Netflix’s One Piece includes an interesting side character in episode 1 named Mr. 7, but is he a new character created for the live-action adaptation?

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Netflix's One Piece.

Summary

• Mr. 7 is not a new character created for Netflix's One Piece; he is a part of the Baroque Works organization in the original anime and manga.
• In Netflix's adaptation, Mr. 7 has a different appearance, with dark skin, a red uniform, and a red mohawk, unlike the original character's lighter skin and blueish-white puffy hair.
• There is a possibility that the original Mr. 7 could appear in a potential season 2 of Netflix's One Piece, as Baroque Works regularly replaces its members, allowing for a connection to the anime and setting up future storylines.

Netflix's One Piece episode 1 includes an interesting character named Mr. 7, prompting many to wonder if he is an original creation for the live-action adaptation. As is par for the course with every adaptation, Netflix's One Piece makes some changes to the original anime and manga on which the show is based. That said, there are many elements of the One Piece live-action which are incredibly faithful to the beloved source material.

One of the primary aspects of Netflix's One Piece that holds high fidelity to the original content is the show's characters. From their designs to their backstories and personalities, Netflix's live-action One Piece cast compares to the anime fairly closely, with only a handful of notable changes. One character that has piqued audiences' interest in whether this is the case is Mr. 7, an agent for an organization Baroque Works who attempts to recruit Roronoa Zoro to his cause in One Piece episode 1, resulting in his death at the hands of the infamous pirate hunter.

Is One Piece's Mr. 7 An Original Character In Netflix's Live-Action TV Show?

Interestingly, Mr. 7 is not a new character for Netflix's One Piece. Baroque Works is an organization with various storylines in the long-running anime and manga of One Piece, despite not playing a major role in Netflix's One Piece season 1. That said, Baroque Works will likely play a role going forward due to their nature in the One Piece universe.

Mr. 7 is simply one of the many agents who fell under the employment of Baroque Works before his death. The agents of Baroque Works are ranked based on skill and influence, with the lower the number signifying a better agent. As such, Mr. 7 was fairly important to Baroque Works. Despite not being an original character for Netflix's One Piece, Mr. 7 is presented very differently from the version of the character primarily seen in the anime and manga.

Netflix's Mr. 7 Is Completely Different To The Original One Piece Character

In Netflix's One Piece, Mr. 7 is dark-skinned, wearing an overly extravagant red uniform. Similarly, Mr. 7 continues the red theme by having a red mohawk. This is much different from Mr. 7 who plays a role in the original One Piece, who has lighter skin and blueish-white puffy hair that falls down to his shoulders. Mr. 7 in the One Piece anime also wears a purple coat with yellow frills, only furthering his differences from Netflix's Mr. 7.

That said, there is still a way the original One Piece's Mr. 7 could appear in a potential season 2 of Netflix's One Piece. In the original anime, members of Baroque Works are regularly replaced with new agents. After the death of Mr. 7 at the hands of Zoro shown in One Piece episode 1, a future season could show his replacement who links more closely to the anime character. This would allow for a crucial Baroque Works storyline to appear in Netflix's One Piece which was part of the anime, setting up more members of the Straw Hat Pirates in the process.