Thought that won’t leave my mind.
What if Sanji isn’t the only ”failure”? We know that Reiju have feelings and we have seen small acts of if not kindness, at least polite/neutral acts by his brothers in WCI.
Not towards Sanji specifically but giving a fruit or something similar to a resident during the wedding by Yonji, and even Niji and Ichiji made similar actions.
And the tragedy with his brothers are they never had a chance to ever be full humans, agency or feelings, thus why Sanji never really blames them for who they are.
The true monster is Judge.
His children are just as much cogs in a machine as the clones, all to grant him HIS wishes. Because he is king. His birthright, his wants, his wars.
The brother closest to Judge in behaviour is Ichiji, the classic stoic elder brother trope partly.
Buuut I can’t help but think of scenarios where he is also a part failure in such that he also have emotions, at least later in life but chooses the life of cruelty, letting the environment shape him and agreeing in the ideology of bloodlines and strength ruling over the weaker.
Like truly believing in it, that’s why he laughed with his brothers when they where about to get killed (and judge showed his “weakness” by crying) Where Reiju is trapped by her own father (but do have his favour ) he is truly free by wanting the same as Judge.
I think it would be so interesting to see a product of cruelty who benefit of that cruelty and don’t seem to find flaws in the system. It would make for some poetic justice to have Judge be overthrown by his own product who is what Judge truly wants, but not stoped by their own humanity by their own free will. And how some actually let their environment define them as they benefit from it. Also the sibling dynamics it would create if he rose to power. Also Reiju❤️🩹
…Even if I want Judge to kick the bucket by being stomped to death by Zeff.
Yeah, yeah, Sanji would never want that but I think Zeff would. And yeah, even if he is problematic in his own right, the man at least loved his kid and tried to be somewhat good to him, I am weak over their relationship, sue me.