Future Events Sanji will fight Aokiji

TheAncientCenturion

I will never forgive Oda
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#1
Okay this will be controversial so I’ll try to be quick. People don’t read walls of text here.

Many people guess who Sanji’s opponent could be for the BB pirates. Some say Lafiette, some say Pizaro and others Vasco Shot. And I think the fact no singular member of the crew has resonated strongly with the fandom is telling. No one fits the bill. And while Aokiji isn’t perfect, I think he is better suited to be Sanji’s opponent.

Reason #1 — Sanji and Robin’s relationship

In Onigashima Oda decided to give us a touching moment of Sanji relying on Robin when he was in trouble. He absolutely trusted her and this meant a lot to both of them.

Sanji famously cannot condone a woman crying and will fight to make any woman happy — more ferociously the better he knows them — and Aokiji is heavily tied to Robin’s trauma and past. While he doesn’t bare all the blame, murdering Saul in front of her and leaving her with a thinly veiled threat to come after he is traumatic. I can see what Oda did in Onigashima coming back around with Sanji rescuing Robin from her past trauma via defeating Aokiji.

Reason #2 — Sanji’s usual match ups

Sanji will always fight someone who mirrors him in some way. Bonclay’s a very feminine man to mirror Sanji’s machismo attitude. Jabra was a ferocious scoundrel whereas Sanji’s royalty with ethics. Absolom reflects a Sanji without restraints. And famously Queen represents Sanji’s Germa hatred. So what does Aokiji represent for Sanji?

A compassionate man whose heart is frozen over with a sense of duty. Aokiji is relatively good though still very questionable morally. He was a dog of the world government through and through despite his reservations with how it operated. But at his core Aokiji is a good person with a weak spine. Sanji is a stubborn person unable to bend to another. Even Germa or a Yonko.

Reason #3 — Fight Itself / Powerlevels

Okay so famously Sanji does not do well against very fast characters. Just now it is. His biggest advantage has always been speed over his opponents. And you might assume that will be the case here, but it’s not. Aokiji has never been depicted as fast. Kizaru is the fast admiral. Akainu the sturdy admiral. Aokiji the admiral with hax. Aokiji was somewhat keeping up with Marco who is a little slower than Sanji normally let alone invisible speed.

Likewise, Sanji’s Ifrit Jambe is a perfect counter to Aokiji’s ice. Thematically it’s great, Sanji’s passion versus Aokiji’s callousness.

Now people may say Sanji is too weak to fight an admiral. And that’s fair. But Aokiji is crippled and there’s no reason why Sanji can’t receive another power up. Against the Blackbeard pirates, I cannot fathom that Oda wouldn’t give the monster trio power ups.

Besides, Sanji mid diffed Queen with Ifrit Jambe and Queen is only a little weaker than King. That means Current Sanji would high diff King. One of if not the strongest right hand we’ve seen in action. The only place left to go for Sanji is to a top tier. Fighting another Commander opponent will be too easy for Sanji.

So that’s my reasoning — I know some people say Law will fight Aokiji but that’s literally random. Aokiji isn’t getting handed off to a side character. Yamato if she joins fits with an ice theme but has no other reason to fight him besides that.

What do you think?
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TheAncientCenturion

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#10
Although I disagree, I do like the reasoning very well stated.

Something I would add is Aokiji is also a bit of a womanizer who instantly went to asking out Nami commenting on her body the second he met her
I forgot all about that. That’s just more evidence tbh.
''people don' read walls of text here''
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Lmfao I tried to be as precise as I could be
 

TheAncientCenturion

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#12
Even though we have a single panel of dialogue I feel like literally all these points except the Robin one can be repurposed for Ryokugyu.

And since Ryokugyu and Fujitora have a similar dynamic to other Z/S opponents I think this one’s obvious.
Definitely can. Aokiji is a wounded / crippled admiral, beating him won’t be the same as beating Greenbull later.
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Sanji will not fight against a admiral level character.
He can already beat any right hand and non top tier. Admirals are the only place to go.
 
#13
I think aokiji will go down from BB himself.
He is a kind hearted person and one of the few real marines imo.
He side with BB in order to keep an eye to the worst enemy of his generation.
He will try to take out BB and he will die imo.
Sanji could fight his fruit thought.
Sengoku, aokiji, fujitora, smoker and coby are hiw marines should be.
Aokiji turned evil after akainu's beating is farfetched imo.
 
#14
Oh no, please no.
Imagine the man with the strongest legs fighting an admiral who was nerfed precisely by losing one of his legs.
Not to mention that Aokiji is a loser who lost to Akainu.
It will be totally pathetic for Sanji if he fights Aokiji instead of Kizaru or Green Bull.
Robin vs Aokiji would be a better match.

And no, it's not fair to say that Sanji is too weak to fight an admiral. That's just said by people who dislike Sanji.
But it's nice to see that you recognize that Sanji would defeat King.
 
#18
I think aokiji will go down from BB himself.
He is a kind hearted person and one of the few real marines imo.
He side with BB in order to keep an eye to the worst enemy of his generation.
He will try to take out BB and he will die imo.
Sanji could fight his fruit thought.
Sengoku, aokiji, fujitora, smoker and coby are hiw marines should be.
Aokiji turned evil after akainu's beating is farfetched imo.
Truly allying with Blackbeard and Turning evil is not the same thing.

Aokiji May have just bet on Blackbeard because he’s the most likely one to give Aokiji what he wants, answers.

Aokiji likely was fed up with the world government ever since Ohara when he had to kill his friend and watch a massacre. I can imagine he may have had a desire to see what all that bloodshed was defending, and it’s possible he worked to become fleet admiral in order to learn of it from the top, however, after they backed someone he couldn’t stand he may just take things into his own hands and believes the answers are on Raftel.
 

Lhulu

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#19
Oh no, please no.
Imagine the man with the strongest legs fighting an admiral who was nerfed precisely by losing one of his legs.
Not to mention that Aokiji is a loser who lost to Akainu.
It will be totally pathetic for Sanji if he fights Aokiji instead of Kizaru or Green Bull.
Robin vs Aokiji would be a better match.

And no, it's not fair to say that Sanji is too weak to fight an admiral. That's just said by people who dislike Sanji.
But it's nice to see that you recognize that Sanji would defeat King.
Robin vs Aokji? WTF
Shanks lost an arm and still a Yonko, why Kuzan isn't admiral level???
 
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