Sanji is Luffy's TRUE VICE CAPTAIN: One Piece Theory

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[@Middleway101]

Okay that last part may have been a blue ball from Oda. But hope you enjoy the video all the same ✌🏾

[@killme1389]

But Zorro Did Abandon His Dream For Luffys 1. Taking Luffys Pain 2.Giving up His Pride As A Swordsman Begging Mihawk To Train Him For Luffys Sake Zorro Is The Most Loyal Crew Member Never Left Luffys Side And Is Happy whenever Luffy Proves Himself To Him Zorro Comments To By My Captain You’d Need To Be Able To Do This At least It’s Like He Views Himself As A Blade Only To Wielded By An Exceptional Man Daring To Dream Even Greater Then Him The Pirate King Zorro Currently Realises His Not On Luffys Level Zorro Is The Most Responsible And Respects Luffy The Most Even Most Of The Time Their Drawn Zorro Is On His Right

[@riyuu9259]

Also the time in punk hazard when he commanded g-5 and the fact that he is not only loyal to luffy but the whole crew when most of the strawhats talk about luffy or themselves sanji talks about the whole crew and keeping everyone safe

[@XRIS.D.MUGIWARA]

I can see it Yes ,

[@officialparrishpage4]

Yo this video is cooking bro.... Why are you cooking so hard for??? You don't gotta cook so much all at once bro it's alright ! But Zoro being an equal to Luffy is something I NEVER even considered ever. And I think of every and all theory's in this story !!! Me and a friend do it. But this idea I've never heard before. And they both have Conquerers. Which is usually given too ONLY captains. Ur theory cooks for real . Also Zoro told Luffy in beginning " I'll join you, but I'm not giving up on my dream" Zoro made it clear he's not going with anyone's Agenda. But Luffy has none with Zoro. So Luffy and Zoro are like the two giants! And Zoro fought kaido and bigmom in wano!!!!!! ONLY CAPTAINS FOUGHT KAIDO IN WANO IH SHITTTTTT YOUVE BROKEN MY DAMN MIND I STG !!!!! In a great way !!!! Lmao....but this theory is straight heat keep cooking bro!!!!! I get what youre saying though. Luffy just might even save the world because he has zoro. Roger could never get whitebeard on his team. But luffy got his oirate ages "Whitebeard" on his crew. ZOLOOOOOO😁😎😊🔥👍🏾💯😎🔥🙏🏾💯 And the Sanji and bigmom argument....without Sanji there she would've prob had hungar pangs and ate her whole freaking family dead asssss!

[@SAINTxSZN]

@@officialparrishpage4 He's not cooking at all. Zoro is the vice captain, confirmed by ODA

[@widagdo15]

"I'll do what you can't do, you do what I can't do." - Vinsmoke Sanji

[@Ray_Kaminari]

Blackleg sanji*

[@Lawsolos]

@@Ray_Kaminari bro didnt catch up to date

[@slothguy5946]

​@@Lawsolos bro forgot that Sanji hates to be called Vinsmoke

[@Lawsolos]

@@slothguy5946 still his name

[@ryanisloud]

He said that to Usopp so what ur poiy

[@felipesignore5572]

Sanji is my favorite, but you got some big balls to put Sanji on a Vice Captain position, since the Zoro fans can be annoying as hell.

[@user-zm6sc6sy3w]

Sanji fans are delusional

[@MinatoNamikaze-rv5yi]

​@@user-zm6sc6sy3w sanji better kid!

[@StrawHatPirates56]

@@user-zm6sc6sy3wzoro is a one dimensional character post time skip, im not a sanji fanboy by the way. i personally love every straw hat equally, but sanji is a better character than zoro objectively.

[@zariaanyanwu5339]

@@StrawHatPirates56Sanji is most fleshed out straw hat but Zoro is not a one dimensional character. What exactly makes him one dimensional?

[@Middleway101]

2024 The Sanji Agenda will be at an all time high trust me, something big is coming for his character ✌🏾

[@fake_robin9045]

They don’t have a vice captain because they don’t do that hierarchy stuff. They just let who is most qualified deal with the situation.

[@ltsMotion]

It's literally shown zoro is the vice captain after beating king

[@oh3710]

@@ltsMotion na fam nobody ever been named vice captain its really the two arms of the captain but zoro is the right hand man

[@ltsMotion]

@@oh3710 zoro has been called vice captain has equal portrayal with luffy and is capable of being his own captain

[@gargar5508]

it was implied that zoro was ig. Lucci said "it would be worth while killing the no.2 of an emperor". Whoever is stronger idrc, but zoro being vice cap makes sense? he is considered the no2 by most people outside the straw hats it seems, the narrative does imply this as well. on top of this, zoro legitimately is luffy's first mate. so do what you will with that information.

[@mamoruchiba86]

The statement of "the vice captain is the embodiment of captain's dream" hit me deep because althought it's not yet confirmed, I believe One Piece = All Blue. Luffy's and Sanji's dream is same.

[@sunset5868]

And in Baratie, unlike any strawhat, he was the only strawhat who started talking ro luffy firstly taking about how he wants to find the all blue one day (sorry if u don’t understand me properly my English isn’t that good)

[@Ben-iz9ud]

Luffys dream is not the one piece. The one piece is how luffy becomes pirate king and becoming pirate king is the requirement for luffys true dream.

[@mamoruchiba86]

@@Ben-iz9ud in order to be the Pirate King, someone needs to find the One Piece. One Piece and Pirate King is inseparable

[@nnaviofezekielbrothers8572]

I think you missed the moment Sanji shot the bubble gun in egghead island to imprisoned kaku, and other seraphim

[@gokuvegeta7770]

wow in all the arks of the show he shoots a bubble pitty clap

[@rev0lve638]

@@gokuvegeta7770 cope

[@gokuvegeta7770]

@@rev0lve638 lmao

[@stardestroyer19]

THIS IS SOME REAL AGENDA PIECE PIECE AND IM HERE FOR IT.

[@sahuanitasahu7696]

Luffy and sanji are looking for something people consider a legend while other strawhats have a goal to achieve

[@INFERNO95]

So.

[@user-bh1yl2dp5l]

11:08 that was his first encounter with Luffy...His speech after losing to mihawk is basically the complete opposite to that first speech... "Luffy, can you hear me? Sorry for worrying you. If I don't become the greatest swordsman in the world, you'd be in a dilemma now, right? ... I WILL NEVER LOSE AGAIN! Until I defeat him and become the greatest swordsman, I'll never be defeated anymore. 𝘼𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙄𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙎? " He's basically putting his dream UNDER Luffy. This speech just shows how Zoro changed from being someone with a dream following Luffy to someone who's achieving his dream to Luffy too. He recently said that again to King. "A promise to my Captain(Luffy) and best friend(Kuina)" His dream is not just for him and Kuina anymore, It's for Luffy too. To Zoro, Luffy was never his rival, but yes his Captain, Leader and Friend. If Zoro needs to die to make Luffy continue to live, he's doing that without any second thought.

[@alicemarmeladova8447]

THIS

[@robertfrostad6905]

Completely changed how I view Vice Capitains! Makes 100%sense

[@somebody6721]

ngl hard disagree, zoro is the realism to luffy dreaming, it’s not as complicated as you think. the hierarchy is luffy, then zoro, then everyone else

[@LittEntertainmentYaDigg]

@@somebody6721facts. This theory is a REACH lol. I lit the video but still

[@rev0lve638]

@@somebody6721 Zoro is strong. He has no leadership skills, low empathy, and he's not that smart. You can like Zoro and admit he's not a good choice for vice captain.

[@g3mkn1ght60]

Sanji is the one that takes command when luffy is occupied, look at zou and egghead, Sanji is the field general making sure orders are carried out and everyone is on the same page

[@Trafalgar-D-Water-Law23]

Yeah when zoro also isn’t there😂

[@truffle6082]

Zoro doesn’t give orders that much

[@john-olivierlukama1548]

He does in enies lobby ​@@truffle6082

[@aniameddouri8084]

@@Trafalgar-D-Water-Law23and zoro was neveeer there !!! Not in the 1113 chapters where he actually was there with sanji and luffy absent and actually gave orders

[@Trafalgar-D-Water-Law23]

@@aniameddouri8084 luffy and the whole crew wanted to go to mariejo to save Vivi, zoro told them no and they needed to keep going on their way to egg head and they listened if that’s not leading than I don’t know what is

[@josiplucic2250]

It makes sense that Sanji was also about to sacrifice himself for Luffy at thriller bark if you imagine that Oda intended both Sanji and zoro as Vice captains. In this way Sanji would have been the one to pull the nothing happened moment but zoro became the second vice captain in the same moment and took that burden on himself. Luffy the first captain with 2 vice captains

[@Gamer9k_]

Oda did not intend to have two vice captains. Idk where u got that from because oda never showed that. There’s only a few vice captains in one piece and no one shared that title. The only one that was intended with the shs, is Zoro since everyone outside the crew see him as that guy. Tbh Usopp being “intended” vice captain has more weight than sanji being one. Also, sanji wouldn’t have survive TB moment, if an heavily injured Zoro can knock him out. What sanji did there, was actually trying to protect Zoro dream. he joined the crew because of what Zoro/Luffy represents. Great moment for both but for different reasons.

[@SinisterPlauges]

You do realize Sanji couldnt even handle Zoro hitting him in that moment right? Zoro knocked Sanji out. Sanji wouldnt have lived Kumas attack.

[@INFERNO95]

So you gonna ignore zoro saving luffy lots of pain whit the nothing happens thing? Everyone is ready to protect luffy whit there lives not just sanji. What wrong whit you?

[@geraldineyorarou2221]

Water 7 proves it , VC went off on his own cuz he could be trusted

[@INFERNO95]

So did usopp. By that dumb logic usopp is VC too.

[@ryanprospeedruner2227]

​@@INFERNO95bro usopp did it because of a damn ship so bro left the crew whilst sanji was not doubted when he said he will stay on his own

[@Anonymous57745]

Middleway can cook too well maybe he is the irl sanji

[@coates27]

Ask yourself who is the cook of the ship , then put a period next to it

[@Wardenaz]

Black leg Sanji been lending his black paint to Zoro since timeskip

[@supadupadanko]

I knew this couldn’t be click bait. You don’t make a vid like this without power views to connect the dots. Fire content right here. Definitely something to think about

[@INFERNO95]

It is click bait.

[@heojaura7730]

sanjis my guy, but damn the agendas crazy here Cook tho

[@SAINTxSZN]

Cook what. Zoro has been the vice captain since east blue.

[@ghostofhallownest5300]

Crazy L take because all of the moments of vc ability are shown to be zoro.

[@cmonbruh6636]

last 2 replies didnt even watch the video

[@apex9806]

which are.... ? @@ghostofhallownest5300

[@xdrago5602]

​@@ghostofhallownest5300 Zoro only has 1, wdym? The only time Zoros acted like a proper vice captain was in water 7. Zoro's never led anybody or even managed the crew. Hes not a leader. Giving general advice every 200 chapters doesnt merrit the title of vice captain since all the SH's do that.

[@user-gl7xd5ez9m]

Nami gives vice captain vibes too at times

[@ClarkeMichaelDuncan]

I feel like bro made this to rage bait zoro fans😭

[@sage5830]

See what you mean, but you could tell he was tryna be genuine

[@SinisterPlauges]

@@sage5830 Nothing genuine about this kind of reach lol. Its for the views.

[@lilbaz5412]

​@@SinisterPlauges You don't just make a 36 minute, we'll edited, we'll scripted video for Rage bait, bro made some good points icl

[@SinisterPlauges]

@@lilbaz5412 what are you talking about? So many kids made careers out of cringe ragebait content. No points to be made when the video is starting off factually wrong lol

[@lilbaz5412]

@@SinisterPlauges Not once in my comment did I say Rage baiting doesn't work, but whatever bro lol

[@shay_3859]

I remember reading that in Japanese, Zoro and Sanji were not referred to as wings of Luffy, but rather Sanji was referred to as the "wing" of Luffy. Maybe that is related to him being the right hand man?

[@SinisterPlauges]

Why say wings if the intentions were right hand lol

[@DEMIGODSDAD]

@@SinisterPlaugeslet’s be smart here Wings help winged creatures fly most of the time if a bird loses it wings it can’t fly a captain without his vice captain cant be the pirate king clearly the word wing is there to symbolize right or left hand man the fact that it’s pointed towards sanji could mean something

[@loud1499]

@@DEMIGODSDADthink yall looking to deep into this one

[@TaylongQuan]

Zoro is the vice captain. Sanji is the cook.

[@shay_3859]

@@TaylongQuan If you can't read, that's ok

[@thewillofdreams6921]

I see Lafitte as a shadowy planner and doer behind the scenes like sanji at little garden, alabasta, and Enies Lobby seem to coincide with Lafitte meeting with wg for bb warlord status.

[@mylesjude233]

With all the craziness of Egghead, with BB and gang fighting Law and the rest fighting Sword and Garp, wonder what Lafitte has been doing this time.

[@austinsinger7565]

Yeah I was going to say Lafitte is the vice captain.

[@treysavage4570]

As much as i fw Zoro i can't help but completely agree. You spitting nothing but facts my dude 💯. I tried so hard not to agree but i would be straight up lying 😂. You got yourself a like & a subscription and this the only video i ever saw from you lol

[@ZoroDChamp]

wow.. that's insane, i never thought about it that way... Luffy NEVER defered from his dream no mateer what impossible odds were in front, but he actually admitted, out loud never the less, his dream would NOT be possible without Sanji, damn.

[@RyePiece]

Cook🔥,I'm saving this I will watch later

[@shay_3859]

Your video drops are always so hype. I can always bet on having my perspective changed, and learning something new about the story.

[@robertfrostad6905]

Just to add to all the points you've made about Sanji; his immediate reaction to secure Kaku in a bubble with the bubble gun after Lucci went after Vegapunk.

[@carolinefiorentini3233]

We're observing it also right now in Egghead where Sanji is cutting all loose ends and gathering the crew to escape while Zoro is dragging back fighting Lucci and they have to come fetch him !

[@HyperMurder]

the second vice captain is jimbe (fuck zoro, he legit just makes himself dumb by going into random directions without knowing)

[@monke1419]

Zoro is not equal to luffy in strength at all. They share similarities in personality, but not even their personalities and behaviors are the same. They have times when their behavior is the same, but also when it’s different. I could say Usopp, law, and Kid are the same as luffy by this line of logic. Doing this ignores the many times their behavior and personality are shown to differ whether in combat or in other situations. Their dynamic is absolutely nothing like that of Roger and whitebeard or shanks and mihawk. Zoro rarely ever has any emphasis put on his competition between himself and luffy, instead his main rival, equal, and competitor is sanji. In zoro’s vivre card it says Zoro is the 2nd strongest, but in one of the databook statements for Zoro it says he’s competing for 1st and 2nd place in the crew, meaning he’s competing with luffy and sanji. His “competition” with luffy however is extremely one sided with the never really being shown as equals in combat. Zoro fights kaido and doesn’t win while luffy fights a stronger kaido multiple times for longer and eventually wins. Meanwhile zoro’s rivalry and competition with sanji is highlighted constantly throughout the story. You mention Dorry brogy as co-captains as if that applies to Zoro and Luffy’s dynamic and why Zoro needs to be Luffy’s subordinate despite “being his equal.” But Dorry and Brogy never have any similarities established with Zoro and luffy, in fact, Dorry and brogy’s relationship is action compared to Zoro and Sanji’s dynamic in the actual story. Zoro is NOT the only one to get the treat from oda where someone is surprised that given his strength Zoro is a subordinate. Sanji was given the same treatment in thriller bark. This type of treat says less about Zoro and sanji and more about luffy, because luffy is special. He’s strong enough to have such powerful and independent crewmates as his subordinates. Zoro taking the stance of putting his own dream above Luffy’s becoming pirate early in one piece is not relevant to zoro’s current stance. Even back in pre-time skip in thriller bark, Zoro offering his life instead of Luffy’s would by definition be putting Luffy’s dream as priority. You can’t become the strongest swordsman if you’re dead. Zoro and sanji both carry traits of a vice captain. Simply because sanji carries certain traits of a vice captain does not mean that he is the vice captain alone and Zoro is Luffy’s equal. Sanji is definitely a vastly better leader and strategist than Zoro, and he repeatedly takes the leadership position while luffy and Zoro are gone with the other crewmates naturally flocking to him for guidance and decision making to the point of sanji somewhat having taken the captain title briefly with the twirly hat pirates thing. During this period, sanji was also the one discussing his treaty with law during their battle with Doflamingo, and law is obviously the captain of his own crew. But notice how not only is sanji obviously taking the captain role while luffy is gone, but while Zoro is gone as well. This is important because clearly the reason Zoro isn’t present in these moments isn’t because Zoro would be the leader when only luffy is gone, but rather that Zoro would butt heads with sanji while sanji is trying to lead. The comparisons between Dorry and brogy and Zoro and sanji are even more relevant here, because this is the same problem that they encountered as co-captains that you misinterpreted to relate to Zoro and luffy. Zoro is Luffy’s right hand, sanji is Luffy’s left hand, but if anything, they are co-vice captains in a way. Even though sanji may seem more applicable to this vice captain role, we know that Zoro is also applicable here. Oda made a cover with all the vice captains and it included Zoro. Oda goes to explain that the not every character shown truly fills the role of “vice captain”, but he still chose to include characters such as bepo due to unique reasons that he thinks may make them more seemingly relevant for the position of “vice captain” such as combat ability in bepo’s case. Shiryu was even shown there rather than van augur. Zoro could’ve been placed there instead of sanji for a number of reasons, but the point is clearly he is just as deserving of that role as sanji is, but just in a different way than sanji. Even in strength they are as close to equals as characters can get in one piece. All rivals in one piece are extremely relative if not left purposefully up in the air by oda, with Dorry and Brogy being just blatantly equal. Their rivalry being compared to Zoro and sanji’s means that Zoro and Sanji’s rivalry and power dynamic should be the same. And even if you think that zoro’s display at the end of wano was more impressive than Sanji’s it doesn’t necessarily mean anything, because Sanji’s true strength vs Queen was left up in the air. Sanji may have dumped a long ifrit jambe combo on Queen to defeat him, but we know that that was not really necessary to have defeated Queen. After his germs awakening, sanji was tearing through queen’s cyborg body with just diable jambe, and sanji was doing his disappearing trick (which can be scaled to even kizaru’s speed) in just base. Sanji even tells Queen that his “punishment isn’t over” before once again pummeling him with ifrit jambe, so sanji purposefully used extreme unnecessary force on Queen while extending the length queen’s battering just because Queen represents everything that sanji hates shy of wasting food 💀. During egghead oda ends up placing sanji next to luffy facing off against the boss battles of this arc (kizaru and Saturn) while back in wano oda put zoro next to luffy vs the boss battles of that arc (big mom and kaido). They both back up luffy as his right and left and men respectively and are capable of being described as co-vice captains of the crew in their own way. Let’s not forget that it was both Zoro AND sanji who were checking luffy back in pre-time skip back when he had that whole drama with usopp. Both of them were in agreement (which is rare) about different things that they were calling luffy out for as captain, and even both went as far as threatening to leave the crew.

[@cmonbruh6636]

dude in the video literally said he didnt meant equals referring to strength

[@monke1419]

@@cmonbruh6636 I didn’t talk just about strength.

[@mondgreen3075]

Stop yapping

[@monke1419]

@@mondgreen3075 😱 what? Darkskin Zoro from KZbin doesn’t like me saying that zoro’s weaker than luffy?? Who could’ve guessed that?

[@mondgreen3075]

@@monke1419 never said that I said you’re yapping which you are writing a whole 3 minute paragraph for little to no interaction must had u feeling good huh?luffy my favorite character I don’t care about this agenda shit😭this video and comment section just dumb asf

[@markesecottman8964]

Aye Brotha Bravo 👏👏👏 I saw this video in my feed and thought to myself “Boi ain’t no way boi, what kinda crack you smoking”. And now that i’m at the end of the video I can admit i’ve been wrong for years and that some how i just completely missed Sanji doing anything throughout the Arcs. You my friend made an amazing video keep it up

[@Blinker4Sir]

when the one piece breaks the red line it will create the all blue aligning all the straw hats dreams

[@user-a_ce.1238]

The more I look into this theory the more true it gets Let's look shanks vice captain Beckman A calm and collected guy who has a cigarette and even uses a gun Guess what Sanji's original Design shows him using a gun As for Zoro I think his role is the first mate of the captain/right hand man of the captain Unlike a vice captain his role is to guide the captain Which is what we saw throughout the story Nothing happened, his promise to Luffy and even in post Ennis lobby he was guiding Luffy not the crew It wasn't until Sanji stepped in that the crew accepted Zoro's decision Zoro's character is directly tied to Luffy His loyalty to Luffy is so insane that he would kill anyone if Luffy told him to do That is a perfect right hand man but definitely not a vice captain

[@elijaharcher1700]

Luffy wants to become the best of the best pirate wise, and Zoro is the same exact way he wants to be the best samurai there is no matter how much bs he has to endure. Sanji is a close second but Zoro will always be Luffy’s right hand man.

[@elijaharcher1700]

And Zoro respects Luffys authority, he even told lucci he doesn’t deserve to fight Luffy. Zoro always handles the next best, had his BACK fighting kaido and big mom. He knows he can achieve his dream at a much quicker rate with Luffy versus not being with him. The straw hats are a melting pot of folks who want to be the greatest at what they do.

[@Jayluna98]

This was a fantastic video and it really highlighted some of the easily missed aspects of Sanji's role in the crew.

[@caru9982]

Sanji is my favorite straw hat but I just can’t see it being him, Zoro has moments where he keeps the crew in check with or without Luffy being there. Like even recently when Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Usopp and Chopper wanted to go save Vivi Zoro is the one that kept Luffy and the crew on track.

[@gestibogb1836]

Well said my guy,straight🔥🔥

[@MrPenutbetter]

this was a great vid with lots of thoughtout points! it's interesting to think about that's there's no explicit heriarchy to the Straw Hat Crew, every statement has been in regards that specific persons view (uroge,barro) and not straight up told by narration box. even in times where Oda drew the "Vice Captains" in an sbs, he went out of his way to explain it was the second strongests of the crew

[@christoffdavis8579]

Great job bro 🎉

[@zoobiezaa]

sanji stans have officially lost it lmao

[@justlloyd7881]

Bruh 😂

[@oddfatherchucky6099]

Name something he said that was wrong

[@moyosorealuko4490]

Thats why I don't see a actual vice captain but as said in Wano. Zoro and Sanji are the wings of the straw hat pirate Zoro being the right wing and Sanji being the left wing

[@davepumphernickel9568]

Sanji does have a big edge over Zoro being able to provide Luffy with primo goods, but Zoro is probably the one guy given almost any situation Luffy would be like “yo Zoro is there? Nah we’re good” he too nasty.

[@hass512]

Man this was a great analysis

[@why-kg6kx]

I've gotta admit you've laid down a strong case

[@danslova8573]

Sanji don’t even wanna be strong frl he wanna find all blue 😭😭zoro grind is is never ending

[@brandonbradley2525]

You’re a clown that just shows sanji is willing to get stronger for other ppl and not himself u just proved his whole video right

[@yohan79]

Nice video ❤so glad to be a part of it 🙂

[@danielcardosovaz4955]

Sanji can be an Vice Capitan because he have what Zoro and Luffy does't BRAINCELLS

[@Mr.RedPillRage]

I mean zoro is obviously a better fit for vice but saying sanji is a better fit just because he has passionate feats is better click bait lol. Zoro fully embodies vice role where it is clear to see why he is vice but you are absolutely right about one thing, if luffy is not there, neither is zoro. But same for sanji

[@r.gentleman]

Luffys dream probably has something to do with food or party soo I can agree that Sanji might be the vice captain but not the only one Zoro is as well because it has been shown over and over that they are equal and that Luffy needs 2 wings to fly higher. 2 wings is what they represent, Oda said this time and time.

[@emmanuelhunter6078]

Good take it is very logical. A vice-captain is also the shadow of the captain like with gold d Roger. The dark king and what Sanji is good at be in the dark( secret agent job). I got a question also when do you think is quote will come true when he said to Kuma in thriller bark that the government keeps is eye on him or that he is the depiction of germa #3 the most difficult opponent of Sora(Marine)

[@coates27]

This is really good i cant even deny it

[@doomduck9073]

I wonder if the fact Luffy took down Katakuri in whole cake, and was the reason he couldn't be there when the big mom pirates were trying to get into Wano, twice, basically allowed for King and Marco to easily deal with them entering ...making the fact that Luffy went back to keep fighting Katakuri all the more impactful

[@AMellowz]

great video with great points

[@muhxnnxd]

underrated vid

[@LAZYGUY1273]

Beautiful breakdown, Luffy really is special do I have both perfect right hand man and vice captain, that's how really it is in mafia's. the boss usually have a right hand man( Zoro)that would do dirty work for him who stops outside threats, and the left hand man who's sometime known as Chief of staff or vice Captain (sanji)usually works well with the crew and stops inside threats.

[@rsync9490]

Saturn "Catarina Devon? Your not the type to follow orders.." Devon "Teach is special." The blackbeard pirates similar to the rocks pirates are filled to the brim with alpha personalities which is why Zoro, Franky, and Jimbei being straw hats isn't really unusual when it comes to serving under above life characters like Luffy, Roger, Rocks, and Blackbeard. It's obvious Oda meant for Eustass Kid to be the whitebeard of his generation but it never stuck. Zoro is the Rayleigh of the worst generation. As far as leadership, the straw hats like the blackbeard pirates seem to work like a cooperative where various different personalities take leadership roles in other areas. Yes sanji sometimes takes the leadership role, but so does Zoro and Nami in various instances.

[@spiralgodking9877]

7:50 Yo, shout-out to the Hidden Island~!!!👍👍👍

[@Ben-iz9ud]

Oda drew a picture of the vice captain or #2 guy in all the crews already.

[@slothguy5946]

Those are not vice captains, those are second strongest members of their crews

[@vmookey7109]

Naw he cook on this vid 🔥🔥🔥

[@sarthakarora3212]

Middleway on his way to gas sanji for this his life goal and birthright.

[@meatrockball3243]

BRO GLAZED BOTH ZORO AND SANJI THIS MAKES ME HAPPY

[@JoelBrown-ft6pp]

This isn't a theory this is an opinion😂😂

[@TheNorwigi1]

Zoro fan ? 😂😂😂😂

[@billbixby3353]

Good job makes sense.

[@MrKami123456]

Great theory in my opinion! I’ve always noticed that food in the OP verse was unusually strong. With milk healing bones extremely fast, it was a gag but still. Food has an unnatural effect on Luffy’s regenerative ability.

[@BuddyRIP]

4:25 only this far and i love the video. I love the idea that sanji is the best choice when it comes to dreams While not lessening zoros role as first mate, hes not meant to be vice captain 5:55 holy shit i typed and you finished my sentence.

[@bobstevemd3265]

Hey sorry about posting this twice i just really want you to see it with my thought more together . also it helps with the algo lol. way remeber the theory i had a month or two ago where Luffy will turn Zoro in to a literal sword making him the worlds strongest swords man , and Sanji in to a spear . using them as weapons like Nika sword and spear. well this is the show case where luffy is creating a weapon from somthing that already exsit like a simple tree. luffy is weak to slashing attacks . well zoro has the breath of all things and has a no sword style slashes . sanji has an impossibly harden body , they are weapons in the own right . we have seen nightmare luffy perfom insain sword tech and in wano luffy instinctually picked up a specail grade sword. chef zeff said in a figurative since Sanji has a spear in him he just dosnt uses it. why wouldnt sanji want to uses the spear with in him ? could it be his hartage ? what weapon does sanjis father use ???? isnt it Odd that nika wields a sword and spear . Zoro dream to be the worlds strongest swords men, and Saji with a spear he hasnt used yet there both figurartive but Luffy could use them literally in the most Over powered wacky way possible, using his crew to over come his weakness.

[@r.gentleman]

Ok. The reason why Zoro cannot be a vice caption is because he is dumb 😂 Makes sense all the others seem very calm and collected.

[@Sm0k6poke]

Sanjis fire powers also relating him to the sun god. and parallels him to ace

[@ZoroDChamp]

so while i was writing a comment this add with a chick talking about car accident settlement, and all i could think was- in a Ussop type of way 'you have WAY too many friends that get in accidents!!!' lmaooo

[@choptose4226]

17:20 Zoro shines when he has to cut things plan and simple

[@mishtamoose8308]

I genuinely love this as a Zoro fan. The line about the vice captain keeping the captain out of trouble is what convinced me

[@user-dq5lx5cy7w]

I am not a hardcore zoro fan but ur theory about luffys true dream doesn’t line up as it was also Roger’s true dream and reighly (I know I spelled it wrong) was not a cook and nor did Roger care about food that much as far as we know. Zoro also linked his dream with luffys in baratie by saying he would need to become the world’s best swordsman for his strength to help luffy in his goal. Zoro also carries luffys will forward helping him achieve it like other vice captains also do. Zoro also helps save luffy in many occasions like on onigashima roof and as early as alabasta saga by killing all the people in that one island who were assassins and of course NOTHING HAPPENED.

[@Hi_My_Names_Ryan]

Great Video

[@mamoruchiba86]

He always feels like the vice captain to me. Or more like "the second captain". I probably gonna be cooked by saying this, but I'd say if Luffy is a Sun.. Zoro is a Moon, and Sanji is a Star. Zoro needs Luffy to shine and show his leadership, that's why his "leadership" moments always related to Luffy. He advise Luffy, scold Luffy, and took all Luffy's pain in Thriller Bark. While Sanji, he can shine by himself and he shine the brightest in Luffy's absence. That's why he could lead the G-5 army by himself, the WCI chef team, and was the one who appointed as the captain of TwirlyHat Pirates by Nami.

[@PoppyAfton]

I accepted Sanji to be a vice captain. I believe your wise word's that Sanji is the true vice captain of the straw hats pirate crew.

[@AnotherCode788]

8:26 i love that image 🥺🥺

[@theoguzman258]

in my opinion, you are both correct and wrong. i believe that what makes the sh crew so unique (and this is something you say yourself) is that they are all on the same ground, not subordinate. this i personally subscribe to the wings of the pirate king theory/interpretation. yes zoro is the second strongest yes sanji takes the role of leader when luffy is away but neither is more influential than the other, rather they are both vice captains in a way. both zoro and sanji exhibit instances of correct assessments of enemies, keeping the crew in check and mirroring luffy as well as aiding him to his goal. yes zoro and luffy are equals but zoro and sanji are equals as well. it's the monster trio, not the monster duo. that being said this is a goat video, nice job

[@fathercounts2820]

At first I was like nah chief this can’t be it (coming from a sanji glazer), but fuck let this man cook bro I’m convinced

[@oh3710]

vice captain on straw hat crew? no, Two arms of the captain? YES

[@ZorusSerif]

Love this

[@captainminimeat4780]

to me vice captain is based off loyalty, sanji disowned his crew due to family matters and insecurities in identity

[@tomasneupauer8909]

I quite like this analysis... also because Sanji is my favorite character. Anyway, that's why they are both referred to as his "wings". Zoro covers Luffy's back and Sanji protects the rest of the crew. And both are a kind of link between Luffy and the crew. The same can be said if we want to compare their dreams. Zoro is closer to Luffy's primary dream. Because he has a similarly challenging dream that requires physical strength. And Sanji's dream in turn points out the similarity of fairytale One Piece (Laugh tale) and All Blue. Not to mention that Zoro also has some Vice Captain qualities... viz speech in Water 7 when Usopp leaves crew and later another speech when he wanted to return. Or during the Dawy back fight when he was talking to Chopper etc. So, I do not think that it is necessary to change anything in the position of vice-captain. Even without that, Sanji has an important position - Cook... especially for Luffy. Perhaps even more important...

[@giannidavis7669]

As a Zoro fan he is cooking rn.

[@AdarshShetty-ux8kd]

Luffy's first crewmate-zoro Vice caps said to be close to their captain and only person who went toe to toe with luffy-zoro(whiskey peak) Demands luffy to act like matured captain-zoro Only people to have bounty before ennis lobby-luffy and zoro Protected the whoe crew and his captain on thriller bark-zoro Comparable to luffy-zoro(both are supernoas and worst gen) Known as unofficial vice-captain of the strawhats-zoro(confirmed by bartalomeo) Fought and defeated yc1-zoro many parralells with rayleigh-zoro Chapter 1031 colour spread -zoro Avarage lanji fanboys still living in a fantasy word where they want sanji who was 4th member to join the team to be vice cap.

[@luci_netto]

nice theory! one thing though: katakuri isn't really big mom's vice-captain, while perospero seems to be (at least politically). that's not to say that the theory breaks down with this change of interpretation, quite the contrary. there is a good parallel to be made in which katakuri is the zoro equivalent, while sanji portrays more of a perospero kind of role, that being of a glue between the captain and the rest of the crew (and eventually saving the captain's ass sometimes)

[@kerrel5215]

Tbh I think zoro and sanji embody the role of vice captain in their own ways. Sanji is seen more times looking after the other members of the crew while they are in trouble while zoro is more like luffy’s back up.

[@riyuu9259]

I do agree with you but after reading what is happening in the manga I don't know if zoro is supposed to be equal to luffy cause luffy is on a different level now

[@jtdachief]

Luffy beat up the toughest dudes there and probably would've did more damage if everyone in the new world was there. Sanji the only dude that can cook like that. He wins in the kitchen every time. Luffy can't be the captain if he don't want to eat food that his cook wouldn't eat and all he need to do is eat to be stronger. Am I making any sense?

[@timewizardking]

steph curry with the pot back in the kitchen sheesh, i enjoyed this agenda banquet lol cant wait for more. u and tainted marth best new theorist. every one u drop is heat and his hidden island and megatheorey vids are true and real

[@abuDA-bt6ei]

Oda spelled out Zoro being the vice captain in thriller bark. When both of them were facing Kuma, Zoro literally knocks Sanji out so he himself can take the captains pain and burden, saving the crew while Luffys out. That was Odas way of demonstrating that Zoro IS the VC over Sanji.

[@austinsinger7565]

Not necessary.

[@bradley8614]

Plus he's straight up referred to as the Vice captain in Dressrosa

[@mr.raider7865]

Sanji as far as I can remember hasn't actually done too much noteworthy like how zoro has done for the crew.

[@cakrabuana3271]

@@mr.raider7865wow really? U wanna get me started with, first little garden, second alabasta, enel ship, ennies lobby, getting away in dressrosa, just tell me please tell me with proved, when did zoro lead mugiwara crew and successes. Rather than just cutting somebody else and almost died but then he win. Please read, when did zoro lead mugiwara crew, when? And please for once don’t talks about the fight, but it’s about the role

[@CherrySplit]

@@cakrabuana3271I would say when zoro told them they can’t take back Usuop without a apology. Although sanji did stop the initial fight between Luffy and usuop

[@JuniorAAI]

Bro this done changed my view on this good stuf bro

[@XxCray_CrayXx]

Mann I love both Sanji and Zoro let’s stick with right hand man and right foot man

[@user-fq7kt7py4e]

Epic sanji and kizaru fight inbound. We about to see some peak kicks.

[@djperezestrella]

Actually, Luffy is the vice captain. The actual captain is Nami, the most proficient haki user of the crew!

[@djperezestrella]

I think the relationship between Luffy and Zoro is more like Oden and WB or Roger.

[@elinelson8331]

If we're going with who is a harder ride or die. Sanji falls off. He left the crew. I don't see zero or even Jinbei doing the same

[@axcelallen5785]

Luffy = Captain Zoro = First Mate Sanji = Vice Captain And don't go commenting that "Oh but the role first mate and Vice captain are the same", Trust me I know but that doesn't mean you can't give the same role to two people, for example having two captains in the same crew like the Giant Warrior Pirates.

[@TohGahr]

been saying this for a long time, sanji perfectly plays the role of vice captain

[@akwesirobinson1710]

Do you think that kid and Vega punk have some connection due to his attack being named punk and he 07 on his punk tail gun attack

[@aYtto]

Zoro aint gonna like this when he gets lost in here and find out about it

[@jay_officialtv4000]

My question why Sanji always smokes cigarettes y’all think Sanji got a stress form 😂😂😂

[@captmista1355]

This man took the saying "nothing happened" very seriously

[@captmista1355]

Okay...you cooked me Middle Way