When it comes to villains, Charlotte Katakuri is undoubtedly one of the best and most popular One Piece villains. Although he is Luffy's enemy, their fight was so full of sincere rivalry that people began to respect him as a character. This is why he is so popular among fans and why people are wondering when he will return to the story. But, when it comes to Katakuri, we will also tell you if he is dead or alive in One Piece, which will also reveal whether or not he will be able to return to the story.

The fight between Charlotte Katakuri and Monkey D. Luffy was one of the best in One Piece, and we can only confirm that Luffy won the fight, with Katakuri ending up seriously injured and seemingly dead. However, Charlotte Brûlée came to his aid and treated his injuries, which is why he was able to wake up and was seen alive in some later chapters of the manga.

The rest of this article will give you a detailed look at Charlotte Katakuri's fate after her epic confrontation with Monkey D. Luffy. You already know what happened and how it happened, so we'll just give you the details so you have the full context. Be careful, though, as the article will contain plenty of spoilers, so if you don't know all the details, be careful how you approach the text.

Is Charlotte Katakuri dead and what happened to her in One Piece?

Charlotte Katakuri is Big Mom's second child, as well as the Minister of Flour and one of the three Candy Generals; a bounty of 1,057,000,000 berries hangs over her head. According to Brûlée, not only has he never been defeated, but he has never even been overthrown. Cold and reclusive, in public he displays a very calm and refined attitude, while in private he is as unrestrainedly greedy as Big Mom; despite this, he has a strong sense of loyalty and honor towards opponents he deems worthy.

He was a feared opponent in the pirate world until his clash with Luffy, which ultimately cost him his reputation and potentially even his life. In this article, we'll give you a glimpse of the battle, the end of which will ultimately reveal Katakuri's fate—whether he's still alive or dead in One Piece.

After their first brief skirmish, Katakuri prepares to consume his daily snack hidden from view in a temple made of mochi. However, Luffy catches him gorging himself, and the two resume fighting. Katakuri, enraged, loses focus and cannot predict his opponent's actions, who hits him with several attacks in Gear Fourth.

After calming down, Katakuri resumes using Observation Haki, with which he manages to dodge his opponent's blows. He then uses his powers to create arms coated in Armament Haki to hit Luffy hard. His opponent tries to get away from him, so Katakuri chases after him, but Straw Hat accidentally finds Brûlée, whom he uses to pass through a mirror and exit this dimension.

Katakuri waits for developments, overhearing communications revealing the pirate's observations in various cities across the archipelago. He later sees Luffy return to the mirror world and resumes the duel, preventing him from attacking with Observation Haki, each time knocking the enemy to the ground with his blows. However, he senses that the opponent is trying to exploit his own ability to predict the future.

He later confesses that the Big Mom Pirates are aware of his crew's plan to reunite in Cacao, where some of his brothers are now. The fight continues, but Katakuri realizes that if he continues at this pace, his opponent will master Observation Haki as well as he did. To this end, he stabs him with his trident. However, he realizes that Luffy is no longer fighting like he used to, and he doesn't explain why, since he was about to acknowledge the honor.

After hitting him several times, he sees his sister Flambé trying to hit him with a needle launched from her blowgun. To do this, he approaches her and his sister goes to meet him, believing that he wants to thank her, but at that moment Katakuri pierces her with his trident and, after showing her his mouth, scolds her for having interfered in his duel, declaring that she has damaged his honor as a fighter.

Flambé then repudiates him by ordering his subordinates to take pictures to show Katakuri's appearance to everyone in Toto Land. However, Katakuri and Luffy use Conqueror's Haki, which knocks everyone out. The fight continues unabated, with constant exchanges of blows. Katakuri seems to have the advantage, but every time he knocks his opponent to the ground, he gets back up.

When both fighters are very tired, Straw Hat uses a variant of Gear Fourth, the Snakeman. The speed of the latter's attacks puts Katakuri in difficulty, as he is hit several times. At that moment, the general hits him by considerably increasing the size of his arm, creating large needles covered in Armament Haki with which he crushes the opponent to the ground for the first time, then spins him in the air, only to hit him again. throw him to the ground again.

Luffy, however, manages to get up and the two strike each other, generating a powerful impact force. After another exchange of blows, Katakuri throws his opponent to the ground with such force that it creates a hole in the ground, knocking him unconscious. However, the Candy General also collapses to the ground.

Ten minutes later, Luffy is back on his feet, but at that moment Katakuri also stands up. Katakuri asks Luffy if he plans to return to Toto Land to defeat Big Mom; after Straw Hat confirms this, emphasizing his desire to become the Pirate King, Katakuri falls backward, remaining unconscious.

Katakuri wakes up and Brûlée joins him and begins to heal him. He asks if he fell on his back on purpose, but the pirate cannot answer. His sister reveals that she knows that the image of the perfect man he had created was only meant to defend everyone in his family. She then states that Luffy escaped from Toto Land and that she was sure that was what would have made him happy. However, she continues by saying that she will not forgive him.

To confirm that Kaktakuri did survive his confrontation with Luffy, we can only say that he was briefly seen during the Wano Country Arc, when he and Oven attacked the Vinsmokes who came to free Niji and Yonji from the laboratory on Whole Cake Island. They failed, however, as Caesar Clown released a special gas that caused Katakuri and Oven to hallucinate and fight. He is also briefly seen in One Piece Movie: Red attending Uta's concert.