General & Others Sanji is a contradiction.
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The thing is, Sanji's pervertedness isn't something that was addressed in WCI. He was serious on WCI the whole time because of the circumstances, and even outside of WCI, when the situation gets serious, so does Sanji.
Look at Sanji vs Kalifa. What aspect of his character was prevalent in the fight? The perverted Sanji, or the Chivalrous one?
Look at Sanji vs Kalifa. What aspect of his character was prevalent in the fight? The perverted Sanji, or the Chivalrous one?
The last popularity poll, Sanji was ranked number 3. That's where he's always been with the exception of the 1st and 5th poll. That shows you where his popularity sits within the Japanese fandom. Now don't you think if his core audience in Japan had started to dislike Sanji, and his character started dropping on the polls, that wouldn't be cause for alarm on the Author's behalf? Of course it would, but there is no cause for alarm, because Sanji is still sitting in the same spot of popularity he sits at the majority of the polls.
You can cherry pick examples all day where his chivalry outstripped his desire to get his dick wet, that doesn’t excuse all the moments when the latter took precedence. How many times did he almost die in Fishman Island because he couldn’t control his nose bleeding around the mermaids? Why is he running around Onigashima right now looking for hookers? Why do we need a panel of him with heart eyes every time a female character exists in his field of vision? By your own admission, the chivalry allows him to take things seriously...so why not emphasize that instead of showing the same old gag every time for seemingly no reason?
Yes, he's running around Wano looking for hookers. And which Sanji did we get in the flashback scene from Nami? The serious on or the perverted one? Nami didn't seemed bothered at all by the fact that Sanji decided to save the prostitutes. You think that would be her mindset if she felt he had some kind of lude objective behind it?
Fishman Island, is a different story. He had JUST come off living on an Island with Okama's for almost two years, and seeing Mermaids had been a dream of Sanji's for a long time. He even called it his "All Blue" Towards the end of the arc, those nosebleeds died down.
Yet here we are, and every Sanji thread starts off with "I use to like his character, but not anymore." But maybe that's just the entire rest of the world, and Japan is the only Country that can start out loving a character, and slowly start to only hate one aspect of that character, but still love the rest.
Fishman Island, is a different story. He had JUST come off living on an Island with Okama's for almost two years, and seeing Mermaids had been a dream of Sanji's for a long time. He even called it his "All Blue" Towards the end of the arc, those nosebleeds died down.
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Yet here we are, and every Sanji thread starts off with "I use to like his character, but not anymore." But maybe that's just the entire rest of the world, and Japan is the only Country that can start out loving a character, and slowly start to only hate one aspect of that character, but still love the rest.
This the panel you’re talking about? You read this and thought that Nami WASN’T bothered? I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt on the Fishman Island part, but come on, man...even his best friends are sick of this shit.
By the way, I still like Sanji as a character and think he’s crucial to Luffy’s mission. It’s precisely BECAUSE of these things that I’d like to see him develop even a single iota. The same is true for all SHP who have become one-note jokers instead of fleshed out characters.
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By the way, I still like Sanji as a character and think he’s crucial to Luffy’s mission. It’s precisely BECAUSE of these things that I’d like to see him develop even a single iota. The same is true for all SHP who have become one-note jokers instead of fleshed out characters.
If anything, it’s a saving grace against his natural perversion, and his entire personality is a choice by the author, which is the point I was originally making.