Six Samurai Zanji question

[Dasher]

I thought, that if you have Zanji and other SS (Irou) on the field and Zanji battles with stronger monster, that if you sacrificed Irou, you wouldn't get Zanjis effect. But then I saw this:

http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/community/forums/thread/825222.aspx

And now I really don't know. Anyone know why it is like this?

 

[1cup]

anyone more knowledgeable than me, please step in to correct me if i'm wrong.

zanji has two effects:
1). while you control another 6-s, destroy the monster he battles with at the end of the damage step
2). destroy another 6-s instead.

in sub-step 6 of the damage step (using this as a reference http://www.cogonline.net/threads.6503 ) is where zanji's effects occur.

at this point as zanji's controller you have the option of resolving the events in an order of your choosing ( events being I). zanji is destroyed and II). activating zanji's first effect )

presumably in the case you posted, you activate and resolve zanji's first effect first, while you still have two 6-s monsters on your field. so ntp's monster is destroyed. then, since zanji is destroyed as a result of battle, he must be put in the grave, but as you control another 6-s, you can activate zanji's other effect and put irou in the grave in zanji's place.

 

[skey23]

I have already asked Curtis about his answer to that question.

To my knowledge, there must be another "Six Samurai" with a different name on the field when "Zanji's" effect tries to activate during the end of the Damage Step.