Sanji Tangerine Grove Stewardship Vow
- Status
- pending
- Seeded
- Ch. 96
- Technique
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The chapter installs Sanji-as-tangerine-grove-guardian. The Ch. 91 Going Merry cutaway location-8 (Nami’s Tangerine Grove) is here paid off by Sanji adopting steward-duty over the on-board grove.
Significance
- Sanji’s chivalry-toward-women doctrine (Ch. 43-45) is operationally extended to her objects of value — the doctrine now covers Nami’s prized possessions, not just her person.
- The Cocoyasi tangerines are now on the Merry, and Sanji is their adopted guardian.
Forward-pattern
- Every later panel of Sanji tending the tangerine trees on the Merry / Sunny traces back to this Ch. 96 vow.
- The tangerines-as-mother-token (Bell-mère’s grove → Nami’s portable home) operates through Sanji’s adopted-stewardship.