-CLOSE RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST AND RESPECT WITH THE CAPTAIN
To emphasize the long history relationship between Luffy and Sanji, I will start from the beginning when Luffy awoke Sanji, both had their idols who sacrificed a body member to save them.
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Throughout history they have fought oftentimes together, creating a deeper bond:
Luffy and Sanji vs monster cow-fish
Luffy and Sanji vs Laphans
Luffy and Sanji vs Satori
Luffy and Sanji vs Wapol
See when Sanji was portrayed alongside Kid and Law’s Vice Captains.
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Some parallels:
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-HOW LUFFY/SANJI RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED IN WHOLE CAKE ISLAND
People often say that Sanji “cheated” on Luffy and so he is not as trustworthy as a vice captain would be. But this is absurdly false, there were a number of events that involved the integrity of people Sanji likes, and Sanji orchestrated a betrayal of Luffy just to protect the people he loves, like Zeff and the Mugiwaras, not to mention his hand of cook that could be blown up.
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Contrary to what some think, Whole Cake Island has developed the deep relationship between Luffy and Sanji.
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In this bow, Sanji was the only Mugiwara that Luffy says could not be king of the pirates without him:
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Both also always trusted each other, at the meeting point for example, this in my opinion is an excellent form of relationship between Captain and Vice Captain.
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Finally, Luffy and Sanji together repel the attack of a powerful Yonko.
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Looking at all this, there is no way that Luffy and Sanji do not have a great relationship of Captain and Vice Captain, after all these interactions of trust and respect for each other.
Luffy has 2 right-hand men. These 2 are the pillars of the crew and the wings that make Luffy fly.
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*Theory by Chaves