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[Julius]

I don't want to tag anybody but BleakAsh, [No Name], KennedyFake, Swallala, Kurwa they all seemed like genuine Sanji fans to me. I am probably missing some too.

And like I said, if Oda gives you Kid/Law>>Zoro~Sanji at EoS, I am almost sure you (as in majority of Sanji fans here, not you specifically) would gladly take it.

When i meant "not downplaying" i don't mean "dicksucking" instead, this isn't supposed to be a 180 turn

When i say downplaying i mean: neverending (cope) threads and cry.

Like there are some dudes who can't even accept the idea of Mihawk being among the strongest, just like there are people who legitemately believe Luffy and Zoro will be absolute equals while Sanji will be Jinbei/Franky's rival EoS, or that 3/2 Admiral are needed to beat a "yOnKOU lEvEL chARActEr", so not that much of a big deal here

 

[115673]

You are wrong. Zoro has the biggest fanbase in the entire world. Yes, even bigger than Luffy fanbase. Oda is not gonna disappoint them in the long run.

Luffy's fanbase should be a bit bigger going off of all the polls. And even if Zoro's fanbase was bigger, it still is a small fraction of overall fanbase.

When i meant "not downplaying" i don't mean "dicksucking" instead, this isn't supposed to be a 180 turn

When i say downplaying i mean: neverending (cope) threads and cry.

Like there are some dudes who can't even accept the idea of Mihawk being among the strongest, just like there are people who legitemately believe Luffy and Zoro will be absolute equals while Sanji will be Jinbei/Franky's rival EoS, or that 3/2 Admiral are needed to beat a "yOnKOU lEvEL chARActEr", so not that much of a big deal here

I agree some people are way more focused on humiliating Sanji than supporting Zoro.

KennedyFake, Swallala are Zoro haters, not Sanji fans.
BleakAsh is neutral
[No Name], Kurwa, Chrono are Sanji fans who's constantly at war with Zoro fans
Doggo, Bango, gamaran and few others are Sanji fans who's mostly chill with Zoro fans.
MonsterZoro is MonsterZoro

Oh!

 

[Nidai_Kitetsu]

Luffy's fanbase should be a bit bigger going off of all the polls. And even if Zoro's fanbase was bigger, it still is a small fraction of overall fanbase.

None of them were global polls except the last one. In the last official poll, there they counted 10 points for a postcard and 1 point for online votes. I think Zoro wins if all votes were counted equally. I doubt its a small fraction if we count the casual fans who are not active in One Piece debates or online voting.

 

[Welkin]

You are wrong. Out of all One Piece characters, Zoro has the biggest fanbase in the entire world. Yes, even bigger than Luffy fanbase. Oda is not gonna disappoint them in the long run.

And this is based on…?

 

[Nidai_Kitetsu]

And this is based on…?

Create a poll and you will see

 

[Welkin]

Create a poll and you will see

No need

The popularity polls exist

 

[kratosś]

The dynamic between croc mihawk and buggy is really funny and enjoyable but I think that they might not get a lot of screen time

 

[Elias50]

You are wrong. Out of all One Piece characters, Zoro has the biggest fanbase in the entire world. Yes, even bigger than Luffy fanbase. Oda is not gonna disappoint them in the long run.

Create a poll and you will see

So he's more popular because one platform has more Zoro fans than Luffy fans, even though every single popularity poll in existence shows otherwise?

 

[Shanal]

This post has the biggest energy of "I'm a Zoro fan, but..." lmao.

Yeah, no. Saying Mihawk won't get his portrayal and feats and hype when he finally gets his time to shine just because Oda's priorities are on Luffy is one of dumbest things ever.

There's a reason why Oda always portrays Shanks/Mihawk in similar light as Roger/WB. Oda will do him justice and that was obvious since his introduction. This only emphasized upon that.

 

[Welkin]

This post has the biggest energy of "I'm a Zoro fan, but..." lmao.

Yeah, no. Saying Mihawk won't get his portrayal and feats and hype when he finally gets his time to shine just because Oda's priorities are on Luffy is one of dumbest things ever.

There's a reason why Oda always portrays Shanks/Mihawk in similar light as Roger/WB. Oda will do him justice and that was obvious since his introduction. This only emphasized upon that.

Is it though?

When will Oda give Mihawk the chance to show off?

He's content with his peaceful life and his only goal is to fight a swordsman stronger than Shanks. He's a modern-day Rayleigh

He portrays them in the same light because they share a similar dynamic but in this case one character is clearly more important than the other

Shanks has ties to the Gorosei, Blackbeard, Luffy, and wants to procure the One Piece... what does Mihawk wanna do? Chill on his island and drink wine lol

Mihawk will get his portrayal (he already got it tbh) and his feats/hype will come from fighting Zoro after he beats Shiryu/an Admiral

What he's saying isn't a stretch at all

 

[Shanal]

Is it though?

When will Oda give Mihawk the chance to show off?

He's content with his peaceful life and his only goal is to fight a swordsman stronger than Shanks. He's a modern-day Rayleigh

He portrays them in the same light because they share a similar dynamic but in this case one character is clearly more important than the other

Shanks has ties to the Gorosei, Blackbeard, Luffy, and wants to procure the One Piece... what does Mihawk wanna do? Chill on his island and drink wine lol

Mihawk will get his portrayal (he already got it tbh) and his feats/hype will come from fighting Zoro after he beats Shiryu/an Admiral

What he's saying isn't a stretch at all

Mihawk already has bonafide Yonko level portrayal as per latest chapter.

When he finally gets in action, be it via Zoro or anyoen else, we'll get his feats. Side materials can provide us with BG and those feats, too.

If Black Blade is heavily related to CoA, we might get insane portrayal for Mihawk's haki, too, because no swordsman in history is able to make it outside of Ryuuma.

 

[Jailer]

Honestly most series I read go to shit so im just gonna enjoy the good moments and not overhype them like a casual stan.

But seriously what the hell is with long running series going to shit most of the time.

Should have never have the series run this long. There was no need for Luffy to beat three warlord villains, one would have been enough, with Lucci and Enel and jump straight to the yonko like how the series was first gonna be until he decided to add warlords.

 

[The White Crane]

And i don't think Kid and Law will be portraited as above EOS Zoro and Sanji combat wise, like they arguably did in this arc. Oda already gave them the biggest W they will ever get in the manga and thats it in my opinion

 

[Seven7]

Should have never have the series run this long. There was no need for Luffy to beat three warlord villains, one would have been enough, with Lucci and Enel and jump straight to the yonko like how the series was first gonna be until he decided to add warlords.

Yeah with how wano is going go the definitely gonna the dragon ball route.
Hype shit for the sake of merchandise

I just hope for the love of god they don't inflate powerlevels to planet busting by eos like other shounen series.

 

[Welkin]

Mihawk already has bonafide Yonko level portrayal as per latest chapter.

When he finally gets in action, be it via Zoro or anyoen else, we'll get his feats. Side materials can provide us with BG and those feats, too.

If Black Blade is heavily related to CoA, we might get insane portrayal for Mihawk's haki, too, because no swordsman in history is able to make it outside of Ryuuma.

I agree with that though

What I'm saying is he won't get to see as much action as some people may hope for

Because his only purpose in the story is to lose to Zoro at the end and Oda has laid the groundwork for that perfectly (if you read the vivre cards/data books at least)

Mihawk accomplished his goal before the story even began. Everything he does now he does to amuse himself

He's content with living the quiet life because he already did what he set out to do. He has no lofty goals or ambitions now that he's the WSS so he has no reason to involve himself in conflict that has nothing to do with him

Other characters in the story have their own goals and things that motivate them that call them into action. Mihawk doesn't have that

The only thing he wants is to find a swordsman that's an even greater challenge for him than his old rival. He kickstarted this by training Zoro and he'll reap the benefits in an arc or 2

 

[Nidai_Kitetsu]

So he's more popular because one platform has more Zoro fans than Luffy fans, even though every single popularity poll in existence shows otherwise?

Not really, Zoro also had the highest vote in Orojackson in "your favorite from monster trio" thread, more than Luffy. Rogersbase has been conducting his own popularity poll in youtube for past 5 years, and Zoro beat Luffy 3 out of 4 times. If I am not mistaken, Takking did one poll and Zoro also won that.

As I said, none of the past official polls were global and Japanese probably likes Goofy more than Zoro. In the last poll and only global poll, Zoro was more popular than Luffy in: 1. Europe, 2. Latin America, 3. Africa, 4. Middle East, 5. Ocenia. Luffy beat him in 1. Asia, 2. Japan and 3. North America. So dont give me "Zoro is only more popular in this forum" bs.

 

[Shanal]

I agree with that though

What I'm saying is he won't get to see as much action as some people may hope for

Because his only purpose in the story is to lose to Zoro at the end and Oda has laid the groundwork for that perfectly (if you read the vivre cards/data books at least)

Mihawk accomplished his goal before the story even began. Everything he does now he does to amuse himself

He's content with living the quiet life because he already did what he set out to do. He has no lofty goals or ambitions now that he's the WSS so he has no reason to involve himself in conflict that has nothing to do with him

Other characters in the story have their own goals and things that motivate them that call them into action. Mihawk doesn't have that

The only thing he wants is to find a swordsman that's an even greater challenge for him than his old rival. He kickstarted this by training Zoro and he'll reap the benefits in an arc or 2

Obviously we won't get him see in action as much. It's pretty much quality vs quantity.

Most of our expectations are that Oda will give him amazing top tier abilities and feats and have great reasoning behind Black Blade and whatnot.

Oda already exceeded our expectations way past what we thought would happen in bounty department. A non-yonko, non-leader of a fresh guild having 3.6b is ridiculous.

 

[Elias50]

Not really, Zoro also had the highest vote in Orojackson in "your favorite from monster trio" thread, more than Luffy. Rogersbase has been conducting his own popularity poll in youtube for past 5 years, and Zoro beat Luffy 3 out of 4 times. If I am not mistaken, Takking did one poll and Zoro also won that.

As I said, none of the past official polls were global and Japanese probably likes Goofy more than Zoro. In the last poll and only global poll, Zoro was more popular than Luffy in: 1. Europe, 2. Latin America, 3. Africa, 4. Middle East, 5. Ocenia. Luffy beat him in 1. Asia, 2. Japan and 3. North America. So dont give me "Zoro is only more popular in this forum" bs.

Where did I claim Zoro is only more popular on this forum? You suggested making a poll, to which I replied that using a single forum doesn't prove anything. You can break down the global popularity poll all you want at the end of the day Luffy was number 1 in that. A couple forum or Youtuber polls won't change that.

 

[Herrera95]

Why the hell Zoro and Mihawk fans would be hype with that chapter?

 

[gz89]

Have you seen fans rankings? Sanji in many continents is hardly in top10. IIRC there are only 3 occasions that he is 3rd or 4th place even behind Nami.

Just found it.