Current Events Is Oda leaving Sanji behind?

Is sanji no longer in the league of Zoro and Luffy?

  • Yes but this gap was there from the beginning

  • Yes but the gap became more apparent since Time skip

  • Yes but sanji will close the gap in future

  • There is no gap because I read two piece

  • Gap is there but atleast his neck isn't getting squeezed like King and Queen 🤭


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Doggo

Talent is something you make bloom.
Tbh whatever Sanji does this arc,he will probably feel left behind by Wano's end cuz' he is not involved into the emperor's fight.

I may have thrashed Queen and King in the chapter discussion thread but after cooling down,i think Oda hasn't gotten them serious yet for whatever reason.

I still think Zoro vs King is going to happen as the final battles are meant to happen in Wano thus triggering a rearrangement of matchups in the upcoming chapters.

Act 3 must end in tragedy,whatever that ends up to be,the alliance must lose in some capacity and since Oda doesn't want to draw Zoro losing/being wrecked,i think the matchups go;

Round 1: Zoro,Luffy,Kid,Law,Killer vs Kaido and Big Mom
Sanji vs Black Maria

Round 2: Luffy,Kid,Law vs Kaido
Zoro vs King
Sanji vs Queen
Killer vs Smoothie
Marco vs Big Mom

Final Round :
Luffy,Kid,Law,Zoro, Killer + 4 shadows vs Kaido
I think that's too much swap.
Round1 is ok. Round 2 I believe it should be the 3 captains vs the 2 yonkos. (I don't think it's beneath Oda to power up Kid and Law out of nowhere so they can handle Big Mom while Luffy solos Kaido :P ) Zoro vs king if fine, sanji vs queen is fine, Killer vs smoothie? honestly? I think it's more likely Jack come back and be more of a threat than Smoothie. I think Marco will just play support. Maybe Perospero deals with Carrot and Wanda and then Marcos finishes him?
 
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stealthblack

That's why a big question comes up


Why oda didn't even let sanji help marco against calamities in chapter 1000. Wouldn't you fans love to see sanji doing so in such big milestone chapter?


But oda didn't do that. I am damn sure getting trapped with Black Maria is just oda's way to divert sanji from not helping marco.


And, this isn't the first time. This trend has become more apparent since Time skip and since we entered into yonkou saga



We can argue against the trend but it's basically our wishes
oda delayed thew 4 other people out of 9 because he wants the supernovas to shine more in this battle, the other 4 will just show up there for help.
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I know. I think when Robin and Brook save him, he'll fight either King or Queen.
marco and drake fight king and queen
 
I think that's too much swap.
Round1 is ok. Round 2 I believe it should be the 3 captains vs the 2 yonkos. (I don't think it's beneath Oda to power up Kid and Law out of nowhere so they can handle Big Mom while Luffy solos Kaido :P ) Zoro vs king if fine, sanji vs queen is fine, Killer vs smoothie? honestly? I think it's more likely Jack come back and be more of a threat than Smoothie. I think Marco will just play support. Maybe Perospero deals with Carrot and Wanda and then Marcos finishes him?
I don't think so,if Jack Comes back,Jinbei will probably be fighting him i think since Oda will want the strawhats to be the ones dealing with Kaido's crew.

I just have Killer vs Smoothie because of lack of any decent opponent to fight Killer,but it can be anyone really.

Anyways,the 5 Sn on the roof are losing that fight against the 2 Emperors,i'm sure of it.

Oden's prediction was only about Kaido's defeat and not 2 Emperors.
 
Even though sanji primary role is that of a cook but he used to get good fights atleast pre TS.


But since TS, there is definite trend being set by Oda

Luffy-
  1. Got fights in all arcs since TS.
  2. Oda clearly laid down the basis of him fighting kaido in wano and even gave him training in WCI and Wano


Zoro-
  1. Had fight in Dressrosa
  2. In WCI he was not there but oda compensated it by giving him repeated fights in wano against Worst gen - Hawkins, Killer, Apoo
  3. Oda clearly laid down evidences to build the narrative that zoro will fight against kaido.
  4. He also have him training in parallel with Luffy

But when it comes to Sanji story is entirely different
  1. At PH, had clash with Vergo's Left Leg which didn't end well
  2. At Dressrosa, Doffy rekt him.
  3. In WCI, he didn't get a single fight despite being in the centre of that arc
  4. And, in Wano
    • Oda made him use RS quite early and that too against Page one
    • No sub plot laid down for his fight against anyone yet.
    • And, now put him against Black Maria
One can raise question that why oda didn't let Sanji help Marco drop zoro to the roof when he was fighting two YCs to set the stage for sanji vs a calamity.

It would have been nice way to have sanji in chapter 1000 but oda didn't have him at all in chapter 1000.



This is clearly a trend that oda is separating Sanji from the leagues of Luffy and Zoro.

And, it makes sense as well as both Luffy and Zoro have dreams linked with strength and are fighters first.
This thread truly makes sense only when the arc is over and Sanji didn't get any big feat. For now, war is still in the initial stages and few matchups are yet to be established and so it is too early to make a comment regarding anything related to Sanji. Zoro was nowhere near dome until this chapter and the first few chapters after flashback he was fighting gifters and now look where he was, Luffy was off the spotlight for like 10+ chapters in the whole raid and now he is in front of Kaido, look at Law or Kid/Killer so anything can happen from this point of time. Sanji can fight either King or Queen or one of the Tobi Roppo or he will be background like he was in the past 2-3 chapters. Only time will tell.
 
No.

But this thread appears in it's many forms in every arc since probably Alabasta.

Zoro and Sanji's 1 v 1 fights this arc will be against King and Queen.
How no ? And even if zoro ends fighting King, how it's comparable to Sanji ? Oden's speech wasn't enough ? Only the top 5 SN face Kaido and Big Mom because they are the strongest pirates from the new gen.
 
Thing is, Sanji did just fine without a Raid Suit.

If Sanji is meant to fall behind Luffy and Zoro, why instead introduce a new type of power up so late into the game for his character ?

Oda would just let that run it's course. He can't keep up so he does not help him keep up.

He can write a Sanji that competes with Brook or Franky without invensting so much into inventing something that would allow Sanji to improve his strength in a different manner without being as combat focused as Zoro.

The Raid Suit is basically the canon explanation for why Sanji can keep up, which used to be a valid complaint pre time skip.
The raid suit is needed to make Sanji stronger. In WCI we were shown the shortcoming of Sanji without the raid suit and how he would be able to get stronger if he gets it.

Sanji getting the raid suit has nothing to do with Luffy or Zoro, it is all about him and Oda making him stronger in order to fight stronger enemies in the upcoming arcs.

The raid suit doesn't really mean Sanji can keep up with Luffy and Zoro cause Luffy and Zoro did not stagnate whilst Sanji was the only one to increase in power. All of the got stronger however, we don't know by how much. Anyway, we are getting to the fights so we will be able to see how the sh compare to each other and to other people.
 
The raid suit is needed to make Sanji stronger. In WCI we were shown the shortcoming of Sanji without the raid suit and how he would be able to get stronger if he gets it.

Sanji getting the raid suit has nothing to do with Luffy or Zoro, it is all about him and Oda making him stronger in order to fight stronger enemies in the upcoming arcs.

The raid suit doesn't really mean Sanji can keep up with Luffy and Zoro cause Luffy and Zoro did not stagnate whilst Sanji was the only one to increase in power. All of the got stronger however, we don't know by how much. Anyway, we are getting to the fights so we will be able to see how the sh compare to each other and to other people.
But Oda made him stronger pre time skip just fine without a Raid Suit.

Surely Oda would not get any complaints from the readers if Sanji remains competitive with the other SH's without a Raid Suit, when before the time skip he was shown as a monster in comparison to them without said Raid Suit.

The sole purpose of the Raid Suit is to give an explanation for why all of the arguments people bring up about the combat focused goals and training will not prevent Sanji from keeping up.

Those would have made sense without the Raid Suit. But Oda wants to maintain the M3, as he always did, so thats what the RS is for.
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How no ? And even if zoro ends fighting King, how it's comparable to Sanji ? Oden's speech wasn't enough ? Only the top 5 SN face Kaido and Big Mom because they are the strongest pirates from the new gen.
Only the top Three Supernovas and their Supernova First Mates. Kidd and Killer are there as Kidd and Luffy's first mates, because they require their support.

Sanji is not Luffy's First Mate, but he never was, so that's not him falling behind. It's not like Sanji took Luffy's pain instead of Zoro in Thriller Bark and now suddenly the roles are reversed. They both offered themselves up, but Oda pushed Zoro that extra step further, as he's doing now.
 
I think theres's a possibility that Yamato may clash with King. King has constantly been hunting down Momo, and Yamato is protecting him. King is also the one who gathered the F6 to hunt for Yamato. Also would be poetic if Yamato is to fight someone with "fire" ability. :kata:
Finally someone that does¨t have some meat in the eyes.

Let analyse the character and plot that Oda presented for Onigashima.

King role: he was leading the topi ropo and comand to catch first Yamato and after Momosuke.
King speech when he talks to Marco (that is carrying Zoro): After we kill Momosuke the rebelion is over. (no mention whatever about the strahat or Zoro) but main focus still Momosuke.

Now the plot and story wanted to put together the 2 children (Yamato and Momosuke), Oda wanted to make this 2 bonded together and shearing info about Luffy&New Generation. Yamato said again and again that she ll protect Momosuke whatever it takes. She did that to Luffy&Franky& and the 9 scabban.

King is a very cold and strategic character and his role is to stop the rebellion. What the main piece that need to go?
Momosuke
Connect the dot and you ll have the matchup of Yamato&Momosuke vs King (which could be very good for Momosuke too)
Marco is really a ? I believe he ll stop fighting king cuz need to heal the 9 scabban (Izo is a whitebear commander)
Queen like I said has 2 major plot : 1 is to eliminate the spy (x-Drake) second look like he show interest for Sanji

Now I know that Fan are looking for a Katana vs Katana fight vs Zoro

I believe Zoro ll have a clash with someone willding a Sword (big Mom) but his main fight ll be vs Kaido (kaido dostn use a Kata but still have a maze) which can be clashed with a sword!!!!!
 

Marimo_420

The Honoured One
Nothing has changed protryal wise before or after the timeskip in regards to both characters- Zoro and Sanji.

Sanji was always lagging behind.

He never was highlighted to be part of a higher group in either halves of the story.

Luffy's and Zoro's wills and ambition were highlighted since the beginning of the story. They a whole different breed.

Sanji's fine for what he is. A fighting cook.


When you take gags as power scaling that's when you start hurting yourself, since you delude yourself into believing something that just isn't there.

He's decent, but he's no Zoro and he certainly isn't a Luffy.
 

Finalbeta

Ging Freecss stan
He will fight King.

I advise preventively wanking King even if you don't believe it right now. It will pay off in the long run if you want to wank Zoro for defeating him afterwards :cheers:
Will he fight King before or later he will have vanquished Kaido by cutting down his head since he claimed he would and he's a man of honor?

Will King fight Zoro before or later Marco will have vanquished his ass? :few:
 
Nothing has changed protryal wise before or after the timeskip in regards to both characters- Zoro and Sanji.

Sanji was always lagging behind.

He never was highlighted to be part of a higher group in either halves of the story.

Luffy's and Zoro's wills and ambition were highlighted since the beginning of the story. They a whole different breed.

Sanji's fine for what he is. A fighting cook.


When you take gags as power scaling that's when you start hurting yourself, since you delude yourself into believing something that just isn't there.

He's decent, but he's no Zoro and he certainly isn't a Luffy.
Lagging behind would mean that at any point going from the beginning of the story, Sanji got further and further away from Zoro.

And yet, more than half way into the story, Sanji looked the closest he's ever been to Zoro in EL.

So he was not lagging behind. They were all moving at at least a similar pace, while for the most part maintaining the same positions they started in.
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Will he fight King before or later he will have vanquished Kaido by cutting down his head since he claimed he would and he's a man of honor?

Will King fight Zoro before or later Marco will have vanquished his ass? :few:
Does Luffy lack honor for saying that he will defeat Kaido when in fact Zoro's going to do it ?

How about Big Mom, he said he would defeat Big Mom to.

Does Luffy defeat both the Yonko on the roof this arc ?
 
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