#lets be real luffy claimed him as nakama in 0.5 seconds

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i got in the mood to share of one of my One Piece wips, so here it is

featured in the upcoming story, Nasu to Kaiso, this is Mori! he's a stray Wano child living in the forests near the Flower Capital where he meets Sanji (going by "Sangoro"). he has dark green hair in an uneven haircut, tanned skintone and teal eyes. everyone who knows of him refers him as "Gabu", a name he hates (it means "to gobble")

Mori met Sanji when he attempted to trade a few fishes he caught for a bowl of soba. Sanji couldn't find it in him to leave this child all alone to fend for himself and offered for him to stay with him as his little helper. and we KNOW Sanji would've given him a soba bowl for free.

Mori's name is one of the most important aspects in this story; he has no name to call his own and he doesn't remember what his original name was. all he knows is that he was abandoned as baby. Mori asked Sanji to only give him a name if the cook really wants to keep him in his life. so through the whole story, Sanji kept calling Mori for "kaiso" (seaweed).

through the Wano arc, Sanji and Mori develops a deep bond and Mori proves himself being a brave, resourceful and strong boy capable of fighting. although Mori doesn't get his name until near the end of the arc, when the Straw Hats are departing Wano and Sanji takes him in as his adoptive son, giving his name Mori which means "forest".

yes, this is also a ZoSan story as well. his official name, in the end, becomes Roronoa Mori. because Sanji obviously takes Zoro's surname and severs his ties with Germa for good

yes, Mori has his own katana. it gets important later, since it's a relic from his birth father (a samurai who was killed for standing by the bushido code, he sent his son away to protect him). it looks small, but the katana is, in fact, bigger than it looks like.