This is straight up untrue though, no?
When they’re escaping from WCI Judge says
one thing about his strength and then critiques him because of his personality which is tied to his
emotions. You know, the thing that Sora died to protect?
I don’t know how you can read a panel like this and say “Sanji not being modified is the reason Judge considered him a failure”
Reiju isn’t emotionless but she was different from Sanji since she was willing to fall in line and
act like her brothers while Sanji stayed true to himself. He enjoyed cooking, he enjoyed serving people which is unbecoming of royalty (to Judge anyway), even when he was locked up he intended on growing as a chef, and as a child he was incredibly kind
Was Sanji’s weakness compared to his siblings as a child part of the reason he was considered a failure? Sure, but it was far from the only reason. He’d be called a failure by Judge regardless.
Why? Because he’d never go along with Judge’s goal of conquering the North Blue nor would he kill people for whichever kingdom is willing to pay. Sanji’s
emotions and strength of will stop him from being Judge’s ideal soldier (an enhanced human who’s willing to take lives without remorse)
This part is absolutely mindboggling to me. Sanji being a normal human is
not the
whole reason he's called weak. Oda couldn't have possibly made it more obvious than this
Again,
one thing pertaining to his lack of physical enhancement and the rest of his speech is related to Sanji's emotions. If Sanji was enhanced but remained the same person do you truly believe Judge would view him as a success?
Edit: And honestly I'm surprised a fan of Sanji would take
that away from the whole situation. I mean when you look at the flashback of Sora she always emphasized the children retaining their emotions was the important thing. She never said anything about the genetic modifications themselves