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For the first time, Zoro held back from saying something to Sanji
Devil's and demons oh my. Maybe Sanji will trade himself to the enemy for Nami's guaranteed safety.
it will parallel how gaban gave up for his sons sake
this may remind nami of belle mere again remember belle mere died because she couldn’t say nami and nojiko weren’t her kids and arlong iirc said die for that love . And belle mere said i love you (and arlong said die for your foolish love before he killed her
There's a lot of that in the Zou goodbye scene (I also would include him hugging Nami, Chopper, Brook before pushing them out, which also feels like Bellemere giving Nami and Nojiko the last hug before telling Arlong the money is for them) and I think it's overlooked in terms of what this means also simply to Nami in that moment.
I often see this in some weird shipping wars but to me it's mostly why it makes sense how Nami is the one involved the most in telling the story and pushing for Sanji needing help so much. She pretty much has a parallel to Bellemere playing out in front of her again, someone sacrificing themself for her to be save, and her again helplessly watching it happen. It's why her perspective works so well for this.
(I also always feel Nami's and Sanji's backstories are very "complementary" to each other already. They are pretty much two sides of the same coin. Nami clashes with Bellemere over being poor and adopted, but it's during that time that she is the most free and herself, while Sanji is trapped and miserable with his wealthy blood family. And then Sanji through his dream meets Zeff who finally gives him the freedom away from his childhood, while Nami through Arlong exploiting her dream loses her freedom when her childhood is taken away. It's two stories emphasizing very similar values through pretty much mirrored experiences)"
and like how in thriller bark sanjis zombie broke free of the control of moria and protected the crew demon sanji will break free of imu's control and protect the crew from imu attacking him
( if zoro also gets demonized it will be demon sanji fighting him
For the first time, Zoro held back from saying something to Sanji
Devil's and demons oh my. Maybe Sanji will trade himself to the enemy for Nami's guaranteed safety.
it will parallel how gaban gave up for his sons sake
this may remind nami of belle mere again remember belle mere died because she couldn’t say nami and nojiko weren’t her kids and arlong iirc said die for that love . And belle mere said i love you (and arlong said die for your foolish love before he killed her
There's a lot of that in the Zou goodbye scene (I also would include him hugging Nami, Chopper, Brook before pushing them out, which also feels like Bellemere giving Nami and Nojiko the last hug before telling Arlong the money is for them) and I think it's overlooked in terms of what this means also simply to Nami in that moment.
I often see this in some weird shipping wars but to me it's mostly why it makes sense how Nami is the one involved the most in telling the story and pushing for Sanji needing help so much. She pretty much has a parallel to Bellemere playing out in front of her again, someone sacrificing themself for her to be save, and her again helplessly watching it happen. It's why her perspective works so well for this.
(I also always feel Nami's and Sanji's backstories are very "complementary" to each other already. They are pretty much two sides of the same coin. Nami clashes with Bellemere over being poor and adopted, but it's during that time that she is the most free and herself, while Sanji is trapped and miserable with his wealthy blood family. And then Sanji through his dream meets Zeff who finally gives him the freedom away from his childhood, while Nami through Arlong exploiting her dream loses her freedom when her childhood is taken away. It's two stories emphasizing very similar values through pretty much mirrored experiences)"
and like how in thriller bark sanjis zombie broke free of the control of moria and protected the crew demon sanji will break free of imu's control and protect the crew from imu attacking him
( if zoro also gets demonized it will be demon sanji fighting him
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