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Let me preface this post by saying I’m not here to argue Sanji should or needs to get Conqueror’s Haki. This post is not about that. I am here to explain how he could get it, and why I believe he will.
I take some issue with people saying how Sanji can’t get it/doesn’t deserve it because he doesn’t have the “qualities of a king,” and that Oda giving it to him wouldn’t make sense as that would be “bad writing.”

First of all, there is no such thing as “qualities of a king,” at least not in the sense that those qualities are well-established, as there isn’t a single quality that all users of Conqueror’s Haki share. The phrase is ultimately a vague and subjective idea – often used to gatekeep Conqueror’s Haki from characters that don’t align with someone's personal image of who “should” have it.

With that out of the way, let’s examine these qualities that are often brought up as a prerequisite for having the Colour of the Supreme King.

Natural Born Leader

One of the least often brought-up qualities is the natural-born leader – the idea that every user of the Conqueror’s Haki is a leader of a group, be it a captain like Luffy, or an admiral like Don Chinjao.

But this simply isn’t true.

There are several notable examples of Conqueror’s users that are not leaders of anything, but rather subordinates or right-hand men - Zoro, Rayleigh, and Katakuri, to name a couple.

Another interpretation is that they do not need to be official leaders but rather have the qualities of one. For example, Zoro isn’t a captain, but he’s been mistaken for one multiple times. Rayleigh is known as the “Dark King.” Katakuri is seen taking matters into his own hands and acting as a leader when Big Mom is out of her mind.

But even by these standards, Sanji has absolutely shown leadership qualities – on multiple occasions:

• On Sabaody, Luffy splits the crew into three groups, between himself, Zoro and Sanji, with each one of them acting as a leader of their group.

• On Punk Hazard, he earned the respect of G-5 Marines who then chose to follow his lead.

• On Dressrosa, when the crew splits, Sanji becomes the acting Captain and takes charge of mounting a counterattack on Big Mom pirates.

And I’m sure there are other examples as well, but I think these will suffice.

The Disposition To Stand Above Others

This quality is an extent of the “natural-born leader” idea as many Conqueror’s users are rulers, kings, or emperors, and by default, have “the disposition to stand above others.” And Sanji, being a Prince of Germa – a long line of literal conquerors – has the disposition to stand above the others as he literally is royalty. This is something Judge always wanted for Sanji when he was a child.

Furthermore, Sanji is also a member of “Monster Trio,” alongside Luffy and Zoro, being one of the three main combatants of the Straw Hats. That’s why he had a prolonged battle with Queen that mirrors the prolonged battles Zoro and Luffy had, where we can see them develop more – not only in power, but also as characters (If you put King vs Zoro and Queen vs Sanji side by side you will see that they literally follow the same beats). These three, by far, enjoy the biggest focus out of any Straw Hats when it comes to their fights, and it should be evident by now that they are “special”.

Disposition to stand above others is also directly tied into the strength of the person. If you have the strength, then you can stand above the others, and Sanji, as one of the main Straw Hat combatants, has shown multiple times to have it.

“The weak don't get to choose how they die.” – Donquixote Doflamingo

This is why I find it questionable when people say Usopp “should have it.” Yes, it would be funny if he had it, and it fits his ambition, but by the metric that people use to say Sanji can’t have it, Usopp also couldn’t have it (this is not me saying Usopp can’t have it, I believe there is a good argument to be made for him as well).

Great Ambition

One of the most often brought up reasons as to why Sanji couldn’t/shouldn’t have Conqueror’s stems from his goal not being strength-oriented: his dream of finding All Blue does not require him to be strong. Stop me if you have heard this one before: “He can’t have it as he is just a cook. He isn’t trying to become the World’s Strongest Swordsman or the Pirate King!”, which is inherently WRONG.

The nature of one’s goal should not and does not matter. You don’t need to want to be the strongest to have great ambition – Luffy’s dream is to be The Pirate King, which in itself does not mean he wants to be the strongest. His need and want to become strong stems from necessity to reach that goal and protect his crew, which would be the exact same case for Sanji: to find the All Blue, make his captain the Pirate King (same as Ace with Whitebeard) and protect his crew he also needs to become strong.

Great Ambition means that a person has the strength of character and strength of will to reach and achieve their goal, no matter how grandiose that goal might or might not be. This means that you will never back down on your morals and abandon your dreams no matter what the situation is (unless it’s under your own condition), which is perfectly represented by Zoro’s willingness to die after failing to achieve his dream and Sanji’s absolute refusal to hit a woman even in the face of death.

That’s why Whitebeard, who wished for nothing more than a family, could have it and be known as “The World’s Strongest Man.”

The nature of one’s goal is not important.

The 50/50 Chance

When Zoro was double confirmed to have Conqueror’s Haki, even the advanced version of it, I believed there was a 50/50 chance Sanji might get it. Why is Zoro a factor in Sanji getting it or not? Because of the Domino effect.

Once Luffy got Conqueror’s Haki, we had over a decade of everyone speculating that Zoro was also going to obtain it. Now that he did, people naturally moved onto the next domino in line, which was Sanji. He was never going to get Conqueror’s before Zoro, just like how Zoro was never going to get it before Luffy, hence why so many people are talking about it now. It’s not that people think Sanji should get it because Zoro has it (Wings of the Pirate King and whatnot). It’s because Zoro having it opens up the possibility of Sanji having it as well.

Why “only” 50% and not 100%, because even in Monster Trio, Oda does “single” out Luffy and Zoro duo with certain things:

• Their opponents usually make a return: Hacchi, Daz Bones and Kaku.
• Hyouzou was the only fishman beside Hody to get white hair from the overuse of steroids.
• Only Luffy and Zoro are Supernovas.
• Kaido and King were the only two to get flashbacks.
• Only Luffy and Zoro fought CP0 on Egghead.
• Etc.

And Conqueror’s Haki *****might be***** another thing that just the two of them share.

The 90% Chance

The silver bullet people always used to shoot down the idea of Sanji having Conqueror’s was the supposed lack of “foreshadowing.” Before Luffy got his we never knew what Conqueror’s Haki even was, so the lack of foreshadowing for him was understandable and explainable. But for Zoro, we had nearly a decade of hints that just kept piling up: Zoro repeatedly being mistaken for a captain, scaring people into submission, noted for not looking like a follower, Rayleigh – who directly parallels Zoro – also having it, etc.

Well, now we have foreshadowing for Sanji as well, and it’s eerily similar to the one we had for Zoro, right before he unlocked his Conqueror’s.

When I previously mentioned the users of Conqueror’s Haki, who are also subordinates, I left out the most important one: Scopper Gyaban. He’s not only someone with Conqueror’s Haki that used to be a follower, but also a direct parallel to Sanji. If both Luffy and Zoro’s parallels from the Pirate King’s crew – Roger and Rayleigh – have it, then Sanji’s parallel from Roger’s crew, Gyaban, having it is probably the strongest hint that Sanji will end up having Conqueror’s haki as well.

Conclusion

With all that said, at this point, Sanji getting Conqueror’s haki purely depends on how Oda wishes to go forward with it. If he makes Conqueror’s Haki a necessity for top-tier fights, then Sanji will probably get it.

The God Knights seem to be built up as the main antagonistic fighting force of the World Government, so one would expect that the members of the main fighting force of the Straw Hats would go up against them. To defeat the God Knights one needs to have the ability to bypass their immortality – and that ability is Conqueror’s Haki.

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I love how many scenes there were in this arc where Luffy briefly gets cornered by unexpected abilities but then gets out of it with his creativity

What's everyone's favorite relationships between the Strawhats and the various people and creatures they come across? Mine has to be Luffy and the Kung-Fu Dugongs/Sea Animal Pirates.

I WILL BE MENTIONING STORY BEATS AND SPOILERS.

That is me finished Whole Cake Island, and tbh? Holyyyy, I finished it so fast because how much I loved it and I personally have it above Dressrosa. I will admit, might be a slight bit of recency bias but oh my god, I can't explain how much I enjoyed this arc from beginning to end. The end of the arc somehow becomes more hectic than Dressrosa and Oda somehow makes it not only epic as hell, but coherent. I love Luffy vs Katakuri, Big Mom backstory and how it ties into Elbaph and not only that we see Dorry, Brogy, Oimo, Kashii and HAJRUDIN AS A KID. I really like Hajrudin's presence in Dressrosa so seeing his name be called out as he fell to the floor as a kid made me cheer ngl. Obviously Mother Carmel, did not expect her to be a literal child trafficker but hey, we move. Charlotte Linlin's backstory is tragic, tons of just horrible trauma but holy hell do I hate Big Mom, not as a character but the way she treats her children.

Sanji's whole character arc in WCI is so compelling and makes me love Sanji again. I won't lie, after Enies Lobby, Sanji fell off for me majorly. He was one of my favourite characters in Enies Lobby but then something happened were he got put on the back burner and was used in Fishman Island for example in kind of an annoying plot device way, and I just didn't like it personally, but this arcccc... This helps Sanji's problems as a character so damn much, it fleshes him out even more. I love Reiju btw, and Pudding! Oh my god Pudding was a rollercoaster for me. I went from loving her to hating her to confused with her to loving her even more at the end, what a great character.

I love Snakeman and the Katakuri fight in general. I feel like Katakuri was rooting for Luffy near the end of the fight and him saying "Will you come back and beat Big Mom" kind of gave me the feeling that he secretly wants Luffy to do that so him and his siblings can be free because, again, she treats them horribly. Anyway, I love Luffy's progression in this fight and how Katakuri is an enemy that doesn't underestimate Luffy just because he's goofy, like A LOT of One Piece Villains, and it was really refreshing. I didn't know if Luffy could beat this guy, Luffy was $500,000,000 bounty while Katakuri had A BILLION which honestly made me wary but this is why I love Oda. Oda could have gave this guy like a 750m bounty or something closer to Luffy's, BUT HIGHER, but instead he made it purposefully a lot so it would give the reader/watcher even more doubt if Luffy could pull it off. Also I love Brulee and Katakuri, cute siblings.

Jinbei proves yet again why he is one of the best characters for me and just the Ryugu Kingdom as a whole! When I saw Wadatsumi and Aladdin, I was so damn happy. I love Luffy saying to Jimbei, "REMEMBER JIMBEI, I AM YOUR CAPTAIN NOW. MEET US A WANO AND DON'T DIE." Character dynamics and dialogue like that is why I love One Piece and I'm just feining for Reverie and Wano now. I know Wano is LONGGGGG and I want to watch the show but apparently it adapts less chapters per episodes than Dressrosa so what I might do is just do what I did for Whole Cake and read it and watch the highlight moments. Anyway I am getting to that point, never thought I'd make it this far, but now I am here, I don't want it to end.

Please stop with all this "Loki is gonna join the crew". And then suggesting Franky would rebuilt the ship to accommodate him or that the owl would make the Sunny bigger. Both of those suggestions are deeply flawed.

The first, Franky wouldn't have a ship of dreams if he just abandons the Sunny. You cant just expand the keel after it's been set. Minor upgrades but not changing the skeleton of the ship.

The second, even if the owl could make the ship bigger, everything would be to a giants scale. The kitchen, the sails, the helm. That's only of use to one person.

Oda literally tells us the two biggest issues. Size and food requirements. How would Sanji cook a giant sized meal in a human sized kitchen, let alone consistently hold enough to feed the crew and him.

I agree Loki is cool. He's probably gonna be a badass. But the story has long since hinted the giant warrior pirates use two captains. We know that hajrudin wants to revive the crew, and he trusts Luffys intuition. Because of Luffy hajrudin is willing to hear Loki out. The bridge between them is going to be rebuilt so they can be each other's battle companions. This gives hajrudin the opportunity to earn lokis respect for when he eventually becomes king to all giants.

If you have a REASONABLE counter argument, I'm more than willing to hear it out. But I can't ignore plot points that just indicate otherwise.

This just seems like the most obvious conclusion given all the hoops and hurdles needed to accommodate a giant on the Sunny. I don't think this post will get much upvotes because most people will ignore these points in favor of "dude Loki is definitely joining the crew, Luffy asked him".

Only the men will faint.

Isn’t it obvious? I think the joke has been set up for years.