Hmm
I can see it happening u said, but I dont ever think that kuzan will fight lanji not cuz lanji will not be as powerful as admiral but oda with SHs he leans to make the opponents are usually on contract to SHs personalities , so kuzan doesn't seem to be fitting to sanji character wise.
Even queen like women but he is different than sanji .
So yeah not kuzan
Hmm , but why u r focused on oart of sanji power which fire 🔥 , what about his body or kicking style etc , the opponent could be anti other power not fire only.
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I am big fan of vivi the original copy of nami lol
And thinking about her situation now she is wanted so returning to albasta is not possible. And continuing tagging with morgans seems mot intersting.
So yeah her joining make sense more than any candidate since her enemy is the final villain
He want her personally more than robin.
Kuma df ?!
Idont know kuma situation since i skipped most of egg head but is he alive or dead lol.
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I always thought a work that center around df powers and the masin cast never got thier hands on a df on screen is really disappointing from.loda
So i will be awesome if they found df and they gave it to vivi .
But i think kuma df is hmm milked I want somehting new .
It is true that Kuzan's personality doesnt match that of Sanji's opponents.
He lacks that clownish nature that all others had.
That's why I am open to the idea that someone else takes Kuzan's DF or a similar DF is introduced or reused(Monet's snow).
I focus on fire because it is an essential part of Sanji's combat.
The counters among BBPs need to be effective in order for SHs to be in a lot of trouble.
All of Sanjino's PUs were heat-based so when you neutralize that through cold, Sanjino gets into a lot of trouble.
Vivi is getting set up for her return to SHs, as you said, Alabasta and Morgans are not an option/temporary.
Remember that Imu said - Bring me Vivi. This might tie into the end of Elbaf, Vivi shows up but Imu manages to take her away.
That is a perfect reason for Strawhats to go after Mariejois right after Elbaf, which is what I think will happen.
And then, after they have rescued Vivi and defeated WG, they will face off with Kurohiges to decide the Pirate King.
Regarding the DF, she could get any but Imu implied that Poneglyphs have been spread through the world due to Lily's "mistake".
Only Kuma's DF can achieve such a feat, to send objects to all corners of the world...
So, if Lily had Paw no Mi, it is likely to end up on Vivi as well and it is one of the most powerful DFs in the world which is great to bring Vivi to a needed level of strength because Pizzaro is living island and Kuma's DF would allow Vivi to fight against such but at the same time it would be countered due to sheer size of the island and the inability to send the island flying and so on...