I'm cool with Sanji keeping his head in the game and heading with the Vegapunks. He'll probably face off against the Marines there. It ain't ideal but Sanji against some Vice Admirals (Dobberman seems like the only interesting one though strength is unconfirmed for any) ain't the worst thing, so long as he shows off like he did earlier this arc, I'm good. If Saturn busts out the Seras maybe then Sanji will have a worthy opponent. Guess we'll see Sanji do his thing and save a lady in need, this time it's one that already kinda has his respect.
Oda's keeping the main fight pretty balanced. No Conqueror's imbuement yet and Luffy seems to be taking Kizaru's attacks. Kizaru changing his target to the Vegapunks seems smart, beating Luffy ain't an easy task. Duplicating seems like a nice ability, reminds me of Doffy's Black Knight, multiple uses of fruits is always a good way to go, they're the best power system in the manga for a reason, super interesting abilities pitted against each other.
Things are just heating up, neither side seems to be dominating, Kizaru is landing some hits and Luffy's taking them, Kizaru redirects his focus elsewhere, Luffy intercepts in time. We'll see what changes the tide of the battle, Conqueror's haki perhaps or just zannier G5 moves. I hope Kizaru busts out awakening, would be very underwhelming if at this point, we still don't get to see it. But I'm sure we'll get it, Kizaru will probably realise he can't just bypass G5 and will have to bust out the big guns and Luffy will respond in kind.
