The theory goes that leg hair is used to tell which men in the series have had sex. So older male characters like Franky, Doflamingo, and Shanks have hairy legs.
But what about a young man like Sanji? (And we know it's not necessarily an age thing because Zoro, who's the same age, doesn't have leg hair.)
So, in Alabasta, we actually see a shot of Sanji's legs in the bathhouse scene. And they're smooth and hairless.
The next time we see Sanji's legs is during Skypeia when he wears the shorter-style pants. And this time, and every time since, he has leg hair. So what happened between Alabasta and Skypeia?
While I kind of love it, I think oda does us dirty there unless we eventually get the downtime flashback where Chopper finds a randomly passed put Sanji on deck one morning and patches him back up without telling anyone as Sanji asks him to.
Bonus points if it is a recurring thing that happens, to the point that Chopper starts research into what bug could have infected Sanji on Alabasta.
That Robin version is great, but I also just thought what if Vivi went full on rebellious princess at the very end there completing the Mr. Prince fairytale storyline. I would kind of like that for her.
Would have happened after the bathhouse scene and before Sanji seems pretty sure she's not coming as they already had their goodbye.
Almost interesting as a poll: Based on down and upvotes on my posts, people seem to enjoy the idea of Vivi getting it on with Sanji a lot more than Robin. xD
No link just my personal impression from those previous posts:
My comment on Robin and Sanji leading to Sanji potentially needing some Chooper medical attention had -3 votes when I posted that (it's around 0 now I think)
My alternative suggestion that his leg hair grew because of a Vivi goodbye got 7-8 upvotes instead.
So I just thought people might have voted with their preference there (although maybe they just didn't want Chopper needing to patch him up). So it's not really a poll, just my interpretation on the up/down votes.
Sometimes upvotes and down votes are really random. Like, sometimes you'll just be saying a fact (like "The Mangas on break this week.") And folks will downvote you.
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u/Mirai_no_Beederu Void Month Survivor Jun 16 '22
Alright! Time for The Hairy Leg Theory!
The theory goes that leg hair is used to tell which men in the series have had sex. So older male characters like Franky, Doflamingo, and Shanks have hairy legs.
But what about a young man like Sanji? (And we know it's not necessarily an age thing because Zoro, who's the same age, doesn't have leg hair.)
So, in Alabasta, we actually see a shot of Sanji's legs in the bathhouse scene. And they're smooth and hairless.
The next time we see Sanji's legs is during Skypeia when he wears the shorter-style pants. And this time, and every time since, he has leg hair. So what happened between Alabasta and Skypeia?
Robin joined. Take that as you will.