@Zoro D Goat I would absolutely love this, great thread! Would have made a brilliant way to give Sanji ranged attacks (aside from my idea of Rankyakyu with Diable Jambe) and it would be so fitting for him too! Fits with his James Bond inspirations too!
This made my day when I saw it the other day, I was meaning to respond about it!
I really hope for some epic gunslinging from the Red Hair pirates, I really want to see Oda's take on cowboys especially with the fact he did a Western/Cowboy themed oneshot too ofc!
I think Sanji and Beckmann could have some very interesting connections especially based on what you pointed out and I get similar vibes from Beckmann as I do when Sanji is serious too. Beckmann seems like the really suave, cool, wise and most serious guy of the crew so Sanji would def match him somewhat (I'm referring to Sanji at his peak/best especially pre TS ofc).
That definitely had to be a Wolfwood reference from Oda too, I always felt Vash and the Trigun series had the spirit of OP somewhat but I only saw the anime so far. The fact that Wolfwood's full name is Nicolas D Wolfwood and thus he is a "D" just makes this all the more hilariously fitting too!
Those artworks of Sanji with the guns always look so great and are some of my favourite of him too! I really hope Oda does take him in this direction in future with the Red Hair Pirates but I don't wanna get my hopes up too much.
I'm also hoping for an epic shootout between Usopp and his own father, maybe Yasopp lamenting or respecting that Usopp refuses to use guns and Usopp feeling conflicted that maybe he should use guns or being inspired by seeing his fathers legendary sniping in action.
I also think Usopp is gonna get some major David vs Goliath moment at Elbaf with his slingshot and being such a huge fan of giants, maybe even this arc with Kaido as the Goliath at least, but more fittingly at Elbaf ofc with some kind of actual giant enemy. Maybe Usopp vs San Juan Wolf of the Blackbeard pirates as he seems to the biggest person we've seen I believe?
But this is going off topic ofc...
To get back on topic, thank you for this thread, this is exactly my jam and the kind of thing I appreciate, I love gunslingers and Sanji did kind remind me of Wolfwood funnily enough, even before that moment in OP recently!
:cheers: