clash
(klăsh)
v. clashed,
clash·ing,
clash·es
v.intr.
1. To collide with a loud, harsh, usually metallic noise: cymbals clashing.
2.
a. To meet in violent conflict: armies that clashed on the plain.
b. To be in opposition or disagreement: an eyewitness account that clashed with published reports.
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As you can clashing has to be equal from both sides. Not one side attacking the other. Theres an obvious different between "attack" and a "clash". But you of course wanna play dumb.
If Katakuri dipping a non-combative Luffy two times (one was even a sneak attack) at the tea party counts as a clash, so does Kaku kicking Sanji in the face. It really doesn't matter what definition we use, Sanji still got into a physical altercation with an opponent he did not fight in the match-ups just like King. Even by your (selective) standards, Sanji clashes with a guy (Blueno) he did not fight in the match-ups.
Oh yes there, since Dragon commented on the Vinsmokes.
Going by your logic, now Dragon and Sanji need to interact. Dragon is linked to Sanji's master and he knows about what will happen to Germa.
Yeah, Dragon namedropping an organization he's aware of is totally comparable to Queen having mysterious history with Judge. Even if this comparison suffices, it still falls flat because (unless Dragon dies beforehand) Sanji is bound to meet Dragon with him being his captain's dad and all.
I love how you casually skip my comment about Pedro and BM you scumbag
I didn't. I told you it's not comparable (along with your other comparison) because it doesn't imply character interactions the way Queen's comment did. What Pedro and Big Mom's relationship did was imply Pedro's death and color his motivations to help the Straw Hats against Big Mom.
He wants Chopper and Drake far far more than Sanji. And he wants Sanji equally the same as Zoro. So yh that doesnt show much priority
First, they were out of Queen's reach. Zoro escaped too the roof and Sanji was already captive. Second, look at Sanji and Zoro's current location and destination in the plot. They're heading for the live floor, which is where Queen is at.
Or Oda sets it up then uses the Vegapunk flashback to link every scientist. Like he did with all the introduced giants from the series ( Dorry, Broggy, Ennies Lobby giants, Dressrosa giant) in the BM flashback. There is absoutely no need for a fight to explore a backstory.
Gotta love it when Sanji fans think should-bes and should-haves are valid arguments in discussions about the direction Oda's going with certain exposition. We get it, you THINK Queen's backstory
should be explored in Vegapunk's flashback. How about you explain how Oda isn't setting up a Sanji and Queen interaction with that line.
Because Sanji had no full fights in those arcs. So that point is moot. If he clashed with them and then fought someone else....you would have a point. But that never happened. So shit point. We know Sanji is fighting someone this arc. And it will logically be the person who Oda made him clash with. Just like how Oda does it usually with other characters.
If you looked at norms then you would see that people usually clash with people they will later fight and not other people. You however are to dumb to understand that.
Clashes are not statistical norms, parallels among members of opposing pirate crews are. King is Kaido's strongest swordsman, statistically, he goes to Zoro. Unlike little clashes that tells us nothing, Zoro fighting the enemy's strongest swordsman is an actual theme because it's relevant to his dream. Don't give me weaselly crap like "Zoan and fire powers means the meitou is there for decoration" and act as if those three things are incompatible when a character has bolstered their swordsmanship with their Zoan powers before.
Sanji clashing or even meeting his opponents beforehand isn't even a statistical norm. He was the only one to not meet his Arlong Park match beforehand. He was in another room when Mr. 2 was on the Going Merry. He didn't have a physical altercation with his CP9 match as Luffy and Zoro did. Absalom is the only outlier, and even then, serves as an inverse of normal Sanji fights. To speak in parallels, they have more in common. Both sobbed when Hiyori faked her death. Queen is a food hog, making him the anti-Sanji. I see Sanji fans argue that Zoro and King need meaningful interactions like they're Ichigo and Rukia, but I saw more of that in Sanji and Queen. Queen ordered his assassination in act two and knew his father.
That's why I yawn anytime you post that Sanji and King clash and act as if that proves Queen's Judge comment is a throwaway line. You're like Kent Hovind going "but the bible says the Earth is 6,000 years old so it can't be 3 billion." I have themes related to the actual narrative and relevant details. You have wishful thinking and fluff that look cool to the average Sanji-VS-King, but when examined, it's so damn empty. More evidence Zoro's more likely to get King? Oda's canonical one-shot, Monster, is Ryuma (the Zoro lookalike) pursuing a great swordsman known as King in Wano.