So I'm convinced that:
- Yamato is considerably stronger than current Sanji.
- She has much better feats than him:
- When given a free shot on a Full Zoan Tobi Roppo, Sanji did no noticeable damage.
- When Yamato was given a free shot on a Full Zoan Tobi Roppo she oneshot them.
- She casually blocked an Elephant Gun from Post Udon Gear 3 Luffy.
- She casually oneshot a Number.
- Let alone her Hybrid form, Base Yamato has better feats than Raid Suit Sanji.
- She has much better portrayal than him.
- She was depicted as superior to Luffy during their short fight.
- She stalemated Ace while being of the same generation and of similar age to him.
- This suggests that she should have been comparable to Ace at Marineford and above Ace now.
- Ace said she was too strong to not be a captain.
- Kaido trained his in his techniques.
- Kaido only respects strength, and he wants to make her the Shogun:
- In contrast, he called Doflamingo too weak.
- Yamato will remain stronger than Sanji even at the end of Wano.
- Yamato will remain stronger than Sanji to the end of the series.
- As Kaido's only child, her potential is top tier.
If Yamato joins the Strawhats, Sanji will no longer be Luffy's 3rd Strongest Subordinate. Does this significantly undermine her chances of joining?
Or will Oda magically make Sanji stronger than her? How so when
Yamato will fight Kaido and Sanji will be fighting a Calamity?
On a slightly unrelated note, I expect Yamato's position in the crew to be combatant (like Lucky Roo) and for Zoro to become the "Vice Captain"/"First Mate" (like Benn Beckmann).
If this is true, it'll probably break the pattern of Sanji being the 3rd Strongest Strawhat.
On another note, Ace commented that Yamato was too strong to not be a captain:
This sentiment is traditionally associated with Zoro.
I think this is slight supporting evidence for my "Yamato as combatant", speculation and reinforces that Yamato has been depicted as a more formidable fighter than Sanji.
For those who think Sanji has always been the 3rd strongest Strawhat since East Blue, Robin had portrayal above him in Alabasta and in Skypiea (she soloed Yama and quite easily at that), so I don't think it's true.
And as for Sanji surpassing Yamato later this arc or by EOS well I don't think it's plausible given:
- Her heritage
- Kaido's only daughter
- She seems to have inherited his physical stats
- He trained her
- Her potential
- She seems to have had Ace level potential
- Kaido wanted to make her the Shogun
- Her role this arc
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I'm curious what the other Yamato 4 Nakama supporters think.