You know... at first back in Dressrosa, I never thought for a second that there is anything connecting or resembles Sanji and Nami’s relationship in any way.
From their screentime nothing really stands out, but it all changed in chapter 877. Sai and Baby 5 are back in the cover stories. But you know what is crazy? The fact that Oda decided to construct their story with an interesting turn, and all of that happens after the “WEDDING CRASH”.
Oda is on to something... what are your intentions? What do you want to say?
We get introduced to a character called Ooklicia. Turns out she is Sai’s fiancee. She wanted to discuss the date of their wedding. But Sai had to tell her the harsh truth...
What we learn is the fact that Sai never loved his fiancee. He told her that now he is with Baby 5. She gets mad, but what we also learn later on that she too is not actually in love with him either. She had a husband club!!
Judge is the main reason behind Sanji’s suffering from the wedding, and here we see that the Old Man is one being blamed for this situation.
At the end of the Cover story, Sai and Baby 5 get married. A really interesting story and what makes it unbelievably intriguing is the TIMING. Why is Oda creating such a side story now?!
Because from what we know is happening in the current plotline, something EXTREMELY SIMILAR HAPPENED!
But of course, what happened in the main plot was not exactly the same, since nobody stole anyone... all she did was Take. Him. Back. It is just the same theme but with different twists and turns... also more lighthearted.
Here we have the stuck-up, high self-regarding fiancee. We saw their true colors as it turns out they were faking personality the whole time. Ooklicia never loved Sai, she wanted to marry him for her own selfish reasons. Pudding never loved Sanji, she was just following her Mom’s orders.
P.S. I forgot to mention the first time I posted this😅, one nice “possible” parallel between the two is the following:
Pudding told Sanji during the crash: “I have decieved countless people like this!”
Ooklicia’s comment on one of the cover pages: “I was going to make him my 26th husband”
Well... she didnt necessarly fool them (we dont know that really) but the number of husbands could be a reference to Pudding.
Note: THESE COMPARISONS ARE ALL BEFORE AND UNTIL THE WEDDING CRASH. BECAUSE THIS COVER STORY TAKES PLACE RIGHT AFTER IT. I know what happens with Pudding later on but that has got nothing to do with Sai and Baby 5’s story.
We have the groom who was put in an unfair situation, as Sanji never wanted to get married in the first place, and he never truly loved Pudding but got dragged into it by his family and got blackmailed as well. Sai never loved Ooklicia and from the looks if it his Old Man is one getting the blame (Look at Chapter 879), which leads us to believe that Sai too was put in an unfair situation.
We have the lady who saw the man suffer and struggle. The situation got out of hand and she can’t do anything about it at this point.
Baby 5 actually stole Sai from Ooklicia (even though there was no true love there) but the fact is Sai met Baby 5 after he was engaged. Nami however, knows Sanji waaaay before he got to meet his fiancee. So, for a cat burglar, she got what is hers back for once instead of stealing.
Sai and Baby 5 reached a conclusion with a happy ending, they got married. Sanji and Nami however, I would dare say got half of a happy ending, since the story is still going on.
Who knows if we will get to see the other half...
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