@Robby:

Please don't report other people's posts when they aren't actually being offensive. It's a waste of the staff's time.

Please grow a thicker skin and don't get insulted or annoyed so easily as you seem to be getting in reaction to nearly every poster here for calling out your logic flaws that you are then backpeddling on.

You've been on this forum for 10 years apparently (and a whopping 133 posts!) you should know better.

Not really used to getting called fanboy and having foot fetish for having a different opinion. But sure if that's what is ok here… fine. I'm out.

@dirt:

You most certainly did claim that we don't have time for Sanji's character development.

So saying that he won't have PTSD is the same as saying as Sanji won't have any charcter development?
If I don't say that Ichiji/Niji was the cruelest among the family and Sanji has a special relationship with them than the other family members and he fears them or has some sort of anxiety.. is me claiming that Sanji won't have any character development.

Seriously, you need to read the post.

I'm sceptical to how much time Oda-sensei will put into his personal relationships complexity with his family. Do you see a difference? Because there is one.

@Monkey:

Well yeah.
Claiming we don't have time for a main character's backstory, when we had time to see Rebecca being raised by toy solider Kyros.
This seems like someone who isn't jotting down notes when sensei is giving a lecture.

Didn't claim that.

I'd love to hear you explain why having Haki means a person can't have emotional baggage lol.

Didn't claim that.

Oh you wanna dance? Ok, let's go.

We also have the brief flashback (where Ichiji was more brutal), and Sanji's reactions to Ichiji and Niji? Forget those? One of which is the subject of conversation?
I mean there really isn't an argument to be made in the first place with how Sanji reacted unless you are bad at recognizing human body language? Because Oda drew a stressed/scared person. Looking at his y'know…face? And his y'know...crossed arms?

I made all those observations and you choose to interpret my post in another way.

Already addressed this completely absurd statement, as did others.

One Piece is well known for its very short and economic arc lengths.

By stating that you proove me something I didn't claim?

Unlike that Dressrosa arc amiright?

Childhood trauma is a rational thought out process where a person weighs their traumatic experience with how far they've come and what they've been through, and removes the trauma from their brain like they complete a math equation.

NOT

Ah and here's why I accused you of being a foot fetis- I mean Sanji fanboy.
Because you basically made this whole post to clumsily and apathetically shoo hand away character development plot, to come to this conclusion. Which is "Naw, none of that matters, Sanji will be the one punching the muscle men so that would just get in the way."

Didn't claim that.

Yeah again, you're saying "He needs to punch the muscle men! Do we have time for character development??".

Well yes I was talking about time. But i was rather open on that part, if you read my post.. but was still skeptical on how much time he would put in that.

And then there's the crown jewel of nonsense itself, to which I have really nothing to say aside from "?????".

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lol and I'm not even the only one who came to this conclusion!

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All Naruto Forum Battledome jargon needs to be world filtered to various yaoi terminology.

Ok..? Stop the actual flaming and trying to bullying me into submitting.

@MrBits:

We had time for a seven chapter flashback about Law, a side character. Of course we have time for Sanji.

I hear you and it is actually a really good point.

The only difference here is that flashback involved Law & Doflamingo(an enigma who has said and done weird stuff since his introduction (talking about D, saving Luffy, becoming a schichibukai) & that arcs main villain (who has had a build up since 500 chapters back))

But damn dude… you could be right. No need for me being bull headed.

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@Monkey:

Maybe you shouldn't call someone "sensei" unless you actually follow along with how they do things.

Srsly…?

Also shouldn't claim to be logical when you aren't being logical.
I mean in so many words you just argued that Sanji can't have emotional baggage because he has Haki. What the hell lol.

Because you can't follow another persons logic doesn't mean that they aren't.

In so many words i came up with so many different reasoning for why i think the way I do. If you can't interpret that from my post… then what more can I say to make you understand.

@Monkey:

No I'm just certain it's not excitement. Which is certain.

Ok, you make some strong argument there.

Then spoke the Buddah:
"To call oneself a fan of a character, but to then instinctively reject flawed human emotions in that character, to reject the deepening of their characterization, is this really fandom?"

Sanji fanboys don't like Sanji, they like his fucking feet.
We should word filter "sanji fan" and "sanji fanboy" to "foot fetishist".

Wouldn't call myself a fanboy for not agreeing with your opinion. So no need to lash out, if you don't have any valid points..

@Long:

He doesnt look giddy to see them, if you meant nervous excitement then sure but I think we have yet to see the full extent of how ichiji treated sanji as a kid, oda could push that pretty damn far, heck he could habe a sort of ptsd to it,

Well… obviously Oda-sensei could take this into whichever direction he wants. We can only speculate on how far his father took it or Yonji as well, but what we have are the conclusion to their encounter.

I'm trying to have a logical approach to this, how much panels and chapters can Oda-sensei afford to their relationship? How many chapters can this arc possibly be? We have so many elements in this current arc atm.. it's awesome but crazy as well, so I don't think Oda will indulge us to much into Sanji's complex relationships with each of his sibling.

Btw Sanji has been through a lot of shit (nearly starved to death, stuck on an island with transgender people..well it's horrible for him, almost getting killed x times and more) and he has haki(which says a lot about his inner strength)... so yeah

I think the Vinsmokes are left to him(because Luffy and half the straw hats, Pedro, Carrot and the sun pirates have their hands full imo)

Well... sorry for rambling on, but what i'm saying is. Do we really have time for a Sanji with PTSD?

@Monkey:

Its extremely obviously not excitement

Now now, it's really not extremely obvious. You seem certain of an uncertainty.

Anger/excitement - His face on the panel (and the fact that he fought and beat Yonji and fought his father without any kind of problems)

Fear/anxiety - He is shaking, his grip and a sweat drop on the same panel.

So yeah… you could be right, but you could also be wrong. So we are left with assumptions.

Hm, nice chapter.

So Luffy VS Cracker continues… Luffy should be faster than cracker imo, and with Crackers "defense down"(or focused elsewhere).. he should be able to win this. Just my two cents... maybe Jinbei comes to the rescue?

Big Moms plan seems to have a little hiccup.. but seems assured that her castle/house or whatever is her stronghold. Probably has something to do with her power.

Sanji is shaking..? From fear or excitement? I hope for excitement.

Just to put my two cents in this debate;

1. Sanji wanted them to act like the way Zoro said. That's the smart way. That's why he wrote down the note like that. He understands it, and he has(or uses) the SAME logic as Zoro.

2. If you read the chapter you can see that we see Zoro's panel when Nami explains that Sanji could have stayed if he wanted too but didn't. To show that it held a significant information.

3. Nami and Chopper are talking out of guilt not out of sense.

So don't try to make this a debate of who is smarter, when both came to the same conclusion.

Best part of the chapter is ofcourse Nekomamushi… great character!

Second best part would be the argument they had over Sanji's disappearance. Zoro seems to think that Sanji holds a responsibility in everything. Which I agree with. But glad that their opinion is not one sided. Oh well... Luffy's words command at the end. Great Chapter!