PoL is an interesting possibility for me coz Sanji has only ever used it in defensive situations so far:
- When he no sold S-Shark's punch
- When he destroyed Kiz's laser
and this situation with Zaza is pretty similar with Sanji's goal here being protecting the children and the women of Elbaf so will be interesting if Sanji pulls a rabbit out his hat here with PoL once again.
With regards to your take on Sanji hitting Zaza though, I think it's worth noting that Sanji isn't always necessarily a punching bag against female opponents in the sense that he actually parries, blocks and sometimes even intimiates if necessary with the only ceveat being that none of those tings deal any damage to the female in question. So against Zaza even if he doesn't adopt an offensive stance, he might be able to deal witht the situation by just parrying her attacks and forcing it into some sort of deadlock where Zaza's is unable to kidnapp the kids. Sanji's goal here is to protect the kids so he doesn't necessarily have to defeat Zaza at least not in a physical sense. Personally I still think this fight ultimately ends with Zaza turning on Kiringham with Sanji being the catalyst.
How Oda's gonna write this fight though, I can only guess but my hope is that PoL introduces and interesting dynamic to it.
- When he no sold S-Shark's punch
- When he destroyed Kiz's laser
and this situation with Zaza is pretty similar with Sanji's goal here being protecting the children and the women of Elbaf so will be interesting if Sanji pulls a rabbit out his hat here with PoL once again.
With regards to your take on Sanji hitting Zaza though, I think it's worth noting that Sanji isn't always necessarily a punching bag against female opponents in the sense that he actually parries, blocks and sometimes even intimiates if necessary with the only ceveat being that none of those tings deal any damage to the female in question. So against Zaza even if he doesn't adopt an offensive stance, he might be able to deal witht the situation by just parrying her attacks and forcing it into some sort of deadlock where Zaza's is unable to kidnapp the kids. Sanji's goal here is to protect the kids so he doesn't necessarily have to defeat Zaza at least not in a physical sense. Personally I still think this fight ultimately ends with Zaza turning on Kiringham with Sanji being the catalyst.
How Oda's gonna write this fight though, I can only guess but my hope is that PoL introduces and interesting dynamic to it.
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