As ever, Sanjibros are the living embodiment of this
He‘s managed to get the same powerup five years, two arcs and over a hundred chapters later than Luffy and Zoro got it, and its one that every man and their dog will have in the future
Dawg, your entire Sanji posting history is a fucking depreciation algorithm. I genuinely do not know how you fail to see your own bias.
No setup? Hypetool.
Setup arrives? Leeching.
Setup pays off? Late, common and plot-required.
Every Sanji W leaves your mind factory with a disappointing performance label already attached.
I don’t think Sanji’s willpower or ambition stands out in any way among the Strawhats [...] and he has canonically gave up on his dream more than any of the others.
For years his will and ambition were supposedly nothing special. Now Oda has Gaban directly challenging him to become a king, and your first response is that CoC has become bargain-bin Haki that every man and his dog will own.
Incredible timing. You declared the criterion worthless the moment he cleared it.
Does great character moments mean more bitching and whining about his boring ass family?
The best character moment Sanji has had in years was when he asked Robin to save him. The Vinsmoke plotline has been dismal. A melodramatic, cheap copy of Robin’s vastly superior flashback.
Character focus? Boring family bullshit and a cheap Robin copy.
Sanji’s been a hypetool longer than most on this forum have been alive.
Combat portrayal? Lifelong hypetool.
Nah it’s just top tier leeching
Fans drew power implications from Gaban being positioned as Sanji’s Roger Pirate counterpart? Top-tier leeching.
Now the Gaban setup is cashing out and you have reached the final phase: “Actually, it is five years late and means nothing.”
You are for sure not some neutral reader observing Sanji fans succumb to agenda. You simply do not like the character. Every development enters the same agenda grinder and comes out worthless regardless of what Oda draws.
The funniest part is how quickly this standard disappears when Mihawk enters the room.
We’ve had as much for Mihawk as we’ve had for Dragon. A bit more for Mihawk, really.
Both will play their roles when it‘s actually time for them to do so.
Oh, waiting for future payoff is valid now?
Mihawk can spend over a thousand chapters farming aura from a title, a black blade and a Shanks rivalry from the fossil record, and your answer is “wait until his time.” 💀
Mihawk’s swordsmanship is the best because he beats all other swordsmen in fights.
Which on-panel fights?
Where are these mythical victories? Did his title card beat them offscreen?
Mihawk has no completed on-panel top-tier fight and no named top-tier victory. His visible win résumé is East Blue Zoro and fodder. He is the biggest leeching piece of shit in the manga. He leeches off Shanks, Zoro’s dream and a title whose supporting résumé Oda basically forgot to draw for 3 decades
Yet you bank his entire endgame payoff upfront. “His time will come.” “He beats every swordsman.” Pure faith-based scaling.
Sanji gets explicit setup and every panel is taxed lol. Mihawk gets a blank cheque for shit he has never done.
Tell me you are aware of your double standards
Spare us the “agenda piece warped your understanding” sermon. You have spent years shitting on Sanji’s ambition, writing, feats and portrayal. Meanwhile, the temple spent half a decade treating CoC and kingly ambition as the caste wall separating him from Zoro.
Now Oda is taking a dump on that wall and it’s time the clowns pay up, so wtf are you on about
Of course people are dancing on the rubble.
Btw, sure, prove me wrong with the equally long catalogue of posts where you brought this same energy against rampant Zoro wank. I am sure those receipts are stored beside Mihawk’s on-panel victories against anyone who isn’t a mid tier…