My Analysis On Nami's Reaction To The Sanji Vs Luffy Fight
So after watching the recent hour long special of One Piece I had a couple of things to say, and since everyone is voicing their thoughts I thought I might as well do the same.Overall I liked the special, I was okay with Toei’s decision of focusing on the LuSan aspect of the fight and not really on SaNa. I admit I was a bit disappointing when they didn’t add any shippy filler from Nami’s side like they did when she cased Sanji, back in Zou, I was expecting it, but the fight itself really should have been the focus. That scene of Nami running after Sanji is still cute.^^
One thing I do want to say though is that even with the scene downplayed somewhat in the anime, it was still a strong moment. I do prefer the manga where Nami goes to hit Sanji directly after she gets there but it was really good to see how heartbroken she was during the whole scene.
Nami starts crying as soon as she slaps him and even says goodbye to him. Quite the sad scene after everything she has gone through to get him back. Remember that Nami was the one who was the most worried about Sanji back at Zou and Pushed Luffy to get him back repeatedly.
and while some are claiming she doesn’t care about him after what he did to Luffy I think this scene shows just how much she cared and still cares. Her whole reaction was similar to the time Usopp fought Jabra imo. In that fight we have Jabra beat the crap out of Usopp and Nami was just as worried there.
She even tells Jabra if he stops they won’t take the key from him. A key they needed to save Robin and were all fighting to get.
So what does this mean? Nami said this to stop the fight and save her friend from potentially dying…just like she did when Sanji fought Luffy.
Her line here was just to stop the fight and should not be taken as her “giving up” on Sanji. Nami said this when panicking and had already shown how much she wanted Sanji to come back. After the slap she says goodbye but people must remember she did so out of anger. She even stops calling him Sanji-kun and just calls him Sanji. This of course changed after Sanji left and she cooled off where she called him Sanji-kun again.To me this moment shows just how much Sanji has “changed” from being the hero to the villain. It’s definitely interesting when considering Sanji was the one to save Usopp from Jabra and now he is the one causing the pain.
And again, Nami shows how much she wants Sanji back after she cools off.
The Usopp/Jabra comparison also makes it clear Nami has a similar reaction no matter which of her friends is being hurt. She cares about all her friends equally and this scene was not about her worry over Luffy, it was about Sanji’s actions. This is not to say she doesn’t care about Luffy. She cares about him deeply and her anger at Sanji for his brutality makes perfect sense. So does her non willingness to listen to Sanji’s reasons. Any way you look at it Sanji went over the line with what he did but Nami doesn’t love Luffy in a romantic way. That is why she doesn’t say she won’t forgive Sanji “for hurting Luffy”. She makes it clear that the reason she won’t forgive him is because of the fear he caused her.
Luffy isn’t mentioned because it wasn’t really about him. The fight was about Sanji severing his ties with his crew by beating his captain and making the girl he loves cry and momentarily turn his back on him.
Which brings me to my last point, Oda choosing Nami to be there during his darkest moment (not including Pudding mocking him). For a while now people have said Sanji likes all girls the same but I find it interesting that no one else worried this much over him before the fight. No one was fighting as hard to get him back. Luffy had to be there because he is the captain and the main character but Oda choose to make Nami be there as Sanji gave up his crew to be a Vinsmoke and marry Pudding. In my opinion, it was the two most important people there to show him what he is giving up. Like Judge says here.
Thankfully they have somewhat made up since then. We had the bridal carry and Sanji carrying her while running away from Big Mom but I still think there is gonna be a big reconciliation coming up.
If this panel is foreshadowing then it’ll happen once they all run away from WCI so I guess we’ll jut have to wait and see what happens once they are safe. Hopefully Oda makes up for the heart ache he caused with the fight and Sanji makes Nami smile like she did when she first saw him.
