User blog comment:DancePowderer/The March of...Progress? 845/@comment-24850639-20161102184216

That was a gut punch, to see Sanji talk and act so......defeated. Just like everyone else on the crew I had Sanji pegged as a guy that no matter what happens, he was going to believe in his captain to find some kind of way to fix this. Aside from that initial shock, he showed no emotion to Luffy and Nami possibly being annihilated by Big Mom's army, or hopeful determination that they're going to make it through so he can enact whatever plan he has. This chapter seemed like confirmation that there was never a plan to begin with, and he gave up the instant he found about the wristlets and threat to Zeff. I lost a lot of respect for Sanji with all this. He sees that his captain and crew are on the war path with Big Mom (he was the one to remind Luffy he picked a fight with her for fuck's sake), so in my mind, its BEEN time to stop playing ball. Big Mom isn't to let them off the hook, and neither will his own family for him, so fight back with what dignity you have left and AT LEAST TRY. I was so hype for Sanji and Purin's convo to turn into some kind of plan they can use to get the crew out of trouble, but instead we basically get Sanji's concession speech.

Nami and Robin left for their own reasons and needed a little convincing to come back, but in both cases they believed in Luffy once he set his mind to getting them back, and they knew how much he cared. Granted this case is different because Luffy put it all on Sanji to return of his own volition rather than doing everything to get Sanji back himself, but you still at least hope to see some kind of acknowledgment from Sanji on Luffy's sitiuation. It feels like he doesn't care if Luffy dies, which is the worst kick to the nuts of them all. As far as Luffy himself goes, I see him being captured and forced to watch the wedding while Nami and the rest of the crew plan something from the shadows/mirrors