Still a win for Sanji fans tbh.
As a Zoro fan I never put Sanji on the same tier as Zoro, always one tier below, even EOS.
Gaban gives me hope that Sanji will be on that same tier.
Doesn't mean he's going to be equals with Zoro but being in the same tier is more than good enough.
He's a cook first after all.
Luffy and Zoro has another tier to achieve though.
Joyboy > Roger
Ryuma > Rayleigh
??? > Gaban
Is Sora going to turn out a legend on par with Joyboy or Ryuma as some fan have theorized?
Joyboy fought Imu.
Ryuma expelled the WG when Wano was considered the Country of Gold. He expelled them so hard they never came back, and was still wary of the reputation of the Samurai of Wano in current times.
What was Sora's role?
Maybe he was the founder of the Marines?
Maybe he was the first Admiral who rivaled Joyboy the first pirate, just as Garp did with Roger?
We'll have to wait and see.
But right now, with Gaban being on the same tier as Roger and Ray, it's not a stretch anymore.
Sanji will have his Luffy's Joyboy and Zoro's Ryuma parallel.