I'm ngl I still can't believe this is real and not a late April fools. I would 100% bet it was Zoro getting the Sanji scene and Sanji getting the Zoro scene.
Like you didn't even mention Sanji vs Imu is drawn like a 1v1 with Imu's full focus on him. While Zoro is in a group sequence with Imu not even looking at him, it's like he got presence diffed in comparison, and Zoro still couldn't react, while Sanji could.
What's gotten into Oda lately? Do you think the live action played a role in this and has gotten Oda to completely flip for Sanji?
If we’re being honest the whole notion of Zoro being or seeming way stronger than Sanji was all fandom made psyop. Just like zkkaido or zkkizaru or zkkillingham
Oda made the monster trio clear before the timeskip
People love to pretend that returning to Sabaody all the way till wano that the dynamic disappeared but oda couldn’t make it mare obvious that that wasn’t the case
Hell the first characters oda has luffy interact with is fake zoro and sanji
That being right before fighting alongside the real ones
He again highlights them going down to fishman island against the kraken
Highlighted during the end of fmi
Zoro Sanji reactions being highlighted
Them making a path for Luffy
Going to save Shirahoshi
Getting the treasure and dealing with pekoms and tamango
Also not really a moment tbf but it’s not a coincidence that they are the only ones to train their haki during the timeskip
The same connection they always had being put on an even higher pedestal with whole wings of the pirate king
Just because the trio was split up from basically a quarter of dressrosa all the way till wano never ment the dynamic disappeared
It’s the same thing as it’s always been all the way
The main problem is Sanji’s first fight in the new world was Queen while Zoro gets a fight each arc for better or worse because that’s his role.
This happened in the same arc and I’d argue despite not getting a fight Sanji ended up looking better
Also as for all the roofpiece hype I don’t care I thought it then and I think it now but that shit was ass for Zoro. Kaido and Linlin were glazing enma more than they were Zoro himself. I’m not even sure they actually mentioned his name lol
Even Zoro scarring Kaido felt like oda giving him a Mickey Mouse ass gift because Kaido still has oden ptsd while not giving a fuck about Zoro + Luffy outshined him a page later with a punch. Man went from temporarily blocking hakai to not being able to block kings beak