Strawhat fighters going to get haki boost to rival YC.
Sanji doesn't seem anywhere near a haki boost though. His haki so far is subpar at least when it comes to armor haki and his only boost at this stage in the game is the raid suit.
Sanji will have extreme difficulty like luffy did against katakuri and blossomed his haki to certain level. Add raid suit to that and sanji can land strong hits on the tough YC
It'd be a pretty bad development if sanji relies on plot in order to run into people who are bad at COO so that his invisibility is useful though. I'd assume that kaido's core crewmembers in general wouldn't struggle with invisibility at least. It does seem like the raid suit's most obvious advantage at this point is durability. I suppose the thrusters in it would boost sanji's kicking power (though I still object to sanji specifically relying of gadgets to be worth something, that's just unfair to the character).... Mobility wise its hard to imagine the raid suit mattering all that much since sanji already had sky and blue walk to give him the ability to either fly with substantial freedom or swim like a fishman. The chapter does make that point but it feels kinda silly....
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I'd argue the opposite, the raid suit would get in the way of sanji training his haki like luffy did. Developing haki like luffy did against katakuri relies on the user being in a life or death situation in order to push yourself further. The raid suit mitigating the risk gets in the way of being in a real life or death situation. It'd take a fairly extreme situation for the raid suit to not get in the way of haki training. And even in that extreme situation if the point is training haki then sanji should just take it off.
Queen seems tanky enough so plot can allow the bad CoO and still, at some point during the fight he will manage to get his hands on Sanji despite invisibility and that's where it goes south for Sanji. He will have to reply with something unseen before, his DJ on next level or something else.
Lately I've been a bit of the idea that sanji has to some up with something other than diable jambe. Sanji has been using it liberally since part two started, he pretty much can't do without it nowadays. If you compare how luffy and zoro use their respective powerups, gear 2 and 3 are used casually by luffy and has gear 4 in reserve while zoro hasn't needed his azura yet. Sanji using it like this to me points to sanji eventually getting something new or better than it. It also takes away from it that oven exist since his fruit is basically an upgraded diable jambe. And that fire is so common an upgrade an attack that luffy and zoro have their over versions of fire covered attacks... Some time ago I had the idea that perhaps sanji was a late bloomer when it comes to the mutations his father subjected him to. Though based on sanji's suit it would kinda look like the abilities his siblings possess are also suit related so if sanji gets a boost via this it would likely be just a generic increase in strength....
This is honestly why I'm still pretty baffled as to why Sanji got it. Not only could Usopp and Franky benefit from it, but especially Nami and Chopper. It seems perfect for them.
Not sure what you mean with something else but the fire theme seems constant with Sanji so if he replaces DJ with something else it will probably be something with fire again... His mutations could get triggered by Queen's plague which forces the target to burn within and Sanji would have to possibly outburn it to survive, burn the burning plague so to speak.
Good call on nami, it seems like a good opportunity to improve her clima tact as well. I suppose it could have happened over the small timeskip the manga had. Dunno if this would be specially useful for chopper though. Nami, ussop and frankly by default rely on tools which could be improved via technological advancement, which isn't the case for chopper.
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I didn't mean anything specific, just something different from diable jambe that would make for a superior powerup. It's hard to imagine a powerup for diable jambe at this point, that kinda sounds like simply more fire...
Yeah, I have the same felling... It’s the same thing with WB CoO that was mentioned it’s super good (When Squad stabled him in Marineford), I have the felling that’s WB can maintain his Haki active all time, even when he’s sleeping. BM durability looks the same thing for me. What’s makes me question if Kaido “scales” are truly because his DF powers, his Haki or his origins, if he’s not human, what I personally don’t think it’s the case
I'd say they are generally shown taking more punishment than Sanji. Of course, in group battles, the 3 generally get the same amount of damage. Both Zoro and Sanji took a full punch from Oars if I recall correctly and got back up soon after.
Really?
Nah, Sanji is either Queen or King for final fight. T6H/Numbers he already defeated one. No point being an big threat to him when PO and Drake didn't do much to warn him to be serious threats. Plus if Luffy going to face to face Kaido, make sense for his top guys facing tier below which are YC lvl opponents. Sanji will face YCs for sure, but Zoro is more facing Orochi who I can say is more YC4 lvl at best, but still challenge given his abilities if like his real life lore, he can't be cut down which be stressing and struggle for Zoro to beat him down if he can't be cut. Sanji has shown a lot to display how tough he is, but Zoro in this arc has been use kinda hype tool for past 4 fights. He lately been of talks of concern if he do anything when his durability and stamina are no longer same as before.
The only time I can remember that happening was when he fought Bon Clay, otherwise Sanji continues as well.
Sanji kept fighting a lot in many fights especially after Jabra after piercing him with his claws that Usopp almost die too after impact, so Sanji's durability always been up there with Luffy and Zoro. That hasn't change even in NW saga as he tank hits that would beat and kill others before too.
I always saw brook more as light rather than fast per say. I suppose his acceleration could be unusually high given his low weight but that is different from being the fastest. How much sense would it make for brook to actually be faster or even as fast as luffy or sanji? I'd argue none. As in, do you see brook dodging luffy's gear 2 or whichever gear 4 form? Or even landing a hit on them? speed is a pretty big factor in combat within OP, specially for martial artist who don't rely on shenanigans to win. If you are up a substantially faster opponent then you are pretty much dead. How else does the fight between ryuma and zoro make sense? As in, we saw that ryuma bested brook in pretty much every regard. And then zoro went blow for blow with ryuma and came out on top.
The same happened with Vergo. I would also mention Sanji being easily defeated by Arlong or Doflamingo. These may have been opponents stronger than him, but Luffy or Zoro can take some beating before going down, in fact the two have a list of inhuman level of durability.
All 3 are inhuman as didn't Nami stated them as Monsters in Thriller Bark. Pretty sure it's not for one person on their durability. Also Vergo never defeated him while Doffy while lost was very strong threat that Law lost to and Zoro couldn't do anything to his Birdcage at all.
What? Against Vergo Sanji was still fighting and moving, and he ran and kicked like nothing happened. Against Doflamingo Sanji was tied up, and even Luffy would have been defeated by that if he didn't have the ability to expand his body with haki imbued. Against Arlong, didn't Sanji go down after freeing Luffy, or was that Zoro after being thrown by Luffy? Sanji also has the ability to take beatings before going down.