reminds me of Naruto vs Sasuke moment
and yea you are pretty right with what you said about the whole sanji hitting Geisha would plot turn out to be redundant plot if nothing of consequences happens coz of it.
and ik oda won't disappoint..
coz just recently something similar of a plot took place where Apoo and Drake were discussing an alliance and Drake denies it.. and it get ruined by Yamato and Drake goes after apoo... the question was why bring up the alliance if it was just gonna be sidelines right after the discussion or there isnt anything of plot value coming out of it.
but now we know how oda wanted to play the "alliance" card.. by having a common threat for them to reluctant agree to an alliance..
so don't fret beside.. this fight for sanji is like Luffy vs Don krieg all over again (read my sig)