I don't use that logic. I'm not reasoning that Yamato is > Sanji because she'll join the crew.
Me thinking Yamato is > Sanji has nothing to do with me thinking she'll join the crew.
In fairness, my median estimate of Yamato places her in the same bracket as Rooftop Zoro. If she surpasses my expectations, I would place her above Rooftop Zoro on my tier list.
In particular, if Yamato can push Kaido to use Awakening or gives Hybrid Kaido a high difficulty fight, I would place her above Rooftop Zoro and 1010 Luffy in my tier list.
For an explanation of my logic, see below:
I call things as I see it. And currently, Yamato has the feats and portrayal to be placed above Sanji. Based on how she performs on the Rooftop, I might place her on the same tier as or even above Zoro and Luffy.
The question: "how strong is Yamato" is IMO an entirely different question from "will Yamato join the crew?".
If Yamato by herself pushes Kaido to use his Awakening and someone tells me: "X is above Yamato because Yamato will join the crew and Yamato cannot disturb the monster trio" my response would be to block that person. I don't think that's an argument that is sound enough to even bother refuting.
Feats and portrayal take precedence over fandom perceptions of crew dynamics and hierarchy.
Me thinking Yamato is > Sanji has nothing to do with me thinking she'll join the crew.
In fairness, my median estimate of Yamato places her in the same bracket as Rooftop Zoro. If she surpasses my expectations, I would place her above Rooftop Zoro on my tier list.
In particular, if Yamato can push Kaido to use Awakening or gives Hybrid Kaido a high difficulty fight, I would place her above Rooftop Zoro and 1010 Luffy in my tier list.
For an explanation of my logic, see below:
I call things as I see it. And currently, Yamato has the feats and portrayal to be placed above Sanji. Based on how she performs on the Rooftop, I might place her on the same tier as or even above Zoro and Luffy.
The question: "how strong is Yamato" is IMO an entirely different question from "will Yamato join the crew?".
If Yamato by herself pushes Kaido to use his Awakening and someone tells me: "X is above Yamato because Yamato will join the crew and Yamato cannot disturb the monster trio" my response would be to block that person. I don't think that's an argument that is sound enough to even bother refuting.
Feats and portrayal take precedence over fandom perceptions of crew dynamics and hierarchy.
This can only go two ways :
1. She does not join, in which case she can be and remain stronger than Sanji.
2. She joins, and sooner or later it becomes obvious that Sanji remains the third strongest.
Her only chance to sail with the SH's and be stronger than Sanji is to do it the way Law did, as someone who does not claim the role of a SH and officialy joins the crew.
Robin had a bounty higher than Luffy in Alabasta, feats against the M3 and a broken DF
Franky had an equal fight with Luffy where neither managed to get the upper hand
Jinbe had Shichibukai status that he got hyped for, higher bounty than Zoro and Sanji, as well as feats that many used to argue he's even Yonko FM level at various points
It doesn't matter how many you add to this list, if they join the crew the outcome will always be the same