Nah, I honestly think you’re overthinking this. First, everyone was saying Sanji was 100% gonna fight Sommers and that would later lead to Sanji vs Ju Peter. But now that he’s fighting Killingham, it means Oda did that so he could later switch Zoro and Sanji’s opponents? Why would he do that?
Whom was Sanji supposed to fight in Elbaf for the Mars matchup to be confirmed? Because it sounds like you’re saying Sanji vs Ju Peter was always confirmed, regardless of what was gonna happen. If he fought a member of the Shepherd family in Elbaf, it would confirm the matchup, but if he didn’t, it would also confirm the matchup. Imo that’s just trying to bend facts so they would align with a pre-established idea. Ideas should adapt to facts, not the other way around.
In Egghead, Mars stood out much more than Ju Peter. He fought the SHs and did important things, just like Nusjuro, which imo is much more telling than things like clothes. When did Zoro and Sanji’s opponents’ clothes ever mattered before? Ju Peter isn’t even a confirmed CoC user as of now, unlike the other two.
Oda isn’t obsessed with matchups like we are, so we shouldn’t overanalyze these things. He doesn’t have some kind of super clever, hidden plan for things like matchups, he just does what he feels like doing. The Sanji vs Sommers thing completely fell apart despite the whole love theme, that should serve as a lesson to all of us. Let’s be more simplistic when it comes to predicting matchups.
Sommers is a swordsman and apparent leader of the HK trio -> he’s Zoro’s fight. Killingham is the other HK that’s not a girl -> he’s Sanji’s fight. If we just sticked with what was shown in their introduction, we wouldn’t have been fooled. It’s like King being a swordsman and quarreling with Queen in their introduction (I insist that one was very predictable, but people complicated things). We gotta keep a simple approach.
Now, I agree that the Shepherd family’s weapon being a sword doesn’t per se disqualify Ju Peter as a potential opponent for Sanji, but based on what we’ve seen on Egghead, Mars is a much more likely candidate imo.
Whom was Sanji supposed to fight in Elbaf for the Mars matchup to be confirmed? Because it sounds like you’re saying Sanji vs Ju Peter was always confirmed, regardless of what was gonna happen. If he fought a member of the Shepherd family in Elbaf, it would confirm the matchup, but if he didn’t, it would also confirm the matchup. Imo that’s just trying to bend facts so they would align with a pre-established idea. Ideas should adapt to facts, not the other way around.
In Egghead, Mars stood out much more than Ju Peter. He fought the SHs and did important things, just like Nusjuro, which imo is much more telling than things like clothes. When did Zoro and Sanji’s opponents’ clothes ever mattered before? Ju Peter isn’t even a confirmed CoC user as of now, unlike the other two.
Oda isn’t obsessed with matchups like we are, so we shouldn’t overanalyze these things. He doesn’t have some kind of super clever, hidden plan for things like matchups, he just does what he feels like doing. The Sanji vs Sommers thing completely fell apart despite the whole love theme, that should serve as a lesson to all of us. Let’s be more simplistic when it comes to predicting matchups.
Sommers is a swordsman and apparent leader of the HK trio -> he’s Zoro’s fight. Killingham is the other HK that’s not a girl -> he’s Sanji’s fight. If we just sticked with what was shown in their introduction, we wouldn’t have been fooled. It’s like King being a swordsman and quarreling with Queen in their introduction (I insist that one was very predictable, but people complicated things). We gotta keep a simple approach.
Now, I agree that the Shepherd family’s weapon being a sword doesn’t per se disqualify Ju Peter as a potential opponent for Sanji, but based on what we’ve seen on Egghead, Mars is a much more likely candidate imo.
