I gather him beginning to dodge means he starts to exercise self love and so gets over the inhibitions to unlock conqueror's haki
I am confused.
Sanji has exo. He would be fine anyway.
Flashback talks about how Sanji was able to defeat okamas but sustained injuries. Iva says it's because he lacks self love and thus he doesn't dodge.
This is right before his new PU. So flashback is linked with his new PU
So, if he starts showing self love then he would dodge more to sustain less injuries ----> more like FS..but then he already has exo.
But, we need CoC coating and the flashback hasn't touched this aspect at all