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CHARACTER
Name: "Black Leg" Sanji
True Name: Sanji Vinsmoke. This is the name he was born with, proof of his royal lineage, but he's long since abdicated his position as prince. Also, he just really fucking hates his family, so fuck that name.
Canon: One Piece (Chapter 1035)
Age: 21
History: Pre-timeskip and post-timeskip (before and after chapter 597)

Powers/Abilities:
Master Chef
Sanji has perfected nearly every aspect of the culinary arts. As a sea cook used to spending extended amounts of time unable to replenish his supplies, he's also exceptionally resourceful, able to make even leftover scraps into a gourmet meal. He can deduce every ingredient in the food he's presented solely by smell and identify exactly how they were prepared with a taste. He wields kitchen knives with practiced ease and tends toward performative cooking, spinning blades and juggling skillets with a smile.

He is also in possession of ninety-nine attack cuisine recipes. These are unique recipes that amp the rejuvenating power of food to the extreme and build up powerful physiques. Basically, he can cook actual super foods for combatants.

Martial Arts
As a chef, Sanji can't afford to lose his hands in battle, so he utilizes a kick based martial art style that he learned from his surrogate father Zeff. Although this style relies heavily on leg strength, his acrobatic stunts also require perfect balance, agility, flexibility, and upper body strength. His physical power and endurance are immense, allowing him to dispatch dinosaurs with ease and survive multiple lightning strikes without permanent damage. His true strength, however, lies in his speed. Indeed, he is so fast that rapid fire kicking the air or water allows him to run without land. He calls this "Sky Walk" and "Blue Walk" respectively.

Fire
In order to add more power to his kicks, Sanji developed his signature technique "Diable Jambe". It involves heating his legs until they glow red hot like a branding iron, adding burn damage to every attack. Over time, his control over this technique has grown, and he's expanded it into an adjacent technique he calls "Hell Memories". All he has to do is let the emotions flow and he can set his entire body aflame with passion alone. Somehow, he's never burnt by his own flames. It doesn't make sense, but that's Sanji for you. His passion trumps everything, even physics.

Haki
Haki is the spiritual energy of One Piece's universe and comes in three flavors: Kenbunshoku (Observation), Busoshoku (Armament), and Haoshoku (Conqueror). Sanji specializes in Observation Haki with a secondary proficiency in Armament.

His Observation Haki is advanced enough that he can not only use it to sense where other living beings are but also how powerful they are and their current mental state. This ability is how he was able to "see" that Captain Tashigi was crying after she lost her fight against Vergo and come to her aid despite having been nowhere near the fight when it occurred. He didn't read their minds or literally see her tears. He simply sensed one powerful presence exuding frigid killing intent next to a weakened presence enveloped in despair. While this ability doesn't read minds, Sanji has used it to confirm other people's true intentions, calling out those enemies who didn't actually have any desire to hurt him and easily working together with strangers he's verified are friendlies.

He uses Armament Haki to harden his legs when he fights. This not only adds strength to his attacks, it also protects his legs when his kicks are blocked by a more powerful opponent. He cannot coat his entire body in Armament Haki, however, and this leaves his defense somewhat lacking.

Genetic Modifications
Sanji is coming into the game after having just undergone drastic physical changes to his body. Not unlike something out of a superhero movie, it's likely that he is now sporting a complete exoskeleton and an accelerated healing factor. His broken bones snap back into place in a grotesque, inhuman manner, and non-reinforced blades shatter while trying to cut through him. This is not a form of immortality. We know this because the Big Mom Pirates invented bullets that could pierce the Vinsmoke exoskeletons. It is pretty close though, and we don't yet know the extent of these changes because Sanji hasn't had time to experiment. I would be totally fine if these augmentations were nerfed or partially nerfed, mysteriously turning off the moment an event calls for it.

Miscellaneous
Sanji knows how to maintain and operate various period-specific guns though they're not his choice weapon.

He's known for his ability to see the whole picture and think ahead, entirely willing to pop off in the middle of a battle to sabotage some engines, create a whirlpool, or secretly board a train with a bunch of government spies in order to make his crewmates' jobs easier.

Hilariously, he is also capable of reconstructing a person's face with his kicks.

Inventory: One abused and bloody maroon suit complete with dress shoes and gloves, two packs of cigarettes (DEATH lite), one golden lighter

Job History:
Third Prince (birth to nine years old)
Sanji was born the third of four quadruplet heirs to the Germa Kingdom. He was also the only heir who wasn't genetically enhanced in the womb. He underwent basic combat and etiquette training, but the only skill he managed to retain was not dying every time his super-soldier brothers decided it'd be funny to bully him for having hobbies.

Prisoner (about six months)
Eventually Sanji's biological father grew so disappointed in him that he announced his tragic death to the public, locked him in an iron mask, and dumped him in a prison cell. Sanji was nine. He spent the long stretches of time between beatings self-teaching himself from any book he could get his hands on. Endurance and patience were the virtues of the day, and he mastered them. Well, that and the art of befriending mice.

Chef (ten years old to present)
After escaping, Sanji was able to begin work as an apprentice chef at the floating restaurant Baratie. He excelled and was eventually promoted to sous chef despite being the youngest on staff. As sous chef, he oversaw the kitchens, supplied the restaurant, and even waited tables whenever the wait staff jumped ship because the chefs were too rowdy. His terrible customer service was something of a selling point, seeing as the Baratie's unique hook is its fighting cooks, known for dispatching pirates right there where the customers can watch. Job requirements include kitchen experience, resourcefulness, a stubborn streak, martial arts prowess, and obnoxiously manly machismo.

Pirate (nineteen years old to present)
Sanji never quit being a chef, he just jumped ship. Rather than cooking for Baratie, he is now the official chef for the Straw Hat Pirates. This also means he's a criminal wanted by the world government because he and his buddies have instigated too many revolutions. His time with the crew has taught him teamwork, split-second decision making, stealth tactics, and how to look damn fine drenched in blood splatter.

Suppressions: Fantasies? Desires? "Mad" thoughts? Sanji has never suppressed such things a day in his life. He is so ridiculously open about his perversions that he gets taken advantage of at least once every arc. He does, however, suppress one aspect of himself with religious fervor: his own femininity.

Sanji was born and brutalized in an environment openly hostile to any and every vulnerability. He was later lovingly raised in an environment rampant with rough and tumble machismo. It's no surprise then that he put two and two together. As a man, he must always act manly because anything that isn't manly is vulnerability, and vulnerability will not be tolerated. Unlike his captain and first mate who are natural born Shounen Jump protagonists, Sanji's masculinity has been painstakingly cultivated over the years. His nicotine addiction, his flashy suits, his dedication to martial arts, his over-the-top, performative love for women and belligerent attitude toward other men are all things he has cultivated within himself in order to suppress and obfuscate his more traditionally feminine traits such as empathy, compassion, gentleness, sensitivity, humility, and the desire to take care of others.

He's successful on a surface level but hilariously transparent toward anyone who knows him. Aggressively insulting some poor, unsuspecting stranger only works as a distraction if said stranger leaves before Sanji cooks all his favorite foods, heats up water for his relaxing bath, and fluffs his pillows to make sure he's comfortable.

Greatest Fear: Sanji's greatest fear is that he is a failure. To clarify, he's not afraid of failing. He loses fights and makes mistakes over the course of the series, but he doesn't consider these failures to define him because he is able to learn from them or otherwise spin them positively. What he is afraid of, specifically, is that his existence itself is one of inherent failure, something his biological father continues to assert to this day. He absolutely ties his self worth to how useful he is in any given situation. Thus he is terrified of being rendered helpless, of losing his usefulness (i.e. injuring his hands and so being unable to cook), of not meeting expectations, and of dragging his loved ones down with him. This fear drives him to self-sacrificing extremes on multiple occasions. After all, the life of a failure isn't worth that much anyway.

Greatest Desire: Sanji's greatest desire is to find the All Blue, a legendary sea in which all fish from every sea in the world congregate. It is considered to be a chef's paradise and thus too good to be true, an obvious pipe dream. Believing in All Blue's existence will get one laughed out of most respectable kitchens. Sanji is determined to keep believing nonetheless.

Greatest Regret: Sanji's greatest regret is that his surrogate father Zeff cannibalized his own leg in order to keep both of them alive. Back when the two were adversarial strangers, they were stranded on a rock in the middle of the ocean with almost no food or water for over two months. When the passage of time had turned Sanji desperate and feral, he'd even held a knife on the man, determined to steal whatever remained of Zeff's share of the food, only to realize that Zeff had given him every last crumb they'd had and thus been forced to eat his own leg instead.

At his current canon point, however, he's starting to question whether he's just achieved a shiny new regret to top his list. Despite being well aware that he cannot trust his biological family, he made the conscious choice to use the technologically powerful raid suit they gifted him after he saved their lives. It got him through several battles and allowed him to discover important information, but those victories came with a cost. In the middle of his fight with Queen, his body began to alter itself, undergoing the same genetic augmentations as his siblings. While Sanji isn't afraid of the physical changes to his body, he's terrified by the knowledge that all three of his brothers were rendered emotionless psychopaths by their genetic modifications. He doesn't know yet if he will meet the same fate, but if he does, he's already asked fellow crewmate Zoro to put him down.

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CHARACTER
Character Name: "Black Leg" Sanji Vinsmoke
Character Age: 21
Canon: One Piece
Canon Point: Chapter 903; after escaping Big Mom's territory and learning of his and Luffy's new bounties
History: Pre-Timeskip and Post-Timeskip
Personality: Sanji's defining trait, the one Oda shoved down our throats during this rescue Sanji arc, is his kindness. This overall impression of kindness is not just a singular trait however. It's an accumulation of quirks, flaws, and principles that were only able to achieve harmony after Sanji set sail with the Strawhat Pirates.

The cook's formative years were spent being constantly reminded that he was a useless failure who was better off dead than left alive to taint his family's name. As any child would, he took this to heart, and he's never been able to shake it completely. Sanji only values his life in so much as it is useful to others. Even his ultimate dream to find the legendary All Blue culminates in his being able to prepare better, more varied food for the ones he loves rather than any personal gain. Because what makes him happiest is to make others happy. He will always put others first. This has led to numerous attempts to sacrifice himself for his guardian, crew mates, women, and others whom he can't help but empathize with. Most recently, he's gone as far as putting himself in the line of fire in order to save the very family who used and abused him, even after they threaten everyone Sanji loves. He doesn't even have to like someone in order to risk his life for them; he can downright despise them. He will make sure they know he hates their guts, but even so, he'll still aggressively save their sorry asses. For Sanji, it's not about doing the right thing or being a good person; it's about being a man that will make his true family proud.

Knowing how many sacrifices he was forced to make for his cruel family, it makes sense that the first man to sacrifice himself for Sanji's sake instantly won his loyalty and respect. Chef Zeff, the man Sanji considers to be his true father, beat his own morals and principles into Sanji's thick skull quite literally. He taught Sanji how to fight, how to cook, and how to appreciate life for all its precious fragility. He instilled in the boy "how to be a man" by always treating women well and feeding anyone who is hungry. Sanji lived to be acknowledged by him as a child. Now he lives to make him proud. Zeff's code of conduct has become his own, and to this day, he refuses to hurt a woman or leave even an enemy to starve. It's nearly killed him and has caused his precious crew mates trouble more than once, but they accept and appreciate it as an unyielding part of his character. This "kishido" or chivalry of his exemplifies the core of his identity. Despite his crude demeanor, sharpened through working with Zeff's thuggish staff in order to combat trouble-making pirates, he would rather die than betray it.

For outside observers, Sanji's most obvious trait is undoubtedly his weakness to women. It goes far beyond being unable to hurt them. Sanji is absolutely obsessed with women and likes to think of himself as a suave ladies man. He is anything but. Viola, whose ability allows her to read minds, is slapped in the face with this unfortunate fact when she tries to use Sanji to gain information on the Strawhat Pirates and instead is bombarded by a litany of erotic, perverted thoughts. Even while bound, wounded, and captured by the enemy, all he can think about is Viola herself. Luckily for everyone around him, he does have a filter for these thoughts - most of the time - and they usually remain just that, thoughts. The energy he gets from looking at a beautiful woman is put to use complimenting, pampering, protecting, and serving that woman hand and foot long before she ever allows him to touch her. This means he ends up being used by quite a few women who know his reputation, but his attitude doesn't change even when he discovers their plans. Once he gets over the initial shock, he doesn't seem to mind at all, immediately forgiving even the harshest of abuse heaped upon him. He's the type of man who can (and does) look the woman who is going to kill him in the eye and tell her she's beautiful with complete sincerity.

Aside from these stubborn quirks, Sanji is surprisingly levelheaded for a One Piece character. He's confident as well as independent enough to act on his observations at a moment's notice, and yet the only time he'll act without thinking is when he's surprised by a gorgeous woman. Though he goofs off and has quite a temper while the coast is clear, in the heat of battle, he's very aware of the big picture and eager to exploit his options. He's impersonated enemies in order to report that his friends were killed when they weren't, disappeared during an all-out skirmish in order to cause a whirlpool that trapped the marine ships chasing his crew, and secretly sabotaged the main engine of an enemy airship so that even after he was defeated in battle he could allow his crew mates to escape. He consistently thinks outside of the shounen protagonist bubble. In fact, his fighting specialization is in Observation Haki over Armament Haki, making his ability to sit tight and see the situation from every angle rather invaluable when he's working with his brutally straightforward captain and first mate.

Because he is able to think several steps ahead, he also ends up as something of a babysitter for other members of the crew who don't. Looking after others, though it's not something he aspires to outside of the women in his life, always seems to be the role he finds himself in. Despite how loudly he will complain when his companions are men, he will still do everything in his power - both physical and mental - to make sure the people in his care get out alive. From something as minor as teaching Chopper, the youngest member of the Strawhats, how to live like a man to something as major as leaping into a poisoned lake in order to retrieve a complete stranger's missing torso, Sanji just can't seem to leave anyone who's struggling alone. And as he himself states, once you've interfered in someone else's business, it's your responsibility to finish what you've started. Sanji more than anyone else aboard the Thousand Sunny considers it his responsibility to ensure the day-to-day health of his charges. He is, after all, their chef.

Inventory: Collared shirt, pants, tie, dress shoes, a pack of cigarettes, and a lighter

Abilities: Sanji is the third member of the monster trio, the Strawhat Pirates' main fighting force. His strength and speed are immense, and his threshold for pain is out of this world. His "Black Leg Style" martial art relies on leg strength above all, but it requires perfect balance, agility, flexibility, and upper body strength as well. He is also a haki user, allowing him to sense spiritual energy from a distance and use life force to strengthen his body.

Body strength and endurance are key to Sanji's fighting style as he rarely uses weapons. Under Zeff's tutelage, he's trained his entire body to the extreme. His kicks have sent giant crocodiles and sea monsters flying, and he's even killed then hauled a dinosaur across a tropical pre-historic island with ease. He's endured electrical attacks that disintegrated other men and even the pressure at 5000 feet below the water's surface. Because he fights using his body, he also breaks bones on a regular basis. After winning his fight with Mr. 2 Bon Clay, he nonchalantly asks himself how many ribs he's broken before he proceeds to run around the capital city of Alabasta as if nothing is wrong. When he does finally succumb to his injuries, he displays the typical shounen protagonist trait of seemingly being able to recover with only some sleep and food. Unlike his captain, however, just because he can act like he's completely recovered doesn't mean he is.

While his strength and endurance are admirable, Sanji's true ability lies in his speed. From the moment he's introduced, his ability to appear and disappear during battle is highlighted. He only gets faster as time goes on, until he successfully dodges bullets at point blank range. This ridiculous speed leads to his latest techniques "Sky Walk" and "Blue Walk." By kicking the air or water repeatedly at great speeds, he can essentially run with no ground beneath him.

As a cook, he prides himself in his mastery of fire, and in typical One Piece fashion, he takes that pride to absurd heights. In order to enhance his kicks, Sanji is able to heat his own legs by spinning rapidly. His legs burn hot enough to glow bright red and set fire to whomever or whatever they impact. One kick can even grill a kraken tentacle while under the water. He calls this technique "Diable Jambe." Sanji can also set himself ablaze by revisiting his traumatic experiences in the Kamabakka Queendom. Why his own flames don't burn him alive, nobody knows. They certainly barbeque his targets.

Finally, Sanji is a user of haki, One Piece's magical energy force. Observation Haki is his specialty, and he utilizes it often. It has allowed him to search for items and people too far away to see, dodge projectiles, and even detect a person's sincerity. This ability is how he is able to see that Captain Tashigi has lost her fight against Vergo and come to her aid despite having been nowhere near the fight while it was occurring. It's easy to deduce when he feels one person's energy withering in despair while another right next to it is flaring cruelly. Along with Observation Haki, Sanji can also use Armament Haki to harden his body. It's very clear when he is utilizing this type of haki as the leg he hardens with haki turns black.

Sanji has several skills he puts to use outside of battle as well.

First and foremost, Sanji is a chef. That is his role aboard the Strawhat's ship, and that is what he lives his life for. In fact, the reason he will only fight using his legs is because he needs his hands to cook and therefore can't injure them. His encyclopedic knowledge of ingredients and precise taste make him a very resourceful chef, perfect for long voyages that require scavenging to bolster supplies. Though he specializes in being a cook of the sea and is fondest of preparing seafood, he prides himself in being able to make anything from juicy steaks to wedding cakes. He's also dexterous with knives, able to perform flashy tricks like juggling for performative cooking. He won't ever use them in a fight though; kitchen knives are too sacred for something like that.

He is in possession of the 99 Attack Cuisine recipes from the Kamabakka Queendom. Attack Cuisine is a special form of cooking that builds up physical prowess. These recipes are enormous meals that can rejuvenate as well as strengthen those who eat them if prepared properly.

Sanji is also capable of being unexpectedly stealthy. His pragmatic streak keeps him from charging into every situation like his captain Luffy, and that allows him ample time to think about what counter attack will effectively impede the enemy's numbers. Even though Sanji himself prefers a straight up fight, he's long since honed the ability to sneak around for a surprise attack or slip away in the middle of a battle. He is able to board a sea train guarded by the elite CP9, renowned masters of espionage, without being discovered. He dashes between two fighters in order to attack one and rescue the woman he's taken hostage without either fighter seeing him before he gets away. He even manages to evade the many members of Big Mom's crew meant to keep track of him while being held prisoner on Whole Cake Island, enabling him to discover Big Mom's plan to kill his family, relay her plot to his sister, and later snatch up Luffy before Big Mom's pirate horde can. His speed is ideal for quick and quiet infiltration, and his wit is what allows him to put that speed to practical use.

Flaws: Sanji is a wanted man, after all, a criminal. While he's not evil, he's certainly chaotic.

His lustful flirting is ridiculous at best, sexist at worst. He's a chain smoker. He has a hair-trigger temper, especially when it comes to Zoro, food, or his biological family, and as such, he beats anyone who insults his loved ones in front of him half to death. As a pirate, he's attacked marines with as much impunity as other pirates, kidnapped a weapons developer to use as a hostage, taken part in declaring war against the Tenryuubito who control the World Government, and "stolen" plenty of riches from countries he's helped saved. Sanji himself would cite the fact that he's brutally attacked his own captain (a heinous crime among pirates) even if he was trying to protect him in doing so, as well as the fact that he let a good man die so that he could save his murderous, unfeeling family.

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Action Log Sample: Test Drive Meme

ch.43 - intro
--- "Food is not something you can play with."
ch.44 - doesn't stop Pati from beating up Gin but does feed him afterward
ch.49 - Sanji is more pragmatic and down to earth than Luffy or Zoro, a realist
ch.52 - "It's easy! Give up your stupid dream!"
ch.54 - "A chef's knife is his soul."
ch.55 - "What kind of chef would be afraid of fire?"
ch.56 - very self-sacrificing, will give up his life all too quickly for the dreams of people he cares about
--- takes debts very seriously
ch.57 - Sanji and Zeff backstory
ch.58 - Zeff talks about how cruel the sea can be
--- marooned 85 days
ch.59 - Luffy scolds him that Zeff didn't save him just to see him die for him
ch.61 - always talks tough especially when thinking he's in a bind
ch.67 - actually very forgiving, gives Gin and Kreig's pirates a boat
--- gets super smiley whenever he talks about All Blue
--- don't ever insult his cooking
ch.68 - very stubborn once he's made up his mind
--- started smoking as a child, wanted to "be a man"
--- values Zeff's life above all else, especially himself, gets into fights when anyone insults him

ch.183 - saves Vivi from Mr. 2
--- "You took my sharpshooter's precious goggles. Why don't you give them back?"
--- this time introduces himself as Sanji rather than Mr. Prince
ch.187 - Sanji vs. Mr. 2
ch.189 - stretches his hand out for friendship then beats Mr. 2 up to get Ussop's goggles back
--- continues to treat sorta enemies like this (Caeser Clown's heart)
ch.211 - "Vivi, I think you should know, we're pirates. We don't like to get involved with politics."
--- could be related to his past with germa 66, wants to separate himself completely from ruling class

ch.283 - Sanji and Usopp get back on Enel's arc
--- still going on about Nami's shirt

ch.309 - groggy ring battle
ch.314 - luffy's afro gets him fired up

ch.321 - gets angriest when his friends are in danger
--- yells at ussop over luffy's choice to fight aokiji "mano a mano" because he wants to help luffy but luffy refused his help
--- sanji asks "Doctor Chopper" what he could do to help
--- everyone in the crew falls asleep in the same room where luffy and robin are resting
ch.359 - "A man forgives a woman's lies."
ch.361 - sanji's letter to nami letting her know he got on the sea train
--- it's sanji's idea to lure marines into the last two train cars and then separate them
ch.368 - vs. wanze
ch.374 - losing robin on the train, "HOW ROTTEN CAN YOU GET?!"
ch.387 - kicks zoro and chopper because he's supposed to be the one who clears the path nami takes!!!1!
ch.402 - vs. kalifa goes bad
ch.413 - vs. Jyabura, sanji saves usopp
ch.426 - sanji disappears to close the gov't gates
ch.428 - he comes back, saving chopper and kokoro

ch.442 - frightens usopp with scary story
ch.463 - vs. absalom
ch.470 - vs. oars (oz?)
--- sanji ends up in the worst spot, gets targeted first but also still has the nerve to shout at and attack oars
ch.484 - vs. kuma
--- sanji jumps in to save zoro despite zoro accepting a 1 on 1 match
ch.485 - tries to sacrifice himself in zoro's place, gets knocked out
ch.486 - learns what happened after zoro knocked him out
--- "Don't be rash. That guy didn't do it because he wanted to be thanked. Especially... if Luffy finds out that his pain was transferred into his comrade's body, how do you think he'll react?"
--- "It's great that everyone's alright. That's already good enough."

ch.494 - duval reveal

ch.510 - sanji sees zoro suffering during the fight and realizes his injuries from the first kuma fight aren't healed
--- acknowledges how hard it must be on zoro to see kuma's face again so soon after his sacrifice
--- "You lose your head, you lose the fight."
ch.512 - says he doesn't care about protecting the guys, but when the pacifista goes after zoro, usopp, and brook, he leaves nami to try to help them
--- kuma makes zoro disappear
ch.513 - sanji has to watch zoro, brook, and usopp disappear before he goes
--- gets angry at himself for just sitting around and letting it happen despite being severely injured

ch.593 - sanji in kamabakka queendom
ch.595 - accepting ivan's challenge

ch.618 - sanji meets shirahoshi

sanji admires the Samurai's courage and decides to help him
--- angry at him the entire time but continues to aid him anyway
--- feels that once you've interfered in someone else's business, it's your responsibility to finish what you've started

ch.672 (712?) - "I will never doubt a woman's tears." with viola

ch.813 - good-bye note
ch.824 - on the boat to whole cake island
ch.832 - vs. judge
ch.839 - vinsmoke meal
ch.840 - sanji's backstory w/ the vinsmokes
ch.842 - reiju fixing sanji up
ch.843 - vs. luffy
ch.846 - begging big mom to let the strawhats go
ch.848 - cheering himself up by cooking for pudding
ch.855 - finding luffy
ch.861 - marriage start