There's a reason Zoro and Sanji were both pushed forward as the last standing and willing to make the sacrifice back at TB
with Oda making sure to remind us the significance of Sanji's shared determination to make that sacrifice in the very next chapter
with how inspiring his words and actions can be for others
making those who witnessed what happened become his faboys to the point they even begin to imitate him
Naturally, as is always the case, Zoro is second to Luffy, but Sanji is next after Zoro, and that will be reflected when he's the next SH to become a CoC user
We have all the SH's that will have CoC shown on the spread where CoC is used for the first time by Rayleigh.
In order from Rayleigh at the bottom, there's Luffy above, then Zoro, then Sanji and finally Usopp.
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Yet he was still a Conqueror and Whitebeard's No.1 bet to become the next Pirate King