I will only agree to the bit you spoke bout WCI arc where Oda didn't focus much on his fighting skills and focused on his cooking side, which imo is not a bad thing.
Bt Wano is quite different we all know unlike WCI arc it is fighting one where all the SHs will go out.
And tbh Oda already set Sanji to be one of main fighting focus since Zou where Luffy mention in that Sanji is quite strong and will be big help in the Kaidou fight and equals 1000 men showing his fighting part is gonna be quite imp in Wano.
And then we see in Wano, that it wasn't all talk. Oda first set him up opening a stall where it led to fights with Sanji ended up beating Yakuza men, in response to which Pageone n Drake were sent out to capture the Soba mask guy, where Sanji with his RS utterly destroys Pageone with his base kicks alone. Setting him up to be a threat too much for flying fighters alone, and makin it obvious that he will indeed be fighting a Calamity in Wano. Sanji than got more of this focus when he arrived at Yasu execution together with Zoro to save O Toko leading him to fight X Drake for some time, where again he is emphasised to be one of the main fighting force of the Alliance.
And i can also understand why Zoro seems to got more fights in Wano than other, it coukd be due to his lack of panels for 2 years and to explain how Zoro will jump from fighting Pica, to a Top Calamity while Luffy had to struggle so much in WCI to reach there. Oda made Zoro fight half a dozen name characters while also showing us him struggling somewhat to take em out, which called for a big PU for Zoro. And then he had to get acquainted with the sword ti control it better for the final fight.
Ofcrs i dont believe that Z n S can solo king n Queen just yet ,and that they most likely will get help in their fights bt if they do fight em, your whole analysis turns out wrong for Sanji. Since the gap btwn King n Queen isn't as big as you guys have made btwn Zoro n Sanji for years nw.
In the end, lemme just say if Sanji wasn't getting good fighting focus in Wano he wouldn't have gotten a PU like Luffy n Zoro. Everything hints towards it.
Sorry, but you didn't understand my post, i never said anything about Sanji's Power Level, and never said he can't take on a Calamity, i said that i would love to avoid talks about Power Levels & Power Ups and such things
I'm talking Story Wise, Calamities are the ones getting hyped and highlighted among Beasts Pirates, obviously since they are the Strongest
So obviously they should face off against Opponents with enough build up and enough hype and story importance
And currently, Luffy & Zoro & Nine Red Scabbards & Supernova are being really focused on Story in this Arc
So during the War, it's these Characters who will most likely clash
What's the point of Oda hyping all these Characters if he isn't gonna give them Opponents worthy of their Portrayal in Story ??
It's basically similar to Law Post-Ts, obviously Sanji is the Main Character, not Law, but when Oda focused on him in Punk Hazard & Dressrosa Arcs, it was obvious Law is the one who will be more relevant in the end fight and this was clearly shown when Law defeated Vergo, Trebol & helped defeat Doffy.
You can also use Kyros as another example, Dressrosa Arc focused on him so much that it's obvious he was gonna defeat Diamante
Wiper from Skypiea is another example ..... etc
So same thing applies to Wano Arc, Story Wise it's focused on Luffy/Zoro, Nine Red Scabbards & Supernova as i said before
While rest of Straw Hats, Other Minks, other Samurai ... etc are portrayed as supportive Characters with Sanji being the best of em ofc
So when the War happens, Oda isn't gonna throw all that Hype & Portrayal in the Trash and give Queen fight to Sanji
What about the others ? they are gonna fight Holdem & some Ninja!
I mean just go look at Skypiea Arc, a War started where +80 Fighters participated, and All Straw Hats were involved and it was a survival war, what happened ? Wiper got most Highlights, Zoro fought the most among SHs (Defeated Ohm, Braham, fought Wiper, Gan Fall, Nola ... etc)
Gan Fall was also heavily highlighted and all these lasted till the end, what about Sanji ? he was defeated early by Enel & off panel even though he was a Main Character and obviously strong enough to defeat a Priest and do better than Gan Fall at least
So see ? Story beats Power, your Role in Arc is more important than how powerful you are
That's why as i said before, Sanji will do many epic things in War and fight a lot, but others will be more highlighted and that's why Kaido's Greatest Fighters will go down against those characters just like Enel's Priests & Doffy's Executives
