User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 898: No One Expects the Germa Inquisition/@comment-28995593-20180316082336/@comment-30406526-20180319184245

To Urahara's point, I agree that a lot has been made about "settings" in this arc. Each place was specifically chosen to serve a purpose in the story. Brulee introduced the seducing woods, Luffy vs Katakuri in the mirror world, each one of the islands of the BMP crew, hell even the enclosed and chaotic space of the wedding hall served a purpose for the characters involved. So I can see where it would be almost be "too convenient" to give Sanji a legitimate fight or short combat feat without explaining how none of the BMP crew came and interrupted him.

However, where I agree with Hanata is that while there have been a couple of instances where Sanji accomplished something impressive, it was either ultimately ineffective or immediately squashed by a BMP crew member. Give him a little something and let him keep it, Oda! Haha.

I'd say where I'm most disappointed with the Sanji topic is his family outshining him. I understand he's being rescued and Kaido made a great comparison with Jimbe saving Luffy, but we've gone on a rollercoaster of a ride with how strong the Germa Family actually is. We saw Judge hold his own in combat against Sanji, but then he's portrayed as a complete wimp during the wedding (not talking about BM dunking on him; that was always expected). Then we see Sanji man-handle his brothers under normal circumstances, only to have their asses handed to them easily during the wedding chaos. Now they come back and put pressure on the very same BM crew members that took them out in the first place? It all just seems pretty inconsistent. All I want at this point is some confirmation that Sanji is stronger than his family. Because he definitely should be, even with their modifications.