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SANJI/NAMI JUNE BRIDE 2023

June is coming and we celebrate this event already every year.  But this is direct invitation from Japanese Fans on Twitter. So, if you also participate there, please follow that rules.

                                         This is an account for                                        unofficial fan book project                              dedicated to the relationship between

                                             SANJI x NAMI                                                  (サンナミ) 

                                  from manga/anime One Piece.

I’m sorry I cancel the free digital zine using materials from previous SanNami Week events. I don’t meet many who participated in the past so I’m afraid if they’re actually against it without permission. So, I launch totally this brand new piece. 

After seven years of our event (2016-2022), and as fandom zine become a new trend nowadays, I hope it’s not too late for me to organize how to hand you a physical book for your real collection. We’re also far behind SanNami JP fans who had made four anthologies! 

An Interest check will be coming soon as I’m setting up everything in that site. I really hope you guys are as excited as me. I’ll also recruit other mods to help me realize this project. We already have a talented @elvenstar join as The Mod of Illustration and Merch.

Keep calm and love SANNAMI.

Them at the end of the series 🍊🚬

Is this asking for too much?? 😩

Posting this a little late due my hand 😹💔

Anyways... I wanted to thank the people who organized this event and those Who supported my posts for this event!! 💜

Looking for Sannami week next year!!✨

They were married in this filler, change my mind.

Episode special 4 // @sannamiweek

I wanted to talk about this underrated movie that also has plenty Sannami moments!✨

Movie: One Piece movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the secret island.

This movie has a lot of interesting points, a creepy plot and unusual animation style, but let's Focus on Sannami for now 👀

Also since it was an underrated gem on it's time, I could only find it on low quality, I'm sorry for that 😹💔

With all this said, let's start!!

Both of them being a duo of sinners... Goals!! 😹😹

Just Sanji and Nami discussing their interests (sins *cough, cough*)

This scene is really cute and I absolutely LOVE how they portrayed them as a couple but also besties,like yes, sir gimme that perfect balance!!

They kind of look like a family here 😹 ( Chopper is sometimes portrayed as their son now that I think so 🤔)

Luffy third wheeling them and them scolding him for being reckless

Nami being courageous on her own way and Sanji supporting her just to end up scolded by her 😹

Grumpy girlfriend and sunshine boyfriend vibes here...

This sequence right here did something really unusual, a little context for those that haven't watched the movie yet (I doubt It but anyways), there was a "little something" in the island that made crews fight with each other and separate, this of course affected the mugiwaras, making Nami and Usopp fight, creating a huge missunderstanding between them making Nami mad at Usopp, she was cheering for Sanji but in that moment Usopp tried to fix things between them, which lead Nami to let her anger get the best of her ending ignoring Sanji completely when he was trying to impress her, Sanji, had fought with Zoro sequences before this one,which left him sensible for something Zoro did, and when he Saw that Nami left him alone, he got hurt and dissapointed, emotions that had never been showed in Sanji towards Nami!!

Yaaaas!! Gimme some angst and feels!!

Together even in death...

This was disturbing AF, and yet I find it beautiful at the same time, even when they "died" they stayed close to each other 💜 (also even if the rest were merged in that scene, only Sanji and Nami were superimposed one on top of another)

And that's it for day 7 ✨

                💰 💰 💰  Golden Sanami  💰 💰 💰

Favorite color spread! 💕

I wanted to do a redraw of this, but lately I've been working a lot and it kind of injured my hand 💔

Instead, have another bibble with the things I like about this color spread! 😃

It's not only the composition, but also the details and symbolism! So let's see what we have here!

First: it's the most obvious, the way they are looking at each other! It's just so sweet! (I wonder what Sanji could've said to get that cute reaction from Nami tho' 🤔)

The little heart shaped Sakura petal between them! It can't be a casuality, if you see carefully, it's the only petal shaped like that...

Also did you know that cherry blossoms symbolizes the dominance of females and sweetness of life? 🌚

Their matching sandals! There is also a tradition of couples matching outfits but that post is for tomorrow's theme 👀

IDK what could Luffy be saying but Sanji's reaction is priceless 😹😹

Luffy don't Kill the moment!! 😹😹

Also Usopp to the rescue!! I LOVE how he is "telling" Luffy to read the atmosphere (and surely he won't)

And that's it, that's the post...

Again I apologize for not bringing any art today!! 😭

                🌸🌸🌸  Sanami Hanami  🌸🌸🌸

Favorite arc ✨

I had to arrange my ideas very well for this, so here we go.

I was between 3 arcs but I decided to go for this one: Zou (oh what a surprise! Nobody would have guessed!)

Now just a few things I LOVED about Zou regarding Sanami 💜

Their teamwork! Their relationship (however you want to take it) is based on mutual support, Nami trusted Sanji enough to name him their temporary captain and when they found the Minks, Sanji gave Nami the benefit of doubt when Wanda attacked her, listening to her reasons instead of jumping to conclusions, which lead them to help the Minks and have small but cute moments together!

Sanji being Sanji and Nami being Nami, what else can I say? 😹

BUT not everything could be love and flowers right? Because the tragedy had to happen...(yeah Oda give me some feels!!)

Finding out Sanji's herritage and biding him hand and foot, with Nami being the only remembering what little Sanji told them.

And also Nami being used as Sanji's weakness, It was very low of Capone to do that BUT it was really interesting seeing another character pointing her as his weakness 🤔🤔

Sanji showing how much he trusts Nami as he gave her the "card"

The way they made it look like a hug as he was practically saying good bye as he was about to sacrifice himself.

Also have you seen how anguished his look was as he was about to throw her out of the Castle?? 😭💔

Nami chasing after him...

And don't come at me with "itZ fIll3R!1!1!" Y'all have been acepting filler lately so...

Nami defending Sanji, wanting to get him back ASAP, not wanting to believe that her kind Sanji came from a family of cold hearted people, her getting pissed at people minimizing Sanji's situation and her giving any invalid reason (excuse) to go to get him back.

If that isn't care for someone, I don't know what on earth It is tbh...

And last but nota least, Nami taking the chef's position, I LOVE how they are perfectly capable of taking each other's rol.

And that's It, some reasons why LOVE this arc, thanks for reading this bibble...again 😹

Here is the belated prompt for @sannamiweek’s event. There are a couple of other arcs which I like a lot especially from the shipping point of view but if it’s possible to pick only one for the event, then it’s definitely Whole Cake arc (and it’s also a bit about Zou because they are connected)

I’ll dig more detailed into this whole topic  (shipwise) later in SaNami in the New World pt. 5 - Totto Land -series (here is part 1/3)  the second part is still on the draft list because I’m slow  but down below are some thoughts why this arc is interesting from shipper’s perspective: 

1. Their teamwork/leadership skills

This was actually inspired by a fellow shipper’s post and you can read @eromarimo‘s thoughts here  and  very important point of view. When Strawhats were split into smaller teams and Sanji later united with Nami and others after Dressrosa, it’s delightful to see how much they did teamwork and how much they both took role as leaders in this arc and sometimes it felt like they had this kind of non verbal connection/understanding.

For example Oda-sensei placed a hesitating Nami next to the panel where Sanji was ready to self sacrifice himself in order to save his nakamas (perhaps it was a parallel to Skypiea?). Later Sanji first was doubtful about the Minks but Nami was ready to help them and therefore managed to convince Sanji as well just like back in Punk Hazard.

Another detail that I just recently noticed is that Sanji (or the other guys) never interrupted Nami when Wanda threatened her. Yes the rest of the crew were immediately ready to protect her but what I like about this setting was that Nami isn’t always the one who need to be saved in every minor ambush and instead of that she has grown strong too.

Maybe it’s partly also because of the kishido why Sanji didn’t go between them but as a leader he could have easily go and get rid of that dynamite anytime just like Brook or Momo could have done but since Nami has shown more and more badass-attitude in this series so it seemed they knew Nami could handle the situation although it must’ve been scary for all of them.

Yes she told them about Wanda but the thing is she refused to leave of call for help when that fuse igniter was still sizzling. Nami could have easily delegate the saving task for the others but she didn’t and more importantly, none of them ever questioned her choice to stay in direct danger, not even Sanji who is in general really protective and enjoys being the knight in shiny armor.

I think this tense moment tells a lot about the dynamics and the inner trust. Not only inside the crew but also shipwise between Nami and Sanji as well. They don’t need words to understand because they’ve seen their potentials and know they’ll eventually call for help if need. Perhaps  he knew what Nami was aiming to all the time?

By the way, I’m not saying that the other guys Chopper and Brook would’ve not make it as vice captains (Brook held an important position in his former crew after all) or did nothing in this arc (because that’s incorrect! they both did a lot!) but I think one of reason Sanji ended up as the “leader” of their subgroup Curlyhat Pirates was that the crew has seen what a great tactician Sanji can be.

Like eromarimo mentioned, they did great teamwork in Zou, helping the Minks and what I really liked was that they were having also those nice dialogues where the humor didn’t take over (like Sanji turning into his ero-kappa-mode). Of course this heavy manga needs some lighthearted stuff too but it is refreshing to see the variety from humorous to serious dialogues.

Another interesting detail that was linked to this teamwork theme was Nami was incredibly active during the retrieval mission, even sort of took the lead first and tried to keep the packet together in general (just like Sanji did as the vice captain).  She couldn’t even focus on the banquettes with her fullest  because she was so worried about their missing nakama.(and brought up a couple of times that she feels responsible of his disappearance).

Yes, she has made big decisions before too (for example back in Punk Hazard she demanded that the kids should be saved) and has always been active in those operations (because obviously would be quite awkward if if everyone else busted their butt off and there would be one lazy free rider, nope that’s not One Piece style at all!) but somehow now she is not just randomly in the background but brought more and more in the spotlight. 

It is hard to say what’s the reason behind her behavior although I pondered it quickly here. Oda wouldn’t directly say it’s about romance (because well, this is shounen manga as I tend to say) so maybe it has more something to do with Nami’s past or her maternal instincts (like she was really concerned about Robin’s disapperance and one who took Luffy’s and Usopp’s quarrell really hard emotionally) or who knows, maybe just parallels to Thriller Bark where Sanji was the one who eagerly wanted to save Nami from Absalom’s dirty hands?

2. Their friendship was put into a test

Perhaps most important reason why this arc has been very delightful to read (from shipper’s perspective) is because it contains a lots of emotions and tension between these two characters.

 It is honestly rare to see them “against” each other in serious matter because usually Sanji always takes Nami’s side but yes they have had their disagreements in past too and that’s normal too in any friendship (i.e Nami scolded Sanji for not fighting seriously with Kalifa) but Oda has arranged more and more “conflicting” situations between them after sinc Enies Lobby (where they disagree with each others first). Zou and especially Whole Cake Island arc took these things a bit further and deeper and we see them first time parting with tears.

So, looking at the chapters in Zou/WCI arc and all the emotions wrapped into those it feels like the happenings in both arcs (especially the latest) impacted on their nakamaship much more different than in previous arcs although in general Nami and Sanji have had quite steady development from shipping perspective the whole time. There is less and less that pattern where Nami just tries to benefit on Sanji’s kindness and more and more trust between these two (why else would she feel so strongly about all this if Sanji “didn’t mean a sh*t, even as a nakama”?)

Another small detail but unlike before, now these big plot twists filled with emotions happened first time without neither of them being unconscious so Odadecided to make them both very aware about everything and perhaps that’s why this whole tea party thing and especially Luffy vs Sanji fight went much more “under the skin” for both of them than any other conflict after Enies Lobby.

Nami’s behavior visibly changed briefly after Sanji “dumped” them and Sanji did not think about ihis words and her teary slap of hers only once but in many flashbacks and was hesitating to face Nami first because he was aware that it hurted her a lot.

Like mentioned before, shipwise this arc was interesting as well because it seemed that whenever there was something remarkable about Sanji during the retrieval, Nami was often placed nearby that panel  whether it was her  paying closely attention to the tea party discussion or when she remembered Sanji mentioning a long time ago that he is from North Blue or when later after meeting Pudding Nami was all ears up when Pudding told about him. As mentioed before,  Nami was always eager to continue with the mission and was the one who tried to stop the others getting distracted.

Also like fellow shipper’s have pointed out, for some reason the author chose to make Sanji put the letter to Nami’s chain although the other guys probably had pockets in their jackets and as we know, Odausually pays attention to details so most likely this was also feels like planned, not just like a randomly added thingy.

Then later  there is this big plot twist there is the lot debated scene where Pudding confesses their devious plan to the prisoners. In this post there are good analyzes about their expressions by my fellow shippers

@pernanegra : This isn’t a normal shocked expression, Nami has the “serious” eyes (female version) that the characters only use when they are tense. Luffy also has a shocked expression but his eyes are normal, not the “serious” version….”.

@namivinsmokexsanjivinsmoke : Luffy and Nami’s reaction are also somehow different. Luffy’s reaction looks more like “what have I done”, but Nami’s reaction is more like “I knew it but I just couldn’t believe it”. Her face also showed more despair because of how she is drawn. Luffy has normal color but Nami is colored darker.

There must be a good reason why Oda-sensei has put so much effort on placing Nami to many storywise important panels in this whole arc. Maybe all this was foreshadowed in Thriller Bark where Sanji was the driving force to retrieve Nami from Absalom (he was the first one from Monster Trio of noticing that Nami didn’t return with them and wanted eagerly to save her).

Whatever everyone personally felt about first reunion with him Nami did not hesitate to show her opinion about it. Emotional slaps are not very common in One Piece and therefore another interesting choice made by Oda more about the topic in this post).

What made that whole situation more tense is that after that ice cold glare Sanji gave to Nami when she tried to interrupt the fight, he wasn’t able to look her into eyes anymore. When she bid a farewell he looked elsewhere and tried to keep himself together while they parted but in the end, he probably regretted his actions already ever since Luffy bumped out of nowhere.

Sanji just had to do decisions quickly and although he tried to forget he didn’t. Oda did highlight this later in story in a couple of flashback and Sanji even openly admitted later to Luffy that he is afraid of meeting Nami because of what happened so that slap surely had an impact.

By the way, I have to say one of my favorite panels from Zou/WCI arcs is from chapter 853. I simply love Nami’s expression in that flashback. So much hurt can be seen from her glance and for that blush even highlights how much emotions that Luffy vs Sanji fight has caused to her. That teary expression of Nami’s must’ve haunted Sanji a big time before they managed to reconcile….

As expected, things were a bit awkward between them two for a moment because of the tense of the Tea Party but then eventually they forgave each other. Also as expected, Oda did this pretty “One Piece way” (with a grain of humor) but it works pretty well especially if we start to think about Nami’s characteristic traits and traumas.

A couple of years ago I pondered in “Sannami week 2019 day 2: passion“- post how their pasts have affected on how they see love in general and I agree with fellow shipper’s @namibean​ / namibean-deactivated20210109 headcanon that Nami might actually be afraid of rejection (and might have a fear of loss) and threrefore it might be hard for her at this point to confess directly if she had (romantic) feelings towards Sanji (especially with others around). So, even if Nami really had some more than a nakama-feelings towards Sanji I still doubt that in canon she would be ready to be that open with her feelings especially with others around (at least so far in the story).

A bit surprisingly though, Toei decided to put some extra fuel for SaNami ship. Not only with that dramatic farewell scene where they part for the first time and Nami literally tries to run after Sanji but also later Toei arranged them this “second reconciliation” scene where Nami first was ice queen on purpose but in the end, that’s simply her way to tell everything is ok right now. This was also very One Piece style, highlighting Nami’s tsundere-side.

Some thoughts about the scene here but this scene was also added by Toei and spiced it up by making Nami telling Sanji that "she will drive him like a horse” (according to fansubs). If we ask Google, Nami’s line is actually an idiom and could in this context mean that if they ever talk about this whole case face to face (most likely outside the manga) she will “find out the whole truth” meaning there is no point for Sanji to be dishonest about why he acted like that back then because she knows much about this case anyway (but I doubt Sani would lie anyway). Tbh, it bothered me a lot whether the fansubs are directly translated or not so one of the reasons this post is a bit delayed is that I actually asked my sister in law (who is native japanese)  about it and she said following:

Nami said: “When you return, I will give you lots of work” Koki tukau means to give extra work.  English translation was “ride like a horse”. Horses used to work a lot back in the days. An interesting way to say but one can think that it could mean something different. 

As said before, I think Toei did this extra scene mostly to lighten up this arc filled with dark and gloomy stuff but like many fellow shippers, I’m still missing the “real” conversation. That intimate one where is just him and her but most likely they talked things over deeper “behind the scenes” because there is simply no time to conversations like that because the pirates are constantly on the move and thy were in a hurry to go to Wano as well.

However, it is still interesting that Oda who strictly supervises not only Toei’s work but also the movies, fillers and other stuff let this kind of “shippish” stuff to the series instead of “no delete this, please” ;)

Anyway, Oda was also incredibly nice for us to finally get some sort of reconciliation in canon story. A moment/panel that brightened the day of Sanami fans and despite them not having a open conversation about the situation (understandably because there is barely time for that).

This was not only shipwise nice material but also indicated that grudges are no more held and like mentioned here, I think her strong reaction might root to the moment where she lost Bellemere so teary hug was simply her way to say everything is forgiven and that she is relieved to see him alive. [kinda boring this moment was partly turned into humor but we got the hug and the bridal carry after all ;)] 

It is not that they are the only Strawhats who has faced difficulties and overcome them (Water 7/Enies Lobby arc was a good example, first Luffy’s and Usopp’s bromance was crumbled then Robin tried to spare her friends by sacrificing herself)  but as said, from shipping-perspective it is indeed interesting how much Oda has involved two with these plot twists (and of course this arc was great for LuSan fans too).

2. Lots of parallels

There are lots of parallels in general where a sannami fan can pay attention (some further explained in this post i.e) but WCI has offered them surprisingly much especially themes that have been in Thriller Bark too: wedding, bride/groom marrying against their own will.

Then there are lots of parallels between their own arcs: lost mothers, sisters getting shot, both tried to solve the problem with self sacrifice, “farewell smile” and showing their vulnerability in front of their captain and the list goes on.

By the way, more thematic parallels can be found i.e in following posts: - Whole cake island arc parallels to thriller  bark arc ( by @megashadowdragon ) - Sannami Week day 02 - Mother ( by @pernanegra ) - Nami’s Arlong Arc and Sanji’s WCI Arc Parallels  ( by @eleamaya ) -   (Part 3) Sanji x Nami hints - Thematic parallels  (by @sanjiafsincedayone​)

3. Both get character development

SaNami in the New World pt. 5 (3/3) - Totto Land will handle this part more but it’s hard not to see how much justice this whole arc brought for both Sanji and Nami. It was honestly great to get more depth to Sanji’s character when we were revealed the rest of his past which was painful to read but made us fans understand a lot more especially about his tendency to be so sacrificial.

It was incredibly hard for him to face his captain and there was so much regret in his eyes but then eventually Luffy said exactly the right words showing that despite what Judge has done in the past and despite the things Sanji had done and reasons he first refused to return Luffy did genuinely understand Sanji and that conversation was a great parallel to Baratie arc, especially when Luffy refused Sanji’s refusal for the second time in this series).

This is when Sanji finally can let go of the ghosts of his past , learns his value and later grows some steel balls to say straight words to Judge and yes, all of it great development (in my opinion)!

Last but not least one reason to love this arc not only shipwise but in general is that what comes to Nami, I think Oda served her a great plate of justice in Whole Cake Island and she is even more brave badass than before.

I mean LOOK AT HER:

Yes she has been brave before too and slowly developed from "damsel in distress” to strong independent fighter but thank you Oda for giving her a good amount of time to shine in this arc~! <3

So all in all, there are so many reasons why the Whole Cake Island arc definitely deserves praise for all the drama written and it definitely did touch Nami’s and Sanji’s nakamaship. However, in general there are also things that kind of were left to shadows and therefore not all potential was used unfortunately.