensation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Morgan's Devil Fruit?

Morgans ate the Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Albatross, a Zoan-type Devil Fruit that gives him a Human-Beast form blending a man with an albatross. Unusually for a bird fruit, he cannot fly.

Is Morgans a mink?

No, Morgans is not a mink. He is a human who consumed the Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Albatross, a Zoan Devil Fruit that gives him bird-like features rather than mink ones.

Why is Vivi with Morgans?

Vivi took refuge with Morgans after fleeing the World Government, and he sheltered her along with Wapol at his headquarters, mainly because he found her situation useful as material for his newspaper.

Does Morgans like Luffy?

Morgans shows genuine admiration for Luffy, exaggerating his exploits in the World Economy News Paper out of real fondness rather than just chasing a story. He was also the one who proclaimed Luffy the Fifth Emperor after the Whole Cake Island Arc.

What is Morgans' role in One Piece?

Morgans is the president of the World Economy News Paper, nicknamed Big News for his obsession with breaking major stories, and he also holds a seat as one of the Underworld's ruling emperors. He cares little for accuracy, treating his newspaper as entertainment and freely inventing details to hook readers.

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