And you are free to think in what way that went, but the anime "just extended" the batman-Luffy dynamic all the same.
The filler are not canon now as were not before, and more than anything would just be hypocritical trying to choose what fillers are good and what are bad.
I am not specifically taking a position on that front, just saying that anime is never canon and never will be.
I'm not a fan of the anime either but if there is an event, a manga chapter, that in this forum brought discussion based on weak claims (GB black blade and GB low doffing full health King and Queen) and the anime, following the manga (Oda had no time to fully explore the event, we just know thay Aramaki attacked cause the SHs were still recuperating, so the baddies who lost were in even worse shape, and indeed we saw King and Queen covered in bandages) extends a situation that was basically already known then where is the problem? I would have never noticed this detail/expansion/even filler, if I watched the anime episode, without the contrast to the claims that were made... Also it is true thay admirals are stronger than YC1 but there is just now way he low diffed in a short amount of time a YC1 and YC2 together.
And about the Batman smile user I just remember Oda put he in as some sort of a meme character mid Wano, honestly I don't know/remember/care what happened to him and who did or didn't beat him.
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We definitely not use the trash non-canon anime to interpret anything
And indeed the manga was already enough