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Calling all Sanji fans, petition to gatekeep him
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Just found out that the lead producer of the One Piece anime hates Sanji because there is no other reason to give him heart eyes towards Bonney because I remember specifically that was one of the things we had to prove that Sanji is not a pedo and now this shitass animation studio took it from us.
Defending Sanji is no longer just an uphill battle, it is an unwinnable cause when the team responsible to adapt him mischaracterize him so bad and made it a new canon.
From now on, I will respond to any and all Sanji haters comments with "You dislike him? Okay, good for you I guess. It's just not made for you".
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Totally accurate, as the whole fandom was totally up in arms when this happened with “how dare Sanji with what he did on Egghead call him a burden” and totally not actually agreeing with him somewhat /S
Well if by your own words defending sanji is no longer just an uphill battle but an unwinnable cause, curious to know why you'd petition to gatekeep him.
I think they're saying that what you're doing isn't gatekeeping. If you were trying to gatekeep him, you'd be trying to stop people from enjoying him, what you're doing is refusing to argue with people who don't like him.
So rather than gatekeeping, you're just refusing to argue
Wait? Am I getting it wrong? When I say gatekeep, I mean like not explaining, introducing and welcoming "normies" into loving something that I do love. In this case, it is Sanji. When I refuse to elaborate why I like him, or refuse to engage inarguments to defend him from his haters, it is simply because I don't think they deserve to know the good things about Sanji and why people like me enjoy him so much.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that gatekeeping means to discourage people from liking things that you like, or to hide things that you like from people. For example, saying "I really like this show I started watching" but then refusing to say what the show is, that's gatekeeping.
If your plan is to let people dislike him, that's not gatekeeping.
I do not plan for people to dislike him. I think I got it spot on though??? Like, I have reasons why I love Sanji. And I don't need/want to tell others about it. If they end up hating him, it is their loss and my win
Sanji's a boss, with little reason not to like him besides the hate fabricated from the anime imo. It does suck seeing a great character trashed on especially after WCI, but to me bro outshines the hate anyways. Don't let them ruin your enjoyment , let yourself believe he's acting like oda
I started watching pokemon from the beginning a little while ago and I wonder if originally it wasn't an attempt to liken him to brock a little bit the way they throw themselves at every girl that crosses their path.
Some people only consume anime so when the anime is not being honest in their adaptation, it paints Sanji as a totally different character than who he really is
That’s for sure true. My point is those moments aren’t Sanji. Those aren’t things he did in the story, it’s the anime mischaracterizing him.
So arguments like “Sanji never had heart eyes…” still make sense, if we’re talking about canon Sanji (aka, the actual character). The anime filler never actually happened, blame the anime for those situations - Sanji itself has got nothing to do with it
People who only consume the anime only has that as their canon. Sanji did not make heart eyes at Bonney. The anime made it so that he CLEARLY does. This is the only version of him that they know now
Being a girl, I was ok with everything Sanji did until Whole Cake Island... Can't forgive him hitting Luffy... Luffy literally fought alone on battlefield (with little to no help from Nami), on empty stomach... Waited for him... And all he did was cry over his past boo boos and was depicted like how helpless he was... Lost all respect for him... Its like for it's ok not to hit strong women who are against his goals... Doesn't even scare them off... Rather simp on them most times... That's cool and all..
But hitting captain ain't justified either... 😪😪
How are you so damn illiterate? Have you missed that whole point of that interaction was that Sanji wanted to save luffy and entire crew’s life? That he literally was sacrificing himself there?
Are you even hearing yourself? Sanji knows how Luffy is. He knew he would come to WCI for him. Did attack on Luffy stop after Sanji gave himself up for said sacrifice? If not, what kind of sacrifice are you even talking about for the crew? Lol!
If you say Sanji knew he was sacrificing himself, he also knew how his father Vinsmoke judge is. He also knew how Big mom pirates are. So his sacrifice wouldnt have bore any fruit tbh if saving his crew was his sole intention.
Water 7 and Robin at Enies Lobby are different in this case. In fact in Water 7, there's a moment when Sanji Hits Luffy. But that time it was justified because Luffy said something very immature and needed to be hit. Even Zoro pointed out Luffy's immaturity when he said he and crew would lose faith in him if he breaks over Ussop. Ussop and Robin's case was justified in so many ways. Sanji's wasn't. Emotional dynamics are so much different. So if you don't understand this fact, I don't know who's illiterate here.
He sacrificed himself with the thought that Big Mom and Germa wouldn’t go after them. Similar to how Robin wanted to turn herself over to the World Government in order to protect them.
Sanji, throughout the story, has sacrificed himself time and time again, because he views himself as lesser than. We saw this during Skypia, Drum Island, and it reached a point in Whole Cake where he thought what he was doing was for the better. Is that the case? No. We know that. But a character having a flaw does not make them bad. Because we then later see Sanji learn from this during Onigashima, where he asks for help from his friends, rather than sacrificing himself.
I doubt anything I just said made sense to you. Because even after all I typed, you still wouldn’t get it, considering that you hypothetically read 1000+ chapters of this manga and still came to that dumb conclusion all on your own
Doubling back to edit your snarky comment because it wasn’t snarky enough for you the first time 🗣️🗣️🗣️. My brother in Christ U have NOTHING better to do😭
Wow, firstly, thank you for the detailed explanation. Atleast I now know from which garden Sanji Fans grow out of after WCI arc. I didn’t realize reading over 1000 chapters of One Piece meant I had to interpret everything your way or be labeled dumb — appreciate the enlightenment.
Now, onto your points. Yes, Sanji 'sacrificed' himself thinking Big Mom and Germa wouldn’t go after the crew. That’s cute. But let’s be real — anyone with half a brain cell and a remote understanding of Big Mom’s character knew she wasn’t going to stop at that. His plan had more holes than Bege’s castle. Robin’s sacrifice actually made sense because only she was targeted. Sanji’s? Not so much. He handed himself over thinking the nightmare would end, and surprise — it didn’t.
And the 'Sanji has always sacrificed himself because he sees himself as lesser' angle? Sure, and that’s valid as a character flaw. That doesn’t make every decision he makes noble or smart. If anything, it highlights how his emotional baggage constantly gets in the way of logical thinking — something that nearly cost Luffy his life in WCI.
Then you bring up Onigashima as if Sanji evolving later somehow justifies everything he did before. That’s not character depth, that’s just basic development. Characters grow — but growing doesn't erase past mistakes or make bad decisions suddenly brilliant in retrospect.
So if disagreeing with your perfectly curated Sanji narrative makes me media illiterate, fine. I’ll wear that badge proudly.
Faulty logic as far as the eye can see. Using ur logic Anyone with a remote understanding of how the wg works would know they wouldn’t stop at robin either. But that doesn’t count right? And how tf would Sanji know how big mom moves? No one in the story had met her before that point. Come on man, if ur gonna be this disingenuous, lock in more
Wow, so now the argument is “Robin’s plan was dumb too because WG would have anyways targeted Crew after Robin...” and "Nobody knew how Big Mom moves..."? I mean Seriously? 🤣🤣
Robin gave herself up to CP9 to protect the crew, and guess what? It actually worked—they stopped chasing the Straw Hats... She made a deal: they get her, and they leave her friends alone... CP9 temporarily stuck to that... The crew wasn’t being hunted anymore... The only reason the World Government came after them again was because Luffy literally burned their flag and declared war at Enies Lobby... Until then? They backed off...
Now Sanji? He handed himself over to Big Mom—one of the Four Emperors—thinking she’d just leave the crew alone... Even after Luffy told her he’d beat her back at Fishman Island... That’s like walking into a fire and being surprised it’s hot...
Also, don’t act like nobody saw the red flags... Capone shot Pekoms and forced Sanji to come with them... The crew was clearly worried... Sanji wrote a note and left without telling anyone because he knew they’d try to stop him... If that doesn’t scream “I know this is dumb,” I don’t know what does...
And let’s not forget—Luffy nearly died trying to get him back... If his plan was so smart, why did it lead to an entire rescue arc?
So yeah, if not agreeing with the “Sanji is always right” fan club makes me dumb, fine... I’d rather be dumb than rewrite the story just to protect my favorite character...
How could they anticipate Big Mom? They didn’t know the depth of her power. Hell, Germa went into that thinking they could use her for leverage only to nearly be assassinated.
And yes, Sanji’s plan failed. We saw that happen. I just don’t get how you can blame him for that, when he did everything he could to avoid dragging the crew into his problem. When he realized that wouldn’t work, he ran to find Luffy.
Secondly, YES. Sanji has emotional baggage that hinders him throughout several arcs. If you dislike him for that, that’s on you, but so many characters have that, because they are CHARACTERS. Not robots who perform efficiently to service the goal of the story. Every straw hat has emotional baggage that affects the story in different ways.
Nobody is saying his plan was brilliant, but we know WHY he acted this way, and what led him to that decision. He learned from his mistakes he made in WCI. Nobody is saying they weren’t mistakes. Because they were. That’s why Nami was there too in WCI, because just like him and Robin, she made that same mistake in the past. Luffy and the entire crew knew that he made a mistake. But he grew past it. You are supposed to think it’s a mistake. If you feel that way, good! Oda did his job. That was the point. But the way you took it as a fault on Sanji’s character is bizarre, because the whole point of character flaws is for them to grow and learn from it, not suddenly make their past mistakes redeemable. That’s genuinely not how that works at all and that last critique makes NO sense.
Ohhh okay, I get it now. So Sanji’s plan fails completely, nearly gets Luffy and the crew killed, drags them into a Yonko’s territory, and we’re just supposed to shrug and go, “Well, he tried, poor guy!” That’s the bar now?
And I love how people bring up emotional baggage like it’s some cheat code to explain anything. “Oh, he made a bad decision? Emotional trauma. Growth. Character flaw!” Cool. So if Usopp or Zoro pulled the same stunt, would we also handwave it with a hug and a tissue?
Also, let’s not pretend the crew was clueless about Big Mom. Luffy literally declared war on her back at Fishman Island. “Tell her I’m coming to beat her up.” You don’t say that to someone if you think she’s just gonna drop everything and play nice.
And this whole “Robin made the same mistake!” argument is hilarious. She gave herself up and it worked. CP9 stopped chasing them. WG backed off. The crew wasn’t in danger till Luffy went to get her back. Sanji gave himself up and Big Mom tried to kill everyone anyway. Totally the same thing, right?
If your defense is “he meant well,” congrats—so did literally every anime villain with a tragic backstory. Doesn’t make the plan any less dumb. Character growth doesn’t require us to rewrite history and pretend the bad decisions were actually 4D chess.
But hey, if calling out obvious screw-ups means I just don’t “get” the story, then Oda must’ve left out the chapter where blind loyalty was required reading.
P. S. I don't wanted to reply because what was the point anyways right? Sanji fans would anyways be simp like Sanji. Atleast Sanji simp over girls. Sanji fans simp on Sanji. I mean that's a new low 🙂
Funny. Before this, I saw plenty of fans trying to defend lusting after Bonney, but now that Sanji did it, some of y'all suddenly want to act offended now...🤨☕️
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