As we know, whole cake island was an opportunity for Oda to focus on the strawhats who were kicked out off dressrosa. But there was one character who wasn't in WCI that I really felt needed to be there. And that is zoro. While zoro did have a big moment in dressrosa, I feel like it doesn't make sense to have a sanji-centric arc and not have zoro involved.
Out of all of the straw hats, zoro is probably the closest to Sanji, bar maybe Luffy or the women. Because of this and because of their "rivalry", I think that it would have been really interesting to see zoro in the arc. Luffy getting beat up by sanji and then chasing after him, while nice, was something we've seen carried out in some form or another in previous arcs. It was supposed to be a parallel to water 7 when usopp fought Luffy.
However, there is one key difference between the two scenarios. In usopp vs luffy, it was impactful because the conflict was real. In sanji vs Luffy, it was obvious that it wasn't. I feel like this kinda ruined a lot of the potential whole cake island had.
Rather, I think it would have been so much better if it was Zoro who was there instead of Luffy. First off, zoro vs sanji was and is still a big thing, there would already be insane anticipation for this if Oda set it up. But far more importantly, zoro and sanji already have some conflict with each other, so wouldn't it be more interesting for Oda to tear open that conflict and explore their relationship a bit more?
We could still have all of the Luffy moments, and maybe even a really short Luffy vs sanji. But I feel like adding zoro into this arc would make it feel much more complete.
Out of all of the straw hats, zoro is probably the closest to Sanji, bar maybe Luffy or the women. Because of this and because of their "rivalry", I think that it would have been really interesting to see zoro in the arc. Luffy getting beat up by sanji and then chasing after him, while nice, was something we've seen carried out in some form or another in previous arcs. It was supposed to be a parallel to water 7 when usopp fought Luffy.
However, there is one key difference between the two scenarios. In usopp vs luffy, it was impactful because the conflict was real. In sanji vs Luffy, it was obvious that it wasn't. I feel like this kinda ruined a lot of the potential whole cake island had.
Rather, I think it would have been so much better if it was Zoro who was there instead of Luffy. First off, zoro vs sanji was and is still a big thing, there would already be insane anticipation for this if Oda set it up. But far more importantly, zoro and sanji already have some conflict with each other, so wouldn't it be more interesting for Oda to tear open that conflict and explore their relationship a bit more?
We could still have all of the Luffy moments, and maybe even a really short Luffy vs sanji. But I feel like adding zoro into this arc would make it feel much more complete.
