Poor Oda.
He offscreen fights and stuff just so he can waste panels on side trash characters and side trash plots.
And then people complain about "where's this? where's that?".
Let the man keep drawing pretty fake death moments of trash side characters.
Dude used Sanji as the "hypetool" for as long as I can remember, then he just makes him a power ranger for the sake of not creating some dumb ass new CoA form out of his ass, to justify him fighting strong enemies.
That's really just it.
Trying to make reason of some author that appeals to his "inner 15-year old self" is just pointless.
Sanji vs Page1 was purely for showcasing how Sanji can deal with a sturdy opponent that uses an Ancient Zoan.
He kicks the dude left and right, he barely feels when he is thrown across multiple buildings, have a shield to compensate his CoA, got invisibility for Shenanigans, etc.
Next time we see Drake and Hawkins, Page1 is not with them. Drake is still searching for "Sangoro"/Soba Mask, but Page1 is nowhere to be seen.
Oh geez...I WONDER what happened to Page1....hummmmmmmmm I'm sure he went back to Queen saying "nah fam, I'm bored. Not following the orders no more. Fuck you".
And OF COURSE Queen answered "Understandable. Have a nice day.".
OF COURSE that's what happened, instead of Page1 getting beaten.
Who in their right mind would think that, right?
"My ChArAcTeR tHaT I hAvE nO rIgHts To Is sTroNgEr ThaN YoUrs":laughmoji:
"HurR DuRr BlaCK tOoTh-SamA".