Sanji’s reunion with his family has been one of the key aspects of One Piece‘s Whole Cake Island arc, but they have been sitting on a high horse for a while now as they all have judged Sanji to be weaker than they are.
But the Vinsmoke Family got a cold dose of reality in the latest episode as they fail to make a dent in the Charlotte Family when push really comes to shove.
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The Vinsmoke Family initially made a strong impression when the transformation into their raid suits provided a Power Rangers-esque Germa 66 sequence that demonstrated just how strong they can be. But when escorting Bege and Caesar off the island, each member of the Vinsmokes falls to Big Mom.
First Niji and Yonji are quickly dispatched by Big Mom, and then Ichiji is stomped by Katakuri and Oven before too long. The worst to come off of this is Sanji’s father Judge, who’s completely disgraced by Big Mom. It would’ve been all over for them and the Straw Hats had the Tamate Box not exploded, sending the entire island into a crumbling chaos.
After the way Sanji’s been treated by his family, it is encouraging to see that he’s one of the few left standing after the whole ordeal. Considering that he was able to stand toe to toe against Big Mom and get away better than his father and brothers, hopefully Judge will come to respect Sanji’s strength at the very least. This beatdown does do a lot to bring them down to Earth.
Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece first began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in 1997. It has been collected into 87 volumes, with a few chapters yet to be included. It has been a critical and commercial success worldwide with many of the volumes breaking printing records in Japan. The manga has even set a Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book by a single author, and is the best selling manga series worldwide with 430 million copies sold worldwide.
Eiichiro Oda also revealed some upcoming news for One Piece‘s future at Jump Festa 2018. Not only will the manga see Wano sooner rather than later, the next villain of the series is “one of the legends which lurks in the One Piece world. The greatest enemy ever for Straw Hats will hinder their way…Can you believe Marineford Summit War will look ‘cute’ compared to that?
The new live-action One Piece series also got some new information as it was revealed that the series will portray the Straw Hats’ adventures from the very beginning, and will take place in the East Blue. One Piece‘s anime series is currently in the middle of the “Whole Cake Island” arc and is now streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.
