Buggy vs. Sanji

[wolfwood]

Buggy got his ass KICKED by Luffy the first time

If you change that to by Luffy and Nami i could agree. Not saying he probably wouldnt have been beaten in the end, just pointing out that the battle wouldve gone on longer if Nami hadnt interfered.

[Gizmo]

[Demon Rin]

If you change that to by Luffy and Nami i could agree. Not saying he probably wouldnt have been beaten in the end, just pointing out that the battle wouldve gone on longer if Nami hadnt interfered.

Yeah, Nami sped the situation up, but Luffy was still winning BIG time

[super anime 2]

and the 3rd time they met he made a man-to-man deal with Luffy (That he'd help him in Impel-Down) and instead bailed on him. like the weak little coward he is. EVEN USOPP comes through when you really need him to, Buggy doesn't.


Don't fall for a campaign ruled by LIES, Vote for Sanji

actually he said he would get luffy to lvl 4 and he was clearly on lvl 4 when luffy was there. even bon clay didnt help luffy win a hopless fight.

[Wagomu]

Yeah... if you really believe any of that, you're fooling yourself more than Buggy himself...

Buggy got his ass KICKED by Luffy the first time, the 2nd time he got his ass kicked by either Mother Nature or Dragon, and the 3rd time they met he made a man-to-man deal with Luffy (That he'd help him in Impel-Down) and instead bailed on him. like the weak little coward he is. EVEN USOPP comes through when you really need him to, Buggy doesn't.

He also didn't open the Gate of justice at all, Whitebeard did, Buggy just pretended he did it.

Don't fall for a campaign ruled by LIES, Vote for Sanji

INFORMATION WANTS TO BE WRONG

Also, Luffy only won the first round due to Nami distracting him unintentionally and in the second round, he would have died if not for his daddy. And Buggy obviously used his divine powers to control WB's crew to open the gates. Duh.

[OneWarlord]

That's so dumb.

People are trying to deseat the Straw Hats. Not because other characters are genuinely more popular, but Just because they ARE the Straw Hats.

This is a popularity contest in the end, people should vote for who is ACTUALLY more popular, not "lol, Straw Hats should lose, a derp"

Look, there are other characters in the series that people may like more than the SH's, there's nothing wrong with that, and besides I'm pretty sure both Sanji and Zoro have won one of these tournaments before, so why don't you just shut up and let Buggy win this.

VOTE FOR BUGGY!

[Sakonosolo]

Yes! Buggy's winning! I didn't think he had a chance but... it's actually happening .

[VL7]

That's so dumb.

People are trying to deseat the Straw Hats. Not because other characters are genuinely more popular, but Just because they ARE the Straw Hats.

This is a popularity contest in the end, people should vote for who is ACTUALLY more popular, not "lol, Straw Hats should lose, a derp"

That logic is flawed: people who don't want the Straw Hats to win obviously don't like them all that much and therefore prefer their opponents most of the time, so they still vote for whom they like better, which means it works out.

[Gizmo]

...besides I'm pretty sure both Sanji and Zoro have won one of these tournaments before, so why don't you just shut up and let Buggy win this.

The tournament has been done twice before, and neither Sanji or Zoro won either time.

[Psycho_Kenshiro]

No, this isn't happening, Sanji fans unite! We must stand tall!!

[wolfwood]

Yeah, Nami sped the situation up, but Luffy was still winning BIG time

Dunno about big time, but as i remeber it i suppose it was leaning toward a Luffy turn around. But up to that moment it had been a pretty even affair. But its been a while since i read it, think i'll have to go back and re-read that fight just to be sure.

[OneWarlord]

The tournament has been done twice before, and neither Sanji or Zoro won either time.

Then I stand corrected! Good day sir! And VOTE FOR BUGGY!

[Psycho_Kenshiro]

Wolfwood, ever notice there are some similarities between Nicolas D. Wolfwood and Sanji? They're both cool sharp dressed dudes who smoke.

Voting Buggy betrays all that coolness. Buggy's flashy, but his run in this tournament has been good enough already.

[GaaraofTheDesert]

The Buggy-Prophet scene was just perfect.

[bevin]

I'm quoting myself now, but I'm sick, so nyeh.

Okay, AP. You want to know badass? You want hardcore?

Feeding that. Every. Day.

[Sai-chan]

Who wants cool when we've got quirky? 8D Being around Buggy would be so much more interesting then with Sanji. VOTE BUGGY!

[Demon Rin]

I'm quoting myself now, but I'm sick, so nyeh.

Okay, AP. You want to know badass? You want hardcore?

Feeding that. Every. Day.

Dear God people, give the man your votes.

For the love of god, look at what he has to put up with!

[wolfwood]

Wolfwood, ever notice there are some similarities between Nicolas D. Wolfwood and Sanji? They're both cool sharp dressed dudes who smoke.

You raise an intresting point, but i sold my soul to the blue haired devil long ago and there's no turning back.

[bevin]

Again, quoting myself. Then I'm going to take a nap.

Okay, I wasn't going to get involved with the heavy campaigning this round since I'm still kind of disheartened about the Nami vs. Roger fight. I think someone mentioned the idea of a film critic looking at these two guys and seeing who had more character development, and while I'm not a critic, I am majoring in critical film studies, and since I'm home sick today, eh, I'll just wade in and make everything worse.

Buggy

Spoiler:

Buggy's a really fun character. I've never quite gotten him the same way a lot of people have, but he is a lot of fun when he shows up and he's got a great voice actor in the anime. I haven't really read into him much because there's not a whole lot to work with yet, but there is a backstory in there that Oda's working around to. I'm not going to try and speculate much on that because Oda usually surprises me anyway. He seems like an opportunist who looks for the easy money because he doesn't like putting himself at risk. He's on his way to the big war right now only because being on the ship with Luffy and the Shichibukai was safer than staying at Impel down with a rampaging Magellan. Before this, the last time we saw him he was mining for treasure with his crew. We know he bears a grudge against Shanks because he blames him for his accidental eating of the devil fruit, which he only wanted to sell. This is all part of what makes him fun; he's an opportunistic bully with self-esteem issues (why else would he still be kicking around East Blue after Shanks and everyone else went off to the Grand Line and The New World? why else would he be so sensitive about his nose?) and way more luck than anyone aside from Luffy has any right to have. ;) However, that's about all we know about him at the moment.

Sanji

Spoiler:

Sanji is one of the first characters in the series I really identified with. He's a really interesting mix of tough-guy exterior but inner softie. But the really interesting thing about him is that his genuine toughness comes from his caring for other people and his desire to protect them. At first this seems like it only extends to attractive women, but you actually see him doing it with other people, too, he's just less goofy about it. In fact, a lot of people cite his horniness as his defining characteristic, but I actually think it's self-sacrifice.
The Baratie
He stays at the Baratie despite Zeff and the other chefs actually trying to drive him off, giving up on his dream because of his obligation to Zeff for giving up his own dream to save him. He was willing to die to keep Zeff's restaurant in one piece just a little bit longer because he understood that it was Zeff's second dream. And since he'd let Gin go and bring Don Krieg there, if it had been destroyed or stolen, it's like he would have killed Zeff's dream for the second time.

He sticks it out through their worst insults, but it's only when he learns that they respect his cooking and want him to go for his own ambitions that he finally relents.
Arlong Park
During his fight with Kuroobi, it was the idea that he couldn't protect anyone that got him angry. This comes up again later in more subtle ways.
Drum Island
Uses himself as a catapult to get Luffy and Nami to safety during the avalanche, and as a result, winds up falling into it himself. He fractures his spine doing this, but later knowingly tries to go into battle against Wapol, even with the threat of re-injury. It take Kureha literally sitting on him to keep him out of the fight.
Alabasta
Switches up his first fight to go after Bon Clay because he beat up Usopp and stole his goggles.
Skypeia
Makes a sacrifice play on board Enel's ark to save both Usopp and Nami, taking another huge jolt of lightning so they could get away, and probably expecting to go down with the ship when it crashed.
Water 7
Goes after Robin and Usopp alone against a huge number of government agents, including the monsters of CP9.
Eneis Lobby
Despite his moral refusal to ever strike a woman no matter what the circumstances, does try to fight against Califa, using intimidation to try and get her to give up. When it doesn't work, and Nami has to go fight her instead, we see him briefly sitting, looking depressed and defeated, probably because he'd once again failed to protect/save Robin.

We don't see the aftermath of the tub landing on him, but the next time we see him, it's him showing up in the nick of time to save Usopp from Jyabura. (Interestingly, he invokes another European fairy tale here with Red Riding Hood-- I'm wondering if his romantic ideas of chivalry and his love of fary tale tropes like the prince and princess are tied in with his upbringing in North Blue, which has a Nordic flavor to it from what we've seen.) It seems that he motivated himself to get up and get over what he couldn't do and concentrate on what he could do to help-- just like the speech he gave Usopp.
Thriller Bark
Tried to step up and take Zoro's place as the sacrifice to Kuma.
Shabondy Park
Starts berating himself when crewmembers keep disappearing because he can't protect them.

http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/513/09/
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/513/10/
Blames himself for this and makes irrational decisions in anger and frustration.

Whew! I'm sure there's more, and that's just one major aspect of Sanji's persnality. I'm too tired to do more right now.

[GaaraofTheDesert]

Death To Straw Hats !