Early Sanji from Baratie arc actually came off as pretty normal as compared to the hyper-sexual simp that he is these days. I get that there is somewhat of a justification because of his timeskip situation but that doesn't really make it enjoyable.
Exactly.
It's really problematic that Sanji's entire character arc on Wano so far has been using his raid suit to stalk naked women, drool over Komourasaki/Hiyori and look for whores in a brothel.
All that after his recent character arc post skip were:
- Nosebleed gag on FI
- sexually harassing Nami's body on PH (after their body swap)
- simping for Viola during his brief stay of Dressrosa
- abandoning his crew on Zou (despite having to know that they'll surely come after him)
- crying and going full emo for the entirety of WCI
All that while he didn't have any kind of character development or even a good fight for those who want to see that.
And no, Sanji fans, don't start with the usual "but you don't know what character development is, Sanji got plenty of it!" nonsense.
I know fully well what to look for in writing and how to analyze plotlines and character developments.