It's unbelievable that the almost all the best fighting moments in this saga that Sanji has are animated poorly and mediocre at best. Jesus it's fucking irritating. You have to compare those to Zoro's one, there's no way you can't compare those. We'll getting at a moment where even Zoro's fart will be animated better with sasuga animations.
This is fucking shit. You can't even argue that Zoro is even more popular by miles confronting to Sanji so he needs to shine more. It's funny that Sanji get the worst treatment between the two and still is alwasy inside the TOP 5 character most beloved by the fanbase so Sanji has so much potential to be treated like he should be. Toei is really just going with budget animations for Sanji and this shit is so bad. Just look, by reflection even Nusjuro attack was utterly mediocre and lack movement, deep and it's not even that threatening looking.
I don't have words for this treatment. It's clear that they are hyping up only Zoro at this point and leaving to Sanji only crumbs.
What I really hate about this situation is that it's a never-ending cycle.
Zoro does something badass without any focus on his character > people only care about fights so Zoro gets more popular > CL²⁴Oda and Toei see Zoro is popular and treat him better (especially fighting-wise) > Zoro does something even more badass > ...
Zoro might really threaten Luffy's rank 1 spot in the next poll
Sanji is stuck in the OK-fighter / great-character-focus swamp and it won't ever come out of that at this rate. He literally cannot get more popular because (almost) nobody cares about a well-rounded character with little to no meaningful payoff. His placement in the last popularity poll is incredible, even more so if we ignore Nami.
The only way out is if CL²⁴Oda somehow has a massive payoff in mind for the Germa/Sora plotline, something that would dwarf the "Nothing Happened" moment, given the 300+ chapter long build up, and that doesn't involve Sanji dying. Domi Reversi Sanji would be a step in that direction