One Piece Chapter 902 Katakuri Brulee Daifuku Past

Charlotte Katakuri is the second son and third child of the Charlotte Family,^[4]and the elder triplet brother of Daifuku and Oven.^[5] He is one of the Three Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates^[3] as well as Totto Land's Minister of Flour(粉大臣 Kona Daijin^?), governing over Komugi Island.^[5]

Due to his actions, he is a major antagonist of the Whole Cake Island Arc.

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.^[4] His mouth, which is usually covered up, contains extremely pelican eel-like sharp teeth and is capable of expanding to an enormous size.^[7]

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.^[4]

In the anime, he wore a dark cloak when arriving at the Whole Cake Chateau.^[2]

As a child, Katakuri wore a dark torn jacket and dark pants without a scarf.^[8]

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 Jigraafter foreseeing his assassination attempt on his mother,^[1] 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.^[9] He has a tendency to foresee what other people say and respond to them before they actually talk.^[10] 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.^[11] He was also worried at the thought of Luffy achieving his level of Haki and tried his best to finish the fight quickly.^[12]

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.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.^[16] 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.^[17] It was later confirmed when he did not join the fight against Chopper and Brook on the Thousand Sunny.^[18] He is also not above giving his enemies compliments as shown when he praised Brook for fighting off several chess soldiers.^[19] This was seen again when he complimented Luffy after he managed to drag him into the Mirro-World so he can fight him one-on-one away from his friends.^[20] 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.^[21] 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.^[22] 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.^[23]

Though ruthless, he is very caring, which was revealed when he used his Devil Fruit powers to create ear plugs not only for himself but also for his fellow siblings.^[24] This side is shown again when he was quick to rescue his sisters Charlotte Galette from falling off the collapsed Chateau^[25] and Charlotte 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.^[26] 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.^[15] He also showed concern for his brother Charlotte Perospero after he was caught in an explosion.^[27] He prevented Luffy from attacking Charlotte Mascarpone and Charlotte Joscarpone, stating that they were his precious siblings.^[28] Katakuri also prevented Luffy from attacking Brûlée after she taunted Luffy behind a mirror.^[23] 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.^[29]

Katakuri is shown to be fiercely loyal to his mother as he would not hesitate to eliminate anyone who would threaten her.^[1] He supported Linlin's ambitions as shown when he attempted to kill Sanji to begin her plan to assassinate the Vinsmoke Family. When the wedding ceremony was about to get hectic, Katakuri immediately leaped in front of his mother to protect her from harm.^[17] He is aware of Linlin's attachment to Carmel's portrait and did everything he could to prevent its destruction. Despite his loyalty and devotion to her, Linlin sees Katakuri as a lowly child of hers and will not tolerate him interfering with her business. Katakuri merely accepts being patronized by his mother but will also explain himself to her as shown when he provided his reason for attacking Luffy.^[10]

When Bege attempted to attack his mother with Big Father's cannons, Katakuri clogged up the cannon barrels with mochi, effectively protecting Big Mom while she was vulnerable.^[32]

Due to his caring nature, Katakuri is very close with a majority to almost all of his siblings as he provided them with earplugs after they were incapacitated by Big Mom's screams. ^[24] He saved Brûlée from her captors though this could be because he did not want her powers to be used any further by their enemies as he did hold her in a threatening way after bringing said fact up but listened to her pleas of being a hostage.^[26] Katakuri is always prompt to save his siblings if they are in danger. He saved his sister Charlotte Galette from falling after the Chateau collapsed as she called desperately for him.^[25] He acted similarly when Luffy attacked Brûlée, protecting her without hesitation. He even warned Luffy to not dare lay a hand on his sister, showing a strong determination to protect her.^[23] He also showed concern for his brother Charlotte Perospero after he was caught in an explosion.^[27] He also prevented Luffy from attacking Mascarpone and Joscarpone, calling them his precious siblings. He also seem relieved to learn that Perospero survived the explosion caused by Pedro.^[28] Brûlée holds Katakuri's strength in high regard, as shown when she proudly bragged about to Luffy while the Straw Hat captain was struggling in his fight against the Sweet Commander.^[23] Charlotte Flampe once deeply admired Katakuri and she stated that all of his little sisters have selected him as their favorite brother and that he is also beloved by his fellow brothers. She meddled in his fight with Luffy, wanting to preserve her brother's perfect status and become his favorite little sister.^[33] However, when Katakuri caught Flampe's interruption, he went to her and angrily berated her for her meddling actions before stabbing himself with his trident and revealing his full face to her.^[31] Flampe's opinion of him immediately turned negative and she even threatened to expose his secret, after which Katakuri willingly knocked her out with Haoshoku Haki so he could have a fair fight with Luffy.^[34] Katakuri's strength was held with such immense respect and admiration among his siblings that they never fathomed the possibility that he could lose in battle and they were in utter disbelief and complete rage when Brûlée revealed that Luffy defeated him. Charlotte Oven was enraged that his brother's unbeatable record was broken and tried to kill Luffy only to fail several times.^[35]

Outside of his family members, Katakuri also seems to care for the safety of his subordinates, as he ordered the Chess Soldiers to return to the Mirro-World since he foresaw that they would have suffered a swift and complete beating from Luffy had they remained.^[29] As the strongest of the Three Sweet Commanders who exemplifies the image of a dignified and level-headed warrior, he commands great respect and admiration from his subordinates.^[36] He acts forgiving to their discrepancies to his perfectionist attitude, as he accommodated to his black tea cooling down due to his battle with Luffy.^[13]

While seemingly a strong leader who respects his subordinates in turn, Katakuri goes to great lengths to keep this image, and he keeps his true face out of their sight, eating in solitude. Believing he was eating in a dignified manner to recuperate his nutrition, the patisseries who delivered Katakuri his Merienda became utterly shocked when they inadvertently witnessed his gluttonous and slothful eating manners, shattering their vision of his perfect warrior image. Once exposed, Katakuri brutally executed the chefs, and even misinterpreted one of their pleas as a comment to his mouth, which resulted in him acting even more violent towards them.^[30] However, despite this previous demeanor, Katakuri did not mind showing his full face to Flampe and his fan club and he was content at just knocking them out, knowing full well that they were going to expose his secret.

During the Tea Party, Katakuri was a huge hindrance to Luffy's efforts to facilitate Bege's assassination plan as he tried to stop Luffy from exploiting Big Mom's weakness.^[10][38]

After Luffy and his group escaped the chateau, Katakuri led a pursuit team after them, swearing to eliminate Luffy before he can become a threat to his mother^[15] and later insisted on staying on their ship to ambush them just in case they escaped his mother.^[41]

After Luffy dragged him into the Mirro-World to keep him from preventing his friends' escape, the two fought each other in a fearsome clash.^[20] Initially, Katakuri was patronizing and informative towards Luffy's many efforts to defeat him.^[21]Despite believing that Luffy had no chance of defeating him, he developed some respect for Luffy as he remarked on Luffy's skill in his dodging that resorted to Katakuri using his awakened powers.^[42] Though he claimed that he was not underestimating Luffy, he failed to properly finish off Luffy before indulging himself with sweets. However, after Luffy interrupted his snack time and exposed his face as well as his sloppy eating manners,^[13] Katakuri regretted not making sure Luffy was dead. Enraged, Katakuri resumed his attempt to kill Luffy for good. However, in his anger, Luffy was able to hit him and Katakuri challenged Luffy's claim of finding out his weakness.^[43] When Luffy briefly gained the upper hand, Katakuri's respect for him seems to have grown as he commended Luffy for being able to injure him and commented that he understood how he was able to overcome his younger brother Cracker. However, after he disrupted Luffy's attacks, he promised to not allow him to gain the advantage again.^[44] When Luffy retreated from the battle due to the time limit of his Gear Fourth, Katakuri pursued him, not willing to let him get away, but Luffy managed to escape the Mirro-World before Katakuri could catch him.^[45] While he was resting, Luffy declared his intention to surpass Katakuri and later returned to confront him again as the latter was impressed by his bravery.^[46][47] He also seems to be worried of Luffy's potential as he was shaken by the thought of the latter achieving his level of Haki and tried his best to finish the fight quickly.^[12]

Even though he wanted to end Luffy before he could become a threat, Katakuri wanted to defeat him honorably as shown when he disapproved of Flampe's meddling and even injured himself to make the fight more fair.^[31] He even apologized to his enemy for his sister's actions as they use Haoshoku Haki to knock out Flampe and her subordinates as punishment. As they resumed their battle, Katakuri told Luffy that he no longer saw him as below his level.^[48] At the end of their clash, Katakuri failed in his promise to kill Luffy as the latter defeated him. Afterwards Katakuri briefly stood up to talk with Luffy who told him that he'd return to beat Big Mom and become Pirate King and Katakuri, believing Luffy, wished him good luck in his dream before losing unconsciousness. As he laid beaten, Luffy showed some respect to his downed adversary by covering his mouth with his extra hat before leaving.^[49]