My theory is Shiryu will actually be Sanjis opponent for the reasons as follows:
His personality is the complete opposite of Sanji, Shiryu is cold, callous and a ruthless murderer who will kill anyone without hesitation. Sanji however is a kind hearted warm person who won't hesitate to help someone whether they are friend or foe so they juxtapose each other perfectly.
Sanji has never fought a swordsman before so this fight would be something completely fresh and new for Sanji, will be the closest thing we will get to Zoro Vs Sanji in a serious life or death fight we can get.
I think Zoros opponent will be the new mysterious 10th titanic captain as Oda is clearly saving his reveal for something special.
Oda gave Sanji this https://19216811.cam/ https://1921681001.id/ incredibly strong skin that is super hard to cut for a reason, it has to actually be used in a way that isn't just a flat buff for him and him testing his body's strength against a swordsman would be an awesome way to challenge him, and Shiryu would see it as a personal challenge similar to Zoro trying to cut Mr 1.
I'm also sure that Shiryu has no problem hurting or even killing women as he kills indiscriminately and without remorse, if he tried to harm Nami or Robin obviously again this would anger Sanji beyond likely anything we've seen before.
Shiryu has the devil fruit Sanji has been dreaming of since he was a child and obviously combined with all the other reasons I've listed this would just add fuel to the fire, and this would also be a good way for him to channel any anger or frustration he has towards Zoro into something constructive for a change lol.
Zoro is the obvious choice for Shiryu's opponent but I think there's too many things that make him a better suited foil to Sanji, he's like Zoro, Judge and his brothers rolled into one character and the invisibility fruit is just the cherry on top, also they both smoke constantly which is another fun connection.
Please don't shout at me this is just a fun theory lol
His personality is the complete opposite of Sanji, Shiryu is cold, callous and a ruthless murderer who will kill anyone without hesitation. Sanji however is a kind hearted warm person who won't hesitate to help someone whether they are friend or foe so they juxtapose each other perfectly.
Sanji has never fought a swordsman before so this fight would be something completely fresh and new for Sanji, will be the closest thing we will get to Zoro Vs Sanji in a serious life or death fight we can get.
I think Zoros opponent will be the new mysterious 10th titanic captain as Oda is clearly saving his reveal for something special.
Oda gave Sanji this https://19216811.cam/ https://1921681001.id/ incredibly strong skin that is super hard to cut for a reason, it has to actually be used in a way that isn't just a flat buff for him and him testing his body's strength against a swordsman would be an awesome way to challenge him, and Shiryu would see it as a personal challenge similar to Zoro trying to cut Mr 1.
I'm also sure that Shiryu has no problem hurting or even killing women as he kills indiscriminately and without remorse, if he tried to harm Nami or Robin obviously again this would anger Sanji beyond likely anything we've seen before.
Shiryu has the devil fruit Sanji has been dreaming of since he was a child and obviously combined with all the other reasons I've listed this would just add fuel to the fire, and this would also be a good way for him to channel any anger or frustration he has towards Zoro into something constructive for a change lol.
Zoro is the obvious choice for Shiryu's opponent but I think there's too many things that make him a better suited foil to Sanji, he's like Zoro, Judge and his brothers rolled into one character and the invisibility fruit is just the cherry on top, also they both smoke constantly which is another fun connection.
Please don't shout at me this is just a fun theory lol
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