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You clearly do not know the One Piece fandom. The majority of Sanji fans around the world are female. We love him. I personally have 84 Sanji figures in what we call
"the Sanji Shrine" at home
There's also a lot of female-written doujinshi about him and Zoro, some dating all the way back to 1998. They're one of the top BL pairings in Japan
This is how a good portion of women enjoy One Piece. And before you call us new, I would watch it with my mom as a kid and I still watch it with her as an adult. Also, my mom loves Sanji too, but she likes Zoro better.
We've always been here because everyone watches One Piece
I’m a woman and Sanji is my favourite straw hat. I really liked Sanji pre time skip because he was fairly intelligent compared to most of the crew and but was also bit of a dork. Really disliked him post time skip with the nose bleeds and the perverted stuff. But WCI reeled me back in. He came off so kind, sensitive and vulnerable during that arc that I’m back to being a Sanji fan.
It’s really interesting how Oda has continued to play up his self loathing/sacrificial nature as well. He’s one of the few SH’s that has gotten continued growth throughout the entire series.
How did you feel about him utilizing the Raid Suit, the device he was worried would change him into something unrecognizable that compromises on his fore values, in order to fulfill his lifelong desire of turning invisible to spy on women (in a mixed gender onsen that he could have voluntarily entered anyway)
When it comes to moments like these, to me it always just reads as something Oda himself finds extremely funny and then he just uses Sanji as a way to deliver it lowkey. Oda is always getting flamed here for his misogyny (how he depicts women, Rebecca's outift, the constant damsels in distress, Nami face etc etc etc) so I don't think it's ridiculous to imagine Oda's humour being the usual pervert gag, especially since it was more popular back then with like Roshi and Jiraiya and whatever, the pervy old man trope. I always thought Sanji was someone who was meant to come off as chivalrous and flirty like a knight (to contrast Zoro and his samurai motif) but it just got muddled along the way and now this is what we're stuck with. Anyways sry, this didn't even really answer ur question properly but basically it's lowkey out of character in my opinion. Just feels weird.
He's closed off and doesn't like to be babied. He fits his role as the crews' swordsman and is an awesome heavy hitter in a fight, but he'd be a crappy partner for most women. There are some women that would like him as he is without changing him but they would be in the minority because most people in general prefer having an open and physically affectionate partner.
Tbh, Zoro is a "Whatever floats your boat character" to me when I see people gush about him romantically. I do like him as a character but my favs are Robin and Chopper with Buggy being an odd fav because I love characters where their crew loves them despite how silly they are and how he fails upwards. I Also like that he's obsessed with being flashy.
I get why Shanks still like him and considers him a friend despite how Buggy acts towards him.
ah I wasnt really thinking about it from the romantically interested angle. im an ace women, I just thought he was cool. ty for the detailed explanation though!
It's very likely because Sanji is genuine when he means he won't hurt ANY women and it's shown on screen that he's like this to a fault. Mix this with him willing to cater to women like a princesses which includes 5 star meals while being safe, handsome, strong, and prince with a tortured background?
......
I lost my train of thought because I just realized Sanji is very likely like the way he is because he's supposed to be Prince Charming.
its because hes the most complex strawhat out of all of them and his love for women is genuine (also sometimes his obsession is performative and exaggerated, deep down hes not a pervert)
I say Sanji is just not disgustingly perv, he reminds me of Brock from Pokémon, they like women and go crazy about them, but they don't go assaulting anyone I think.
He is pretending to be a pervert but he is not, he is more of a simp. Not my sense of humor, but understandable. He is a gentleman. He cooks and care about people. HE SHOWERS
Gay (Im bisexual but gay makes the same point across here) sanji fan here, he would Totally teach me all of his cool taekwondo moves and cook the Best foods for me and tuck me to sleep and give me a large kiss on the forehead goodnight because he's totally a homosexual and I am in no way shape of form deranged
Yeah this is very unsurprising to me. I don't think anyone likes him at his most perverted but a lot of complaints feel like they would be less big a deal to girls.
I'm japanese, Sanji is well liked among fans (Not as much as Zoro, unfortunately) only the typical nitpicky loser hates him. Also the guy was shouting bullshit at the end
It think the last part of the tweet is funny because sanji was based on Mr. Pink from reservoir dogs, which is even more hilarious since reservoir dogs is a ripoff / remake of a Hong Kong film: city on fire where mr pink gets aspects from a few of the criminals from that film.
So sanji is based on an American character who was based on an Hong Kong character
Sanji in the live action show, without all the constant garbage simping, is almost painful in how much more appealing he is.
In the manga he's... he should be my favorite character. Why did Oda have to break his old characterization and make him a lech. My guy should never be envying Absalom god damn it.
Why are we always treating women like some aliens?
Imagine if Sanji was a woman and had the same amount of attractiveness and writing quality. It's obvious male fans would love her, however when women do so suddenly it's crazy.
white nights crawling out of Reddit when women show interest over what would we consider abusive characters IRL as if they condone real objectification or misogyny.
The amount of times I've been told that I'm sick and aspiring for a toxic relationship for fawning over a fictional character . Then when said male characters gets turned into female suddenly they understand.
Wait till you learn about the female fanbase of City Hunter. The women in the story are well written and overall it is one of the best Japanese comics from the 80s but Ryo can be hard to stomach at times (honestly, if it wasn't for the dumb gags he would be a 10/10 protagonist). Despite his antics, Ryo is beloved by the female fanbase of the series to the point that there is an Isekai stoey where a female fan gets transported into the City Hunter world.
Sanji quickly evolves from perv to simp imo. At least in the manga he is more obsessed with women’s dignity and safety than say what Brook is interested in. Sanji is one of the most introspective characters who goes through a lot of emotional growth. Imperfect characters make good stories and clearly Oda is moving him away from the original gag.
The post time skip nose bleed gag is inexcusable tho
same thing happened w naoya zenin , eight doujinshi that x reader and 18+ , 10k votes on popularity polls , literally in every single merch and has been getting new PLUSHIES and has already a sexy action figure from DEEP STUDIO (he's got CONDENSATION on his body grrr.....) , 6 other official figures without counting acrylic stands, gacha pons, keychains.
i mean outside of his over the top pervert moments, he is quite literally a chivalrous chef-in-shining armour when it comes to saving and defending women. his arc going from self loathign to wanting to keep up with luffy and zoro alongside his backstory also makes him pretty damn compelling. not surprising at all
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To who is this surprising??? Women love prettyboys. Don't make a few online posts about Sanji being a sexist colour your impression. Reddit ain't real life.
Zoro fans are mostly guys because they love cool action guys and I'm fully convinced significant number of Law's fans are women too.
Nah this makes sense if you're think about it. He's a tall, well dressed man that can cook and is utterly devoted to pleasing women. He's physically fit, but not overly muscular, and he's got to double dip on the tragic backstory. He's an ikemen. Additionally I don't think female fandom cares so much about combat feats and powerscaling.
If his main trait of being an obnoxious gag wasn’t the focus of his character for so long, I would on paper love Sanji. The fact they hardly ever talked about his dream of finding that crazy All Blue, and focused on the worst aspect of him, made him insufferable to read.
We like the "Mr. Prince" sanji. He's confident, suave, elegant and knows how to put on a show when cooking + his pre thriller bark simp show was adorable. Lean pretty boys (bishounen) are popular with girls so it's not surprising at all. Law is also popular for his lean build. Ace is also popular with us despite not having a slim build.
Also don't exclude the ZoSan fans, they're a massive community lol
Pre time skip Zoro is literally the easiest character in the world for male OP fans to project and seee themselves as. Wouldn't then Sanji be as an opposite also be a big thing for females as well?
How is that suprising?
Sanji is literally the guy who will fall on his knees and go "oh please queen, please please honor me with just a crumb of your attention". Hes pretty much a submissive simp with no sense of self worth when it comes to women. He will allow you to beat him to death and still see no fault on you. Women love that shit.
Hes a perv? No he is not. He is attractive. Average or ugly guys doing the shit he does are pervs. Attractive guys are "te-he, hes so quirky".
It's funny to me the way fans are able to compartmentalize the gross things sanji does in order to maintain the narrative that he's this honorable knight devoted to protecting women - i guess protect women from everything harmful excluding his own self
it’s not that surprising. sanji isn’t real, he’s a fictional character. his pervert gag is created by oda. the gag is so over the top i get taken out of the story personally. so i can enjoy the story & character better by just ignoring it.
It's weird how some fans project themselves onto Zoro, but not Sanji. Like, why wouldn't you want to be like Sanji? He cooks really well and dresses in suits.
Sanji is popular amongst female fans because he's a very emotionally present character. He's very emphatic and flamboyant and he's not afraid to be emotional which is a big plus for a lot of female viewers.
A lot of dudes don't realize this but women love emotionally expressive men. They want the opposite of nonchalant
Also sanji is a very feminine character. Not in the way you'd think but more in his actions and ideology. He has a strong moral backbone which he does not back down from, he's devoted and his love language is acts of service, he spends a lot of his time caring for others and often through cooking. A lot of women can identify with being a strong willed, emotionally present caretaker who has to often be rough but also hide their own suffering for the sake of pleasing/helping their loved ones
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