I thought it was a beautiful parallel with Sanji's backstory but I can understand why people dislike or even hate it too. Given how much this arc is being dragged out, maybe it's better he didn't include it? But I MUCH prefer it to the Big Mom spending forever going to Udon, the Ulti and Page one vs Nami and Usopp, the Tama stuff and gifters and so on.
Details like this make it a little better too imo:
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They've got the same fetish for baiting us that Oda has, they have learned his ways, learned the ways of the master baiter.
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:hapnoel: