Speculations No BBP makes sense as Sanji’s fight
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Laffite seems to be the most important member of the crew alongside Teach and Shiryu. Not only he was apart from the original members (since he infiltrated Mary Geoise) but he reappeared with Shiryu and he's the crew's chief of staff (a rank compared to that of First Mate a couple of times already).
Personally his aesthetics and potential abilities fit Brook better, but he has this "number three" vibe.
Devon is named after a race of cats (but has a dog fruit) and is known for beheading beautiful young women. Nami is a cat, obviously, but she's specially stressed as an attractive woman throughout the series. That's something, I guess.
Personally his aesthetics and potential abilities fit Brook better, but he has this "number three" vibe.
Devon is named after a race of cats (but has a dog fruit) and is known for beheading beautiful young women. Nami is a cat, obviously, but she's specially stressed as an attractive woman throughout the series. That's something, I guess.
Lafitte with fight Sanji. He has parallel with Sanji.
1. Infiltration expert.
2. Chief of Staff, the same position as in Sanji's VC.
3. Lafitte opening the Gates of Justice while Sanji closed them
4. Hypnosis vs Sanji's reverse hypnosis on Viola
5. Flight.
6. Both Lafitte and Sanji occasionally use pistol.
7. Okama
8. Angel vs Devil
9. Threatened to kill new recruits. Lafitte threatened to kill Pizarro and Sanji told Jinbe to die
Lafitte also has parallels to Shiryu.
1. Both former law enforcers.
2. Both fired for their cruelty.
3. Both introduced separately from the other BB pirates.
4. Post TS , they were introduced together speaking about Burgess failure just like King and Queen were introduced together speaking about Jack failure
1. Infiltration expert.
2. Chief of Staff, the same position as in Sanji's VC.
3. Lafitte opening the Gates of Justice while Sanji closed them
4. Hypnosis vs Sanji's reverse hypnosis on Viola
5. Flight.
6. Both Lafitte and Sanji occasionally use pistol.
7. Okama
8. Angel vs Devil
9. Threatened to kill new recruits. Lafitte threatened to kill Pizarro and Sanji told Jinbe to die
Lafitte also has parallels to Shiryu.
1. Both former law enforcers.
2. Both fired for their cruelty.
3. Both introduced separately from the other BB pirates.
4. Post TS , they were introduced together speaking about Burgess failure just like King and Queen were introduced together speaking about Jack failure
Laffite is the most obvious matchup for Sanji. Just think you haven't thought it through properly.
Not only is Laffite one of the most prominent members of the BB Pirates, he is also the Staff Officer and the only BB Pirate that had an official rank pre-ts and according to his vivre card he still holds that position in BB's Grand Fleet. So in terms of prominence & rank he's more than a worthy opponent for Sanji. Moreover the "Pizzaro" bloke who is usually touted as an opponent for Sanji was completely shot down and put in his place by Laffite when he suggested taking the seat of Captain from BB. He also told Burgess off when he referred to BB with his actual name and not his title "Admiral". So he gives off the feel of being an enforcer of sorts in the BB Pirates, which makes sense given his rank.
That out the way Laffite & Sanji share a lot of similarities
Like Laffite, Oda stated that Sanji is hypothetical "Staff Officer" of the SH Pirates
Like Laffite, Sanji is the most elusive/mysterious member of the SH Pirates (Hell Sanji didn't have a proper bounty pic till the timeskip)
Like Laffite, Sanji is the only other person to have opened the Gates of Justice
Like Laffite, Sanji is not only very intelligent but also a stealth/speedy type fighter (we got a glimpse of Laffite's speed during the whole BB Pirates v Ace debacle on Banaro Island pre-ts)
Like Laffite, Sanji is also a flyer and these two characters possess contrasting themes (Angel v Demon)
You prolly already get the gist of it with this, so will cut it short here.
Not only is Laffite one of the most prominent members of the BB Pirates, he is also the Staff Officer and the only BB Pirate that had an official rank pre-ts and according to his vivre card he still holds that position in BB's Grand Fleet. So in terms of prominence & rank he's more than a worthy opponent for Sanji. Moreover the "Pizzaro" bloke who is usually touted as an opponent for Sanji was completely shot down and put in his place by Laffite when he suggested taking the seat of Captain from BB. He also told Burgess off when he referred to BB with his actual name and not his title "Admiral". So he gives off the feel of being an enforcer of sorts in the BB Pirates, which makes sense given his rank.
That out the way Laffite & Sanji share a lot of similarities
Like Laffite, Oda stated that Sanji is hypothetical "Staff Officer" of the SH Pirates
Like Laffite, Sanji is the most elusive/mysterious member of the SH Pirates (Hell Sanji didn't have a proper bounty pic till the timeskip)
Like Laffite, Sanji is the only other person to have opened the Gates of Justice
Like Laffite, Sanji is not only very intelligent but also a stealth/speedy type fighter (we got a glimpse of Laffite's speed during the whole BB Pirates v Ace debacle on Banaro Island pre-ts)
Like Laffite, Sanji is also a flyer and these two characters possess contrasting themes (Angel v Demon)
You prolly already get the gist of it with this, so will cut it short here.
I think there's only 4 match up set in stones for the Blackbeard fight
Luffy-BB (duh)
Zoro-Shiryuu (duh)
Ussop-Augur (snipers)
Chopper-Doc Q (doctors)
The rest could be up to debate really.
Also I hope people won't fall into the same "oh they look the same, their fighting style is the same" trap to dertemine the match up (ahem Brook-WsW)
Luffy-BB (duh)
Zoro-Shiryuu (duh)
Ussop-Augur (snipers)
Chopper-Doc Q (doctors)
The rest could be up to debate really.
Also I hope people won't fall into the same "oh they look the same, their fighting style is the same" trap to dertemine the match up (ahem Brook-WsW)
Only real argument for Nami v Laffite is that they are both Navigators but that alone is a weak argument imo given Laffite's rank and degree of prominence in the BB Pirates. Laffite being a Navigator doesn't mean he's weak, I mean his title of "Staff Officer" should speak for itself but if we have to really go into this, Scooper seems to have been Roger's Navigator, and he was the no. 3 strength wise.
Also the idea that Nami fights Laffite precisely bcoz he's one of the most prominent figures in the BB Pirates also doesn't make any sense as when as Nami ever really fought any of the antagonist's most prominent members?
Miss Double Finger was not more prominent than Mr2, neither was Khalifa more prominent than Jyabura, and Ulti sure as hell isn't more prominent than Queen.
That out of the way, some additional points on Laffite.
- In his initial designs (Gallery Memo) according to his Vivre card, apparently, Oda intended on having BB scout him directly from what looked to be WB's crew. So that alone should give u an idea on how Oda views Laffite. Sure Oda could have changed his mind after that but given his potrayal and all the info we know about him for now, I doubt that
- Laffite appears to possess a Flight Type Zoan which is said to be very rare (i.e iirc only 10 of them exist according to Oda).
Just to give a bit of perspective, in this arc alone, some characters with that category of fruit are King and Marco
Also the idea that Nami fights Laffite precisely bcoz he's one of the most prominent figures in the BB Pirates also doesn't make any sense as when as Nami ever really fought any of the antagonist's most prominent members?
Miss Double Finger was not more prominent than Mr2, neither was Khalifa more prominent than Jyabura, and Ulti sure as hell isn't more prominent than Queen.
That out of the way, some additional points on Laffite.
- In his initial designs (Gallery Memo) according to his Vivre card, apparently, Oda intended on having BB scout him directly from what looked to be WB's crew. So that alone should give u an idea on how Oda views Laffite. Sure Oda could have changed his mind after that but given his potrayal and all the info we know about him for now, I doubt that
- Laffite appears to possess a Flight Type Zoan which is said to be very rare (i.e iirc only 10 of them exist according to Oda).
Just to give a bit of perspective, in this arc alone, some characters with that category of fruit are King and Marco
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