Monjiro is a resident of Wano Country and an ally of the Kozuki household.

Appearance

He’s a short man with a large nose, a mustache covering his mouth, and petrol green hair with long sideburns. He wears a green kimono that tends to gray at the top and blue at the bottom. He also wears a large red pearl necklace, a black wide-brimmed hat and a box tied behind his back. He has a tattoo of a crescent moon on his ankle.

Character

He’s patient and loyal to the Kozuki family, having waited twenty years for their return, but was puzzled when he received the message announcing the rebellion.

Power and Ability

Weapons

He wields a katana and is skilled in its use.

History

Past

Eighteen years before the narrative, he heard Kozuki Toki’s prophecy that 9 samurai would come twenty years later to kill Kurozumi Orochi and open the borders of the Land of Wano.

Wano Country Arc

He receives the message announcing the return of the Kozuki family and is puzzled by it.

He’s arrested together with other allies and imprisoned in Rasetsu Prison, where he receives the new message from Shimotsuki Yasuie, witnesses the latter’s execution and the rescue of Toko by the Straw Hat Pirates.

On the day of the fire festival, Denjiro frees him and the other prisoners; they then reach Tokage Harbor to reunite with the other allies.

He then disembarks on Onigashima. Here, the samurai sink their own ships to prevent them from being discovered and then obtain clothes similar to those of their enemies thanks to the ability of Kin’emon, in order to blend in. Monjiro then joins the samurai’s troop, which proceeds on the eastern road and plans to split in two to surround the enemy: one side will continue, the other will climb the mountain. Unexpectedly, however, they come across the brothel run by Black Maria and Sanji rushes there, coming out immediately because it’s empty. The group decides to take advantage of the fact that no one is there and walks across the bridge to the side of the structure and gets separated. However, when Kin’emon hears a voice approaching, he orders everyone to jump into the water. Shortly after, they infiltrate the main hall and, when Luffy declares the start of the war, they drop their disguises and clash with the enemy pirates.

Trivia

• Mon means “coat of arms” in Japanese.